Winter 2012
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Editorial
An Assembly fit for purpose
Essay
Symbol of the Welsh dream
Mererid Hopwood unpacks what we can learn about ourselves from our national anthem
Outlook
S4C at 30
- T. James Jones
- Euryn Ogwen Williams
- Chris Grace
- Mari Beynon Owen
- Ian Jones
Changing Union
Radical tax varying powers recommended for Wales
John Osmond examines the Silk Commission’s first report advocating more financial autonomy for the Welsh Government
Challenge facing unionist parties in Scotland
Jeremy Purvis outlines the argument for Devo Plus
Why we need devolution in reverse
Adam Price detects a stirring of the tectonic plates that underpin Europe’s political map
Economy
New Severn Barrage design would exploit two-way tides
Peter Hain makes the case for the biggest Welsh investment project in more that a generation
Wales beyond the wires
Mike Joseph argues that Switzerland offers a template to follow in the provision of public transport across the whole country
A new catalyst for the Valleys
Sebastian Barrett believes the Circuit of Wales will be a game changer
Renewables versus nuclear
Carl Clowes considers the implications for north Wales of Hitachi acquiring Wylfa
Wind power’s economic impact
Mark Fleming assesses the community spin-offs that can accompany wind farm developments
Politics & Policy
False prospectus underpins Natural Resources Wales
Jon Owen Jones identifies groupthink policy making behind the creation of Wales’s biggest quango
Rise of the Twitter generation
Kevin Brennan examines the political impact of the internet revolution
Public intellectual of world history
Dai Smith looks back at the life of Eric Hobsbawm, consumate myth-buster and uncomfortable truth-teller
Education trumps coal in 21st Century Wales
Dave Egan distils the lessons we can still learn from the authors of The Miner’s Next Step
Tesco’s law
Sarah Wyburn asks whether new entrants on the high street will give a distinctive edge to the Welsh legal system
Education
Welsh Schools should focus on skills rather than knowledge
Dave Reynolds examines the challenges facing an education system trapped in a time warp of a world free from competition
We need to make new Welsh-speaking communities
Steve Morris reports on research into creating new spaces for the language in anglicised areas of Wales
Science
The statins scandal
Stephanie Matthews says we are at risk of using mass medication to solve a lifestyle issue
Iodine deficiency should be on Welsh Government’s radar
John Lazarus warns of a hidden dietary threat to the development of our children
Health
Transparency and scrutiny vital for future of NHS
Marcus Longley asks whether financial pressures will drive down quality of care in our hospitals
Plugging the gap between health and social care
Helen Birtwhistle says NHS and local authorities must work together to provide a seamless service
Social Policy
Still lost in care
Alison Taylor describes her long struggle to bring the north Wales child abuse scandal to public attention
Level playing field needed for the disadvantaged
Nick Morris says that most of all deafblind people need early intervention support
Environment
The Arctic sea ice collapse
Gareth Wyn Jones explains why the loss of cover across the North Pole is doing much more than merely bringing us bad summer weather
Heritage
Beyond the towpath
Mark Lang celebrates the contribution canals are making to 21st Century Wales
Culture
Fishlock’s File: We’re more Kyber than the Kyber
Trevor Fishlock observes how Wales shares the magic of the movies with the stars
Swans fly high
Peter Stead examines a 100-year sporting story of tragedy mixed with farce that has ended in triumph for Swansea City
Reviews
Welsh questions that inform global understanding
Owen Dudley Edwards
Epicentre capital for the stag and hen
Peter Finch
Last of the analogue alternative poets
Ifor Thomas
When everything has a price, less has value
Rhys David
Last Word
Wales turns corner into zero growth politics
Peter Stead