Geraint Talfan Davies assesses the MacTaggart lecture by the BBC’s Director General, Mark Thompson
We’re no better or worse, just different
John Osmond remembers Tom Ellis who took on the Welsh gainsayers
Voting system to change so things can stay the same
Stuart Weir says next year’s AV referendum is an ugly and undemocratic manoeuvre
The Aneurin Bevan and Paul Robeson connection
This year’s IWA Eisteddfod lecture is being printed courtesy of a file discovered in an attic
Confusion of the Quangos
Alan Trench warns the proposed merger of the Health Protection Agency and Department of Health could have catastrophic consequences
Whitehall ducks scrutiny on climate change
Peter Davies says abolition of Sustainable Development Commission could provide an opportunity for Wales
Improvising a Tradition
John McGrath explains how newly launched National Theatre Wales is part of a nation-building project
Parties take their partners for a Welsh quadrille
Rhys David reports on an IWA conference on the issues and dilemmas arising from Wales’s four main parties having a share in governing the country
Too big to fail and too big to know
David Melding reports on a visit to Germany to discuss European futures