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Identity

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 (29th 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
A picture of Womanby street in Cardiff

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)
  • Politics and Policy

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.

24th January (24th January)
  • People and Places

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.

19th January (19th January)
  • Voices

Review: Sex on Toast by Tôpher Mills

In this review of Tôpher Mills’ selected poems, Nia Moseley-Roberts reflects on the ebb and flow of a collection brimming with life.

13th January (31st January)
  • Culture
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