This study examines the development of the creative industries in Wales, seeing them as contributing to a world-wide rise of

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This study examines the development of the creative industries in Wales, seeing them as contributing to a world-wide rise of
In this bilingual publication the author calls for the Welsh Assembly Government to take urgent action to save the Welsh
Tom Nairn’s highly polemical lead essay takes forward arguments that he has developed since the 1970s. With responses from a
An account of Expressionist painter Josef Herman’s life from his birth in Poland in 1911 to his formative years in
Commissioned by the Welsh Assembly Government and the Principality Building Society, this report is the culmination of an 18-month IWA
During 2005 the Brecknockshire Agricultural Society, the oldest such county association in the UK, celebrated its 250th anniversary. To mark
The theme of this publication is a contribution towards Creu Cyfle – Cultural Explosion, a year-long project led by the
Andrew Green, Librarian at the National Library of Wales, explores how Wales appears in the online universe and what the
This book arises from a conference organised by the Institute of Welsh Affairs and the ESRC Devolution and Constitutional Change