…newly-untethered polity. As a result, the social formation of contemporary Gwent is defined by the displacement of industrial communities by that totem of post-Thatcherite precarity: the commuter town. As ever,…
IWA Analysis: Where Next for the Foundational Economy?
…how Wales’ peripherality to bigger markets creates weaknesses when supply chains are long and competitive, and when high value activities are concentrated in knowledge clusters and cities. It highlights how…
Small but Mighty: Climate Activism Against Eco-anxiety
…I loved was destroyed at the hand of corporate greed. And so, it is my pride in being Welsh and my passion for combatting this global inequality that also empowers…
Turning Rhetoric into Reality: Decarbonising the Foundational Economy
…highly-productive indigenous firms, the think tank has called for an ambitious programme of investment in research that creates more flexibility for universities and colleges in exploring early-stage ideas. Dr Jack…
Community Land Ownership for Affordable Housing
…community-led initiatives, including housing co-operatives and community land trusts, as well as a commitment to ‘bringing more homes into common ownership’ in areas affected by high numbers of second homes….
Review: Sex on Toast by TΓ΄pher Mills
…quality. Themes are explored, put down, and then picked up again later in the collection, allowing a sense of Mills’ poetic development to rise out of natural comparison. The finest…
The political legacy of Steffan Lewis
…injustices, and a climate emergency that stains the collective conscience of our fragile world. So many of the constitutional conflicts which Steffan warned about have come to pass, and new…
Seedlings for Change: When is the right time to start talking about Climate Change in early years education?
…attention to know that nature nourishes creativity, intelligence, connection, and compassion. Robust debate and agenda-setting research. Support Wales’ leading independent think tank. This brings us to our main rallying cry…
What We Talk About When We Talk About Land
…Williams seeks to address the assumptions and misunderstandings that arise when complex concepts are employed within different academic disciplines or from different ideological perspectives. The great Welsh cultural critic called…