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.
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.
Reflections on ‘How to be an MP’
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’.
Culture and heritage are at the heart of resilient communities
As the National Lottery approaches a milestone birthday, Richard Bellamy introduces the National Lottery Heritage Fund’s future framework for Wales
Libraries Gave Us Power: A Letter to Llandrindod, from Medellin
With news that Powys will close ten libraries, Dylan Moore writes from Medellin, Colombia, where libraries form the heart of civic regeneration
Clifford Bunford 1919 – 2018
Richard Elfyn Jones plays tribute to Clifford Bunford and his career as a singer, singing teacher and choral conductor.
A monument to the communal
Merlin Gable meets Owen Sheers to discuss the poet’s televisual engagement with social issues
Hidden heroines of Wales
Helen Molyneux introduces an opportunity to vote for a historical Welsh woman to be celebrated with a statue in her honour
Why Reorganise When We Can Transform…
Simon Pickthall argues that it’s time to challenge and transform Wales’ public service
Drive me home, country roads
A contemplation of Welshness; Merlin Gable reviews Dylan Moore’s new series of travel essays ‘Driving Home Both Ways’.