Category: Blog
Short opinion piece or informal review of cultural event or book.
Kendal Mountain Festival: Levison Wood
Levison Wood, one of the most renowned speakers at this year’s Kendal Mountain Festival, shares stories about his incredible adventures and the people …
Read moreFrom Love Bugs to Period Taboos: Kendal Mountain Festival 2
The Kendal Mountain Festival showcases some of the most influential explorers, books, and films in the industry. One of the many documentary features …
Read moreTough Women: Kendal Mountain Festival
The Kendal Mountain Festival is on now and on demand until 31 December 2020. Tickets from £5.50, with some free events. On Friday 20 November at the …
Read moreHow Do You Run a Virtual Retreat?
How do you run a virtual retreat? When the premise of what you do is gathering writers together in beautiful Snowdonia to escape their day jobs and ea …
Read moreBreabach: 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, …
Read moreThe 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 …
Read moreMark 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 …
Read moreFEED (Taliesin Live)
TRIGGER WARNING: Content discussing; self-harm, sexual harassment and violence. Venturing alone to Taliesin Theatre at the end of February turn …
Read moreTransgender 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 …
Read moreInterview 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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