Archaeologist Pippa Pemberton celebrates the ubiquitous Welsh terrace, and argues this structure can be adapted into an energy-efficient model for contemporary communal living.
Read moreAdam Johannes on the Renting Homes (Wales) Bill and argues it fails to protect ‘Generation Rent’ from insecure and expensive housing. He calls for grassroots action 100yrs since the Glasgow Rent Strike…
Read moreIn the sixteenth contribution to our Welsh Keywords series, Mair Rees reflects on how for her the word ‘cywilydd’ is more painful than its closest English equivalent – ‘shame’. She argues that in 21st century Wales, ‘cywilydd’ still marks women’s self-image, has seeped into the marrow of the Welsh language and continues to crush confidence in the nation’s political status.
Read moreJess Rose draws on her experience of childbirth to analyse the impact of downgrading maternity services, and invites mothers across Wales to contribute to a film project responding to these dangerous cuts.
Read moreIn the latest article in our ‘Retracing Wales’ series of creative responses to the Wales Coast Path, Lynne Rees sets off from Aberafan Beach in search of an elusive shipwreck of childhood memory, and reflects on Briton Ferry’s little-known pacifist history as she reaches the town…
Read moreRogelio Vallejo gives an insight into Paraguay, his little-known homeland, whose repressive state so often escapes scrutiny, and whose writers have braved much in exposing brutality.
Read moreAn excerpt from a short story set during the Miners’ Strike and its aftermath by Tony Bianchi
Read moreIwan Bala reflects on the theme of the 2015 Venice Biennale ‘All the World’s Futures’, asking whether the show really responds to emerging global urgencies, and the threat not just to the city but to humanity itself from climate change.
Read moreDeian Timms looks at the persistence of the psychedelic aesthetic in Wales, from Gwenno’s Y Dydd Olaf to Gruff Rhys’s American Interior and beyond, and what this says about cultural loss and the desire for political freedom… Can the psychedelic still be subversive?
Read moreHuw L. Williams meets Jeremy Corbyn at the Bevan Stones in Tredegar and reflects on the implications of Corbyn’s success for the Welsh Left, and his choice of Shadow Secretary of State for Wales.
Read moreCharmian Savill looks at recent and upcoming productions from Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru, including Nansi and Dawns Ysbrydion, as part of a wider phenomenon in contemporary theatre and performance in which the power of ritual is revived.
Read moreNiall Griffiths on Robert Minhinnick
Georgia Burdett on Morlais by Alun Lewis
Ceri Thomas reviews David Tress
The Greatest Need by Jasmine Donahaye
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