Jon Gower The great French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson argued that ‘Photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing and when they have vanished there is no contrivance on earth which can make them come back again.’ And yet, photographs in a sense do bring things back again, resurrecting moments, as […]
Jon Gower There are just a few writers who never misjudge a phrase or fail to use the tools of language with all the careful precision of a Swiss watchmaker and Jan Morris is one of these. In this, her second book of diaries – both written when most writers […]
Nia Edwards-Behi It seems everyone’s looking for a distraction in these uncertain and worrying times, and between all the different streaming services and Blu-ray shelves, it’s stressful enough just trying to settle on something to watch. In light of that, here’s a hand-picked list of Welsh films worth your time […]
Jon Gower ‘I’ve been obsessed with language, and it’s been crucifying sometimes, and sometimes it’s a kind of ectasy.’ So said writer and ecstasist Ron Berry – a one-off buccaneer in fiction and truculent artist who was nothing less than tirelessly productive. There were half a dozen novels, essays, short […]
Jon Gower ‘I find my mind wandering off now, and I can see myself the first day I started across the rolling country. I was too elated to walk, so I would run ahead and then stop to wait for the crowd…The pioneer trip across the Plains, the emigrating trip […]
Nick Davies We live in an age obsessed by nostalgia, seemingly a culture peering backwards as much as embracing an uncertain, even terrifying, future. It’s evident in most of Hollywood’s recent blockbuster output with their reboots, re-duxes and re-imaginings, as well as in publishing with Margaret Atwood, among others, revisiting […]
Jon Gower There’s a certain relish to opening the second book in a series of police mysteries, or procedurals, especially when the first one, ‘Remember No More’ was simply spot on. This was certainly the case with our first encounter with Julie Kite, displaced from the urban mayhem of Manchester […]
Emily Garside ’10 Minute Musicals’ is the initiative of Director Angharad Lee and her company Leeway productions has run the initiative for two years. The premise is simple but effective: gather writers and performers over the course of three intensive days, across three weeks and guide them in developing […]
A group of tourists in Budapest, Hungary, were left in awe on Saturday evening when folk singer Andrea Gerák surprised them with a Hungarian rendition of ‘Calon Lân’ in honour of St David’s Day. Admiring the view from the city’s iconic Fisherman’s Bastion, Ms. Gerák performed the first part […]
Jon Gower The most important source for the life of st David was written by Rhygyfarch of Llanbadarn Fawr in the eleventh century. It tells of his miraculous birth, his studies, his wandering and his teaching. It also chronicles the occasion when he was consecrated as Archbishop of Wales at […]
