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

is Culture Editor of the welsh agenda.
Merlin Gable reviews Pamela Petro’s The Long Field, a memoir about her connection to Wales and the much discussed notion of ‘hiraeth’.
Exploring the links between land and identity, Merlin Gable asks if our experience of land can be separated from our myths about Wales.
Merlin Gable reviews cardiff cut, and wonders if its portrayal of alternative lifestyles and rebellion still speaks to readers twenty years on.
Here are some of the articles published in the welsh agenda in 2021 that best reflect the diversity of Welsh places.
Hamed Amiri talks to Merlin Gable about his new play, based on his family’s experiences fleeing Afghanistan and settling in Wales.
Merlin Gable explores the legacy of Raymond Williams’s radical vision for our society – and asks what we should remember him for.
Merlin Gable talks to the new General Director of Welsh National Opera, Aidan Lang, and finds him excited at the potential for reexamining the role of performing arts in difficult times.
Merlin Gable calls for submissions to the welsh agenda online in this time of uncertainty – and community