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Book Review: Tir: The Story of the Welsh Landscape

Andy Bevan praises Carwyn Graves’s Tir: The Story of the Welsh Landscape (2024).

21st August (22nd July)
  • Culture

Review: Cymru & I

Gwilym Hubbard reviews Cymru and I, a collection of essays exploring the many narratives that inform Wales today.

25th January (25th January)
  • Culture
Caitlin Jones reviews Igh Sheriff o Merthyr by Mike Jenkins

Review: Mike Jenkins’ Igh Sheriff o Merthyr

With Mike Jenkins’ Igh Sheriff o Merthyr, Caitlin Jones enjoys a collection that grounds itself in the familiar to offer a scathing critique of the powers that rule our everyday.

17th November (17th November)
  • Culture
Welsh flag overlooking Capel Celyn

Review: Tryweryn: A New Dawn?

Adam Somerset examines ‘Tryweryn: A New Dawn?’, Wyn Thomas’ third instalment of books that explore the cultural and political history of Wales.

19th October (23rd October)
  • Culture
People holding an antiracist placard at a Black Lives Matter protest.

Which Way is Welsh?

Dylan Moore says to improve public discourse, we need to rediscover our moral compass 

1st September (1st September)
  • Culture

Review: The Welsh Way: Essays on Neoliberalism and Devolution

Dylan Moore shares his thoughts on The Welsh Way, a new anthology of essays decrying the hold of neoliberal values in the Welsh public sphere.

1st September (1st September)
  • Culture

Why Newport Needs Novels 

Dylan Moore explains why his Newport novel, Many Rivers to Cross, had to be fiction – and why Wales’ often disparaged third city is perfect terrain for a writer. 

20th April (20th April)
  • Culture

The political chameleon

Daran Hill reviews Martin Shipton’s new biography of George Thomas

13th October (29th February)
  • Culture

South of the Tweed and east of the Severn

Tom Nairn takes a look at a new book exploring the relationship between England and Europe

29th December (29th February)
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