#RethinkingWales

Spring/Summer 2020 #64

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Highlights

Radical Help Michael Sheen talks to Dylan Moore

#Rethinking Wales 27 contributors suggest national priorities

Act local, act global Susie Ventris-Field encourages global concern

From COVID-19 to Senedd ’21 Darren Hughes considers the future of Wales’ NHS

After GCSEs: My New Reality Poppy Stowell-Evans gives a firsthand account

UBI: time to grasp the nettle? John Ball advocates for universal basic income

Articles

Lockdown: an essay in photographs Glenn Edwards documents isolation in Roath

How to lose a million pounds Peter Elwood says weight loss is the key to a healthier Wales

Closing the gender gap Emma Henwood reports on the ways heart attack affects women

The idea of Britain Simon Brooks on the importance of ‘the island’ in Welsh-language thought

Helen Antoniazzi Shazia Awan-Scully meets Leanne Wood’s former special advisor

The forward march of devolution halted? Leighton Andrews assesses COVID-19’s threat

Curriculum for Wales Martin Johnes says inequality is a bigger deal than rows about content

Banc Cambria Rebecca Nelson says the pandemic makes a cooperative bank even more vital

A Balancing Act: infrastructure and environment Kate Attwood on careful considerations

Mountains to Climb Geraint Talfan Davies assesses Welsh Government’s international strategy

Collaboration, communities and number crunching Elinor Shepley on Understanding Welsh Places

Turnaround Towns Hannah Ormston on how Cardigan has made the most of its assets

Culture

Meltem Arikan at Elan Valley Filiz Celik meets the Turkish writer in exile at a remote cottage

Time and Tide Angela V. John marks the centenary of Lady Rhondda’s influential weekly sheet

Reviews

Godbothering Dylan Moore is enlightened by Rhidian Brook’s thoughts for our time

New Model Island Kieron Smith finds Alex Niven’s book problematic

Depicting Saint David R M Parry on Martin Crampin’s visual tour of how our patron saint appears

Q&A Mymuna Soleman explains the idea behind her Privilege Cafe to Merlin Gable