Lowri Cunnington Wynn explores the way communities can revitalise the place they live in through the idea of ‘restanza’, the active choice to stay.
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’.
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.
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.
Whose Voices, Which Land?
Grace Quantock explores the changing face of Nature Writing in the 21st century through the contributions of marginalised writers
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.
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.
Gwent’s Non-Places
What’s in a name? Gareth Leaman examines the meanings embedded in toponyms and what they can and cannot tell us of a community’s history.
Small but Mighty: Climate Activism Against Eco-anxiety
Recounting her experience as a participant in COP26, Poppy Stowell-Evans reflects on the things that keep her grounded as a climate activist.