Ifan Morgan Jones This isn’t so much a review of Simon Brooks’ new book, Adra: Byw yn y Gorllewin Cymraeg [Home: Living in the Welsh-language West] as a discussion of it. Because, as an intensly political book, there doesn’t seem to be much point in judging it as ‘good’ […]
Jon Gower The recent visit to west Wales by the former President of Madagascar, Marc Ravalomanana served to underline a long and much-cherished connection between the two countries. It was one of many celebrations of the work of missionaries from Ceredigion who visited the African island two hundred years ago, […]
A Plaid Cymru report recommended the purchase of a “permanent base” for both the National Eisteddfod and Urdd Eisteddfod in Powys. The base would allow the county to host the National Eisteddfod and Urdd Eisteddfod “on a regular cycle”. Plaid Cymru was, however, keen to clarify that the report included recommendations […]
Lisa Tippings Viewed through rosy coloured specs, the state of English and Welsh-language literature in Wales can only be described as healthy. Since its launch in 2006, the annual Dylan Thomas Prize has flourished, helping not just to forge links between Swansea and the rest of the world, but more […]
Mae Athro o Brifysgol Bangor, sy’n arbenigwr ar Stanley Kubrick, wedi ailddarganfod sgript ffilm a luniwyd gan y cyfarwyddwr yn 1956 ac y credid oedd wedi mynd ar goll. Ei theitl oedd Burning Secret, sef addasiad o nofel fer o’r un enw a gyhoeddwyd yn 1913 gan Stefan Zweig, y […]
Jon Gower While we wait for the great Welsh novel in English this compelling documentary novel about Wales between the early 1970s and the demolishing referendum of 1979 helps gainfully fill the time. The documentary novel is a form not much employed in Wales, whereas in the United States it’s […]
Aaron Farrell Taylor Sheridan is carving his way into the shortlist of thoughtful, brutal, gifted screenwriters with the deftness of a bowie knife in the hands of a hunter. He utilises real-world scenarios to tell tales of harsh landscapes and the harsher humanity that inhabit those places. Sicario, Hell or […]
This autumn Swansea plays host to an ambitious multimedia promenade performance event created by artist Marc Rees. Nawr yr Arwr / Now the Hero, commissioned by 14-18 NOW – the UK’s arts programme for the First World War centenary – will take place between 25th – 29th September 2018. […]
Ben Gwalchmai People talk about their first time with reverie or horror or embarrassed amusement – mine was fantastic. It was with a thirty-year-old. This year was the first time I’d been to the Association for Welsh Writing in English (AWWE) conference and it was their thirtieth year. On my […]
Nathan Abrams, Professor in Film Studies at Bangor University On June 16th we shall be bringing 2001: A Space Odyssey to life in Pontio, Bangor, with a series of talks, music, art, including people who worked on the film itself. We will be celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of Stanley Kubrick’s […]