Geraint Talfan Davies outlines ambitious plans to reassert the importance of the industrial heritage of Merthyr Tydfil

Essays, interviews and reviews related to the arts, media and cultures of Wales.
Mae the welsh agenda yn gylchgrawn Saesneg sydd yn cael ei hariannu gan Gyngor Llyfrau Cymru. Mae erthyglau’r cylchgrawn yn Saesneg ond mae’r tudalennau am waith y Sefydliad Materion Cymraeg ar gael yn ddwyieithog.
Geraint Talfan Davies outlines ambitious plans to reassert the importance of the industrial heritage of Merthyr Tydfil
Simon Gwyn Roberts reflects on how Welsh identity looks and feels different in different parts of Wales and argues that in Anglo-Welsh border areas we might do well to celebrate cultural diversity at a micro scale, where it becomes about locality and what makes that locality distinctive.
In the wake of the sad news that Paul Flynn MP has died, Adam Somerset revisits an earlier review of his book, ‘How to be an MP’.
As the National Lottery approaches a milestone birthday, Richard Bellamy introduces the National Lottery Heritage Fund’s future framework for Wales
With news that Powys will close ten libraries, Dylan Moore writes from Medellin, Colombia, where libraries form the heart of civic regeneration
Richard Elfyn Jones plays tribute to Clifford Bunford and his career as a singer, singing teacher and choral conductor.
Merlin Gable meets Owen Sheers to discuss the poet’s televisual engagement with social issues
Helen Molyneux introduces an opportunity to vote for a historical Welsh woman to be celebrated with a statue in her honour
Simon Pickthall argues that it’s time to challenge and transform Wales’ public service