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Angela Graham, co-author and editor of Sanctuary: There Must Be Somewhere, reflects on writing poetry about fast-developing events. The image is a representation of the Peterloo Massacre, which was turned into a poem by Shelley

On poetry and current affairs: ‘Prigohzin’s Galley Slaves’

Angela Graham, co-author and editor of Sanctuary: There Must Be Somewhere, on writing poetry about fast-developing events

14th August (14th August)
  • Culture

Sanctuary – There Must Be Somewhere: Poetry Review

Kaja Brown reviews the collection of poems Sanctuary – There Must Be Somewhere, and looks at how it resonates with today’s society.

13th April (13th April)
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Review: Hymnal: An Early Life in Verse

Maisie Allen reviews Julia Bell’s debut poetry collection Hymnal, published in April 2023 by Parthian Books.

5th April (31st October)
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Review: Gorwelion, Shared Horizons

Zoe Brigley reviews a new anthology of poetry and prose that reckons with the effects of climate change around the world.

29th April (26th April)
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Review: A470: Poems for the Road/Cerddi’r Ffordd

Dylan Moore enjoys A470: Poems for the Road, a bilingual poem collection taking inspiration from the road crossing Wales from North to South.

31st March (24th March)
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Poetry’s Place in the Face of the Climate Crisis

Hywel Griffiths explores how Wales’ creativity can help us face the climate crisis

25th February (24th February)
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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)
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Book Review: The 3 Molas

Dylan Moore reviews a collection of poems looking at language and identity by Mike Jenkins, Eric Ngalle Charles, Ifor ap Glyn.

7th October (6th July)
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Human Landscapes from My Country

Before lockdown, Tom Cheesman and Filiz Celik met with Memet Ali Alabora at Volcano Theatre in Swansea, after his performance of the one-man play Meleketimden Insan Manazaralari – Human Landscapes from My Country, written by Nazim Hikmet.

1st May (1st May)
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