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View over Llyn Llygad Rheidol in the Cambrian Mountains

Moving on from the Myth of the Unsophisticated Cambrians

Joanna Lambert disentangles the truths from the myths that pervade representations of the Cambrians and the people who live there

18th January (18th January)
  • People and Places

‘The Elsa Effect’: Representation and the Early Years

Jessica Dunrod and Gwenllian Lansdown Davies argue that anti-racist practice within Early Years provision is the place to start to ensure the Welsh language belongs to everyone.

24th October (24th October)
  • Voices
Lowri Cunnington Wynn explores the potential of Restanza for Blaenau.

Restanza in Blaenau: New Foundational Politics

Lowri Cunnington Wynn explores the way communities can revitalise the place they live in through the idea of ‘restanza’, the active choice to stay.

18th July (7th July)
  • People and Places
A field of buttercups

Usage and Abusage: A Bad Case of Hiraeth

Merlin Gable reviews Pamela Petro’s The Long Field, a memoir about her connection to Wales and the much discussed notion of ‘hiraeth’.

8th June (8th June)
  • Culture

What myths will carry us forward?

Exploring the links between land and identity, Merlin Gable asks if our experience of land can be separated from our myths about Wales.

1st March (28th February)
  • Voices

Queer Life Stories: Today, Yesterday and Tomorrow

This LGBT+ History Month, Damian Kerlin researches and chats with LGBT+ historians and leading organisations uncovering key pivotal moments in Wales’s queer history.

23rd February (23rd February)
  • Voices
Access to nature conditions who has a say in nature writing, Grace Quantock argues. The picture represents an idyllic Welsh landscape.

​​Whose Voices, Which Land?

Grace Quantock explores the changing face of Nature Writing in the 21st century through the contributions of marginalised writers

18th February (23rd May)
  • Culture

Review: Lloyd Robson, cardiff cut

Merlin Gable reviews cardiff cut, and wonders if its portrayal of alternative lifestyles and rebellion still speaks to readers twenty years on.

4th February (3rd February)
  • Culture

Land and Community: How we Lost Control of How Land is Managed, and How to Take Back Control

Against the commodification of land, Chris Blake argues we need to empower communities to make decisions about their place.

31st January (1st February)
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