Culture

Wales recognised as an independent state – in the Marvel universe

Eagle-eyed viewers have spotted that Wales is an independent state in the latest Marvel superhero  film, Black Panther. In a…

Black Panther – Film Review.

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – Film Review.

Aaron Farrell Three dilapidated billboards that sit outside Ebbing, Missouri are recommissioned by Mildred Hayes (Frances McDormand) in a desperate…

The non-Welsh speaker’s guide to Welsh language pop music

  Everyone knows Wales is the land of song and has ridiculously talented bands of all kinds. Pretty much everyone will…

Report criticised for calling Wales’ national museums ‘too narrowly Welsh’

A report on Wales’ national museums has been criticised after it called on them to abandon a “narrowly Welsh” perspective…

The Greatest Showman – Review

Aaron Farrell P.T. Barnum was a visionary, in business, in life and in uniting disparate peoples. From humble beginnings as…

Star Wars: The Last Jedi – Review

Ifan Morgan Jones Much has been made of the links between Wales and Star Wars, including the Millennium Falcon being…

This 30 year-old programme will change the way you see Wales

Nick Stradling The biggest problem we have in Wales is that our children grow into adults without any perception of…

Review: Tiger Bay

Rhiannon M. Williams, lecturer in Theatr and Drama at the University of South Wales The trouble with reviews is that…

As Wales loses its cultural distinctiveness, will a civic identity sustain us?

Ifan Morgan Jones Why does such a thing as Wales exist? If you looked down on Wales from space, there…

Review: Thor – Ragnarok

Aaron Farrell Ride the lightning! Taika Waititi is renowned for humour and heart. What We Do In The Shadows is a bloody…

Should we translate Welsh literature into English?