Andy Bevan praises Carwyn Graves’s Tir: The Story of the Welsh Landscape (2024).
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Essays, interviews and reviews related to the arts, media and cultures of Wales.
Andy Bevan praises Carwyn Graves’s Tir: The Story of the Welsh Landscape (2024).
Jordan Curtis speaks to Jake Knight, owner of independent clothing store Knight Vintage, about his love for fashion and Welsh music, and how these two passions have weaved together in his successful Cardiff-based venture.
Olatunji Offeyi looks at how Welsh folk music, a vital part of Wales’ intangible heritage, can uniquely address community tensions, foster unity and attract cultural tourists to Wales.
Victoria Kioi talks to participatory artist, literary activist, poet, rapper, singer-songwriter and theatre maker Rufus Mufasa about her latest album Trig(ger) Warning(s).
In an interview for BBC Wales Sunday Supplement, Roger Lewis discusses the funding crisis facing the creative industries in Wales and the UK.
Dr Ani Saunders and Dr Edward Jones argue a culture-led strategy can help regenerate Cardiff’s economy, but ask what cost such an approach might have for the city’s grassroots scene and communities.
Lydia Godden reviews an account of the 1984-85 Miners’ Strike informed by interviews with miners and by the authors’ own reporting on the events at the time.
Fedor Tot investigates the factors currently stifling creativity in Welsh cinema.
Tom Kemp reviews much-applauded production Nye, now running at the Wales Millennium Centre.
Roger Lewis praises the role of Cadw in preserving Wales’ heritage.
Tom Kemp praises Mr Jones, a new play about the Aberfan disaster now touring in West and North Wales.