The Need for Public Service Media has Never Been Greater
It’s been a year that will never be forgotten. With many sectors starting to feel the impact of Covid-19, there’s no doubt that this period has reinforced public service media’s crucial role. We’ve...
View ArticleThe Future of Theatre is Here
The future of theatre is here. It’s in our empty buildings, our streets, our parks and our houses. It’s about things that matter to us, the stories that represent us and the things we want to talk...
View ArticlePuddle Jump: Stories for Families
Throughout the pandemic, Valleys Kids, a community development organisation based in the South Wales valleys, have worked tirelessly to meet the needs of their community. They have supplied 20,000...
View ArticleOpera in the Time of Pandemic
This article first appeared in the print copy of the Welsh agenda. You can get your copy today by joining us. There are probably few things further from the tender majesty that opera can conjure –...
View ArticleResisting Resistance: Part 1
This article was first published in the welsh agenda 65. Part 2 is available here. For a long time, investment in the arts in Wales has almost exclusively been dedicated to sustaining existing...
View ArticleResisting Resistance: Part 2
The first part of the article is available here and in the Welsh agenda 65. Accountability is complex in the Welsh context. Publishers are intrinsically tied into the wider framework of Wales’...
View ArticlePicturing Our Past: Telling the Story of Welsh Film
“That fertile legacy” is how film historian David Berry described the screen past of Welsh film. His book Wales and Cinema is a superb overview but it was published more than twenty five years ago and,...
View ArticleBook Review: Easy Meat
‘Remain’ meant that everything would stay the same but ‘Leave’ meant something had to change. So what if everything went tits-up for a few months? No pain, no gain. No pressure, no diamonds. It was as...
View ArticleCulture is ordinary – sure, but so’s apathy: On Raymond Williams’s Radicalism
‘Culture is ordinary: through every change let us hold onto that.’ And god knows we have, us Welsh, ever since he said it in his 1958 essay of the same name. From a not-quite-nation with an ancient...
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Welsh Stories, Welsh Talents: What’s Next for Welsh Film?
Produced through Ffilm Cymru Wales’ Cinematic scheme, The Toll is described by Glasgow Film Festival as “mixing the dark comedy of the Coen Brothers with the antihero of Sergio Leone’s spaghetti...
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