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D.J. Howells enjoys an authentic evocation of 1970s Rhondda in The Great Welsh Auntie Novel

Review: The Great Welsh Auntie Novel by John Geraint (Cambria Books, 2022)

D.J. Howells enjoys an authentic evocation of 1970s Rhondda in John Geraint’s The Great Welsh Auntie Novel.

15th December (5th December)
  • Culture
Dylan Moore reviews Blood on the Crossbar, a new novel by Rhys Richards

Review: Blood on the Crossbar: The Dictatorship’s World Cup

On the day of an iconic World Cup quarter final clash in Qatar, Dylan Moore reviews Rhys Richards’ book about another time football was soiled by sportwashing

9th December (31st October)
  • Culture
independent nation

Review – Independent Nation: Should Wales Leave the UK? by Will Hayward

Glyndwr Cennydd Jones reviews Will Hayward’s book Independent Nation: Should Wales Leave the UK?

6th December (2nd December)
  • Politics and Policy
Marine Furet enjoys Tales of the Brothers Grimm

Review: Tales of the Brothers Grimm, Sherman Theatre

Marine Furet reviews Tales of the Brothers Grimm, the Sherman Theatre’s Christmas production.

5th December (5th December)
  • Culture
Production shots of A Midsummer Night's Dream

Review: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Sherman Theatre

Marine Furet enjoys the Sherman Theatre’s bilingual production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, adapted by Nia Morais and Mari Izzard.

26th October (26th October)
  • Culture
A picture of one of the My City My Shirt murals in Butetown, where the plot of The Fortune Men takes place.

‘The miasma above Cardiff’: Notes on Wales’ Book of the Year

Dylan Moore says the judges’ – and people’s – choice of The Fortune Men makes for a vital reckoning with history – and with the present

12th August (10th August)
  • Culture
A production shot of Circle of Fifths, a new production from National Theatre of Wales. Credit: Jorge Lizalde.

Review: Circle of Fifths, National Theatre Wales

Dylan Moore praises Circle of Fifths, a brand new production from the National Theatre of Wales exploring our experiences of loss and grief.

27th June (31st October)
  • Culture
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
A production image of the play A Hero of the People, showing main character Mick Powell

Review: A Hero of the People

Marine Furet reviews A Hero of the People, a new adaptation of a play by Henrik Ibsen from the Sherman Theatre.

20th May (20th May)
  • Culture
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