In a challenging context for the arts, Yvette Vaughan Jones, chair of the Welsh National Opera, stresses their importance to Wales’ culture and history.
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In a challenging context for the arts, Yvette Vaughan Jones, chair of the Welsh National Opera, stresses their importance to Wales’ culture and history.
Too often, women who are most likely to be subjected to violence and forced marriage are excluded from research on the topic: this needs to change.
Mabon ap Gwynfor MS, Plaid Cymru’s Health and Care spokesperson, raises concerns over the lack of scrutiny of Welsh Government’s action during the Covid pandemic.
Sarah Rees outlines five key tests for the next First Minister of Wales.
Singapore provides a viable economic strategy to embrace if Wales wants to pursue independence.
Present in our oceans and soils, microplastics are a harmful and pervasive phenomenon. But what can be done in Wales? Kirsty Luff investigates.
Calvin Jones calls for an institution to accelerate innovation, in the form of a Future Generations Lab for Wales.
As COP 28 unfolds, Kaja Brown outlines the different ways people can get involved in an upcoming day of action for the climate in Wales.
Rebecca Wilson reflects on why Mrs Roberts Dre failed to cast her, a real Jew, as Mary in Ysgol Cwm-y-Glo’s nativity play.