Book review: Aneurin Bevan by D. Ben Rees
John Evans “Nye”: who else in politics is universally known by a diminutive of their Christian name? His statue commands…
3 comments.Book review: My Life in Orbit by Richard Blandford
Niall Griffiths What would you call it, this genre? It’s not a study of madness, as such, or debilitating depressive/anxiety…
No comments.Wales and the world: A letter from Doncaster
Emyr Wyn Jones There was not much of a Welsh presence in Doncaster when we arrived in 1986. In earlier…
One comment.Y filltir sgwâr/The square mile: Capel Newydd
In a year long series Tom Maloney, from Abersychan, shows how you can love a place so well it becomes…
2 comments.On being a writer in Wales: Özgür Uyanık
Özgür Uyanık I’ve been writing in Wales since 2017. Initially, I was doing creative writing assignments for an MA and…
No comments.Book review: Glass Houses by Francesca Reece
Cath Barton Midway through this story, the central characters Gethin and Olwen come across an old mine deep in a…
No comments.Magazine archive goes online thanks to family bequest
A bequest from Ruth Stephens of her late husband Meic Stephens’ print archive has enabled the New Welsh Review to…
No comments.Letter from the border
Judith Kaufmann We cross into Cymru just before Yr Ystog, and my head says: nearly home. You think this is…
No comments.The Cleaver
Kate Cleaver A bit of writing about being neurodivergent, disabled, ethnic and a widow in Wales. What a difference a…
No comments.Poetry review: Hollywood or Home by Kathryn Gray
CJ Wagstaff I’ll admit it. When this little blue book arrived on my doorstep, my first disobliging thought was, “why…
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