Jasmine Donahaye says recent events will put writers off standing to be politicians.
Books Round-Up
Dylan Moore finds much to admire in three new works of nonfiction, but can’t underestimate the importance of a little literary sparkle.
‘The most conspiratorial member of the cabinet’
On the anniversary of Roy Jenkins’ birth, Adam Somerset reviews John Campbell’s biography ‘Roy Jenkins’.
A Dylan Thomas heresy
Jasmine Donahaye says the Dylan Thomas centenary celebrations have gone too far.
Making Hay without the sun
Phil Parry tells of his visit to this week’s Hay Festival
A Moment in Hay: Toni Morrison remembers Maya Angelou
Dylan Moore reports on Toni Morrison’s Hay Festival appearance.
The alluring shape and substance of Wales
Jan Morris frankly confesses to her somewhat romanticised feelings about her country
Scholars of Wales stare disaster in the face
M. Wynn Thomas bemoans the grudging, shadowy, marginal, maverick and shaky existence of Welsh studies
Poets who cling to freshness and intensity
Peter Gaskell reviews a new book of essays by Vernon Watkins