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Book review: Cymru Gudd by Dylan Arnold

Jon Gower The photographer Dylan Arnold’s instinct is to take the road less travelled, always opting for the byway rather…

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Culture

Visual Art: ‘Cyfoes’: Celf Cymru Heddiw/Contemporary Welsh Art

Niall Griffiths Ah, the National Library. Bulks on the hill above Aberystwyth; broods over the town below. Kafka’s Castle without…

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Culture

Watch: Cerys Matthews voices BSL storybook ‘Gelert, a Man’s Best Friend’ in Welsh and English

Iconic Welsh singer, broadcaster and writer, Cerys Matthews has contributed to a special British Sign Language (BSL) video of her…

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Culture

Highlights of my 2023: Rosie Scribblah, Swansea artist

Rosie Scribblah, Swansea artist In May, I took my first trip abroad since the Covid19 pandemic, to Porto. I was…

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Culture

Review: Yer Ower Voices! edited by Mike Jenkins.

Eric Ngalle Charles As Cameroonian writers with a colonial hangover, we were taught what writing should be: The King and…

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Culture

Review: Penbanc – Notes from a Welsh Farmhouse by Gaynor Funnell, winner of the Nigel Jenkins Award, 2022

Lottie Williams ‘Why do some places hold you more than others?’ The rhetorical nature of Gaynor Funnell’s opening line in…

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Culture

Sketchy Welsh joins Nation.Cymru

Josh Morgan Nation.Cymru is thrilled to announce the addition of Sketchy Welsh to our band of contributors from across the…

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Culture

The Elgin Marbles must be returned. And so must Wales’ absent artefacts

Stephen Price The Elgin Marbles, or Parthenon Sculptures as their correct owners would quite rightly prefer we call them, are…

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Opinion

Review: Run to the Western Shore by Tim Pears

Niall Griffiths I’m unsure about the historical novel as a genre; dubious of its contemporary relevance. I suspect that it…

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Culture

Review: Branwen: Dadeni

Freddie Spencer-Cosford I am ashamed to say I have not seen a Welsh language theatre piece in the 3 and-a-bit…

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Culture

Review: Enchanted Wales by Miranda Aldhouse-Green

Myfanwy Alexander You wait a long time for a book on Welsh folklore, then two come along at once. Whilst…

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Culture

Five works of Welsh gothic literature you should read this Halloween

Sophie Jessica Davies, PhD Candidate and Part-time Teacher, Aberystwyth University Wales has sought to rediscover its identity and autonomy since…

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Culture

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