Category: Blog
Short opinion piece or informal review of cultural event or book.
Breabach: Taliesin Live, Swansea
On 27 February, I made the trip to the Taliesin Theatre to see the Scottish Folk group, Breabach. Breabach have performed together for fifteen years, …
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The Silver Field & This is About
On the 4 March, Volcano Theatre in Swansea hosted yet another NAWR night. NAWR, (now) is a series of multidisciplinary concerts staged by Volcano over …
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Mark Folds: Crises
On a rainy evening in March, the Elysium bar and gallery in Swansea welcomed the artist Mark Folds to talk about his latest exhibition, with the fitti …
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FEED (Taliesin Live)
TRIGGER WARNING: Content discussing; self-harm, sexual harassment and violence. Venturing alone to Taliesin Theatre at the end of February turn …
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Transgender Resistance: Socialism and the Fight for Trans Liberation
In February, I had the pleasure of attending an evening focusing on the politics of transgenderism, with the main guest speaker and trans activist, La …
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Interview with Alis Hawkins
How do you feel about launching Those Who Know into the world? I’m actually feeling unsure about when it will be launched! The book was due to come ou …
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Tazmamart: 18 Years in Morocco’s Secret Prison
The year was 1972 and Aziz BineBine was a young soldier caught up in the failed coup d’état against King Hassan II in Morocco. Days after following or …
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Graham Miller Interview
Graham Miller’s second book in his Angel and Haines series has just been released. He is based in south Wales, specialises in police procedural novels …
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A Marxist in Heaven
Queueing in the line for the Arts Centre Studio on 6 March, we were surrounded by excitable energy, as theatre lovers from all over Aberystwyth turned …
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The Porthcawl Celtic Festival
The Porthcawl Celtic Festival (also known as Cwlwm Celtaidd ‘Celtic Knot’), is a small, community-run festival in south Wales that occurs once a year. …
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