…encourage and give confidence to accompanying private sector investment alongside wider community consultation. Will these competitive, UK-held and managed funds deliver real change for communities across Wales? We think this…
Freeports in Wales: A Road to Success?
…in 2021 with a whopping 72.8% of the vote – largely on the promise of jobs to come from Teesside’s freeport. When comparing this flagship freeport site with those in…
Long Read: The Future of Sexual Health in Wales
…have seen how powerful it can be when communities gather together and are given the space and freedom to be able to design and deliver services. I know of people…
Keeping Wales Beautiful for Future Generations – Not Robbing Peter to Pay Paul
…the local area, benefitting the local area. Visitor levies are common around the world, and they are often applied at the local government level. For example, Catalonia operates a region-wide…
Welsh record labels and the future of Welsh music
…and represent bilingual musicians such as Mared Williams. The recent boom in independent record labels, including the new community interest company Rose Parade Recording Co, aims to put music back…
Writers at Work at Hay Festival: ‘A Furnace of Creativity’
…she read a few chapters of my novel, Salt. When she later got a temporary editing job at Gwasg Gomer, she selected Salt to be put in for the Book…
Wales and the Armenians
The links between Wales and the Armenians stretch far back into history. For example, many writers have commented on the similarities between the carved crosses of early mediaeval Welsh Christianity…
The Tourism Tax: Robbing Peter to Pay Paul
…complete falsehood. Labour have given no indication as to how councils will be compelled to spend the money in this way. Discussions and debates that drive Wales forward. Join Wales’…
How opera singing can help with Long-Covid symptoms
…to provide a safe space for them to sing freely without fear of embarrassment after hitting the odd bum-note. Innovative. Informed. Independent. Your support can help us make Wales better….