JAMIE BRITTON recommends that we all buy at least two copies of a remarkable book of poems
In search of a better Wales
JIM AITKEN recommends a collection of edifying narratives
PHILISTINISM: The Chartist Mural designed by Kenneth Budd and created in 1978 in a pedestrian underpass in Newport, at an entrance to John Frost Square, was destroyed in 2013
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Re-releases from Iain Matthews, Quicksilver Messenger Service, and The Charlie Daniels Band
JAMIE BRITTON recommends that we all buy at least two copies of a remarkable book of poems
The bard joins the Carnival Against Fascism, which summer fun sends him down Memory Lane
FIONA O’CONNOR is bowled over by a stunning Welsh language drama
MARIA DUARTE and MICHAL BONCZA review Virginia Woolf’s Night & Day, Familiar Touch, Nino, and Toy Story 5
MATTHEW HAWKINS explores the initiatives proposed by HEALING ARTS SCOTLAND
Land of Change: Stories of Struggle and Solidarity from Wales
edited by Dr Gemma June Howell
Culture Matters £15
RACHEL OLIVER’S cover for Land of Change uses vibrant colours to arrest our attention with the strong message of “We Are All One.”
Dr Gemma June Howell, the editor of this Welsh anthology, has brought together a broad, diverse and upliftingly multicultural collection of contributors who all seek a brighter Wales and a changed Wales.
Several women take issue with toxic masculinity. Caroline Richards laments the era when ego came into being, saying that it spread via testosterone. Both Trump and Johnson’s careers can clearly be used to justify her claim.
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