Tag: memory
The Distance
Great boxing matches are ‘allegories authored in blood’, wrote Budd Schulberg. It’s quoted late on in Ivan Vladislavíc’s sixth novel, which, among oth …
Read moreThe Shaking City
Many of us find ourselves reflecting on the past with a certain fondness as we head towards uncertain times. There is an absolute quality to history, …
Read moreParch (series 2)
The second series of the S4C drama, Parch, came to a hauntingly ambiguous end two Sundays ago, having delighted audiences for eight weeks with its fin …
Read moreMemories: A Poetry Showcase
Four poems connected by the theme of memory. ‘At Tyddyn Bychan’ by Annabel Luery, ‘Swansea on the Rocks’ by Kitty Donnelly, ‘Line Up’ by Caroly …
Read moreGeorge Carr Reviews Small Days and Nights by Tishani Doshi (Bloomsbury)
SCROLL DOWN FOR SCRIPT George Carr reviews the novel Small Days and Nights by Tishani Doshi (published by Bloomsbury on 18 April). Researched, …
Read moreIn Remembrance
We fashion a memorial to our daughter dead a year this fall: a heart-shaped plaque, a card with her name. On this dark day we try to grow her again. W …
Read moreArrest Me, for I Have Run Away
Stevie Davies is one of our finest contemporary authors, and it’s a pleasure to see some of her short fiction collected here for the first time. Bette …
Read moreDouble Review: Brief Lives: Six Fictions and Christopher Meredith (Writers of Wales)
In the preliminary pages of this new collection of short stories, Brief Lives, Six Fictions, Christopher Meredith admits that ‘several books have been …
Read moreCave Art of the Anthropocene
How do you communicate with an unimaginable future? Imagine imparting a message to someone a hundred years hence. Or a thousand. Or ten thousand. Or e …
Read morePhotograph
Arthur squatted by the fireplace to warm his hands. The room felt comfortable for the first time he could remember – with sunlight streaming through t …
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