Letter from Pontypool
David Llewellyn Pontypool’s town bridge has a deceptively fascinating history. Though it looks perfectly ordinary, local folklore tells us that…
2 comments.Book review: Pity The Swagman -The Australian Odyssey of a Victorian Diarist by Bethan Phillips
Ant Evans ‘A waste of precious time and good candles’. This was the view expressed by Jenkin and Elinor Jenkins…
No comments.The Cleaver
Kate Cleaver A bit of writing about being neurodivergent, disabled, ethnic and a widow in Wales. When Roland died the…
2 comments.Book Review: Jac by Sam Adams
Niall Griffiths This is a tender-hearted book, with war at that heart. It does nothing original or startling with form…
No comments.‘Llais y Lle’ voices heard across Wales
As a new round of Llais y Lle funding begins, it’s a good time to look back at the first…
No comments.On Being a Poet in Wales: Taz Rahman
The Coarse Impasto Taz Rahman The distinguished poet Damian Walford Davies asked me last November how much of my poetry…
No comments.Book Review: Coal and Community in Wales by Richard Williams & Amanda Powell
Jon Gower The terrible convulsion that was the 1984-85 Miners’ Strike in Britain changed many communities for ever, blighting them…
No comments.Yr Hen Iaith part thirty seven: Welsh Folktales and Tudor Propaganda – Elis Gruffydd
We continue the history of Welsh literature to accompany the second series of podcasts in which Jerry Hunter guides fellow…
2 comments.Colonialism, genocide, and the UK-Rwanda deal
Sophie Buchaillard Two years have passed since the UK Government first announced its migration and economic development partnership, a controversial…
2 comments.Letter from Troserch Woods, Llangennech
Rachel Taylor-Beales Embracing a stretch of Llangennech’s Afon Morlais, these enchanting, biodiverse woods are steeped in local heritage and…
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