Tag: mythology

I began reading Victoria Owen’s account of Lady Charlotte Guest, knowing little about Lady Charlotte and what she accomplished. On concluding the book, my understanding of this remarkable woman and what her life entailed was much enriched. Lady Charlotte Bertie was born on 19 May, 1812. In September 1818, her kind and benevolent father died. […]
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Tutankhamun’s Wet Nurse Imagines Herself as the Goddess Nut

Poem about mythology, inequality, maternity and female power by Cheryl Pearson

PUBLISHED ON: 01/04/21

CATEGORY: Poetry

stars in my hair                   dragonflies padding each shoulder      a blue mole cuddles each toe           I hold two worlds together            …

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The Hare Book and The Hedgehog Book

Suzy Ceulan Hughes recommends two gorgeous, stunningly illustrated hardback books which treat wildlife to a cultural, factual feast

PUBLISHED ON: 29/09/20

CATEGORY: Reviews

In an essay in the current issue of New Welsh Reader [Issue 124], I confessed to my obsession with hares. And I drew on Jane Russ’ The Hare Book for i …

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Feral

Resistance to labelling people is at the heart of this poetry collection on a superficially topical theme, Garry MacKenzie finds, but it also moves into a world which feels like a selkie’s take on a story by Ovid

PUBLISHED ON: 30/10/18

CATEGORY: Reviews

‘Feral’ is a word on the rise. More than old saws like ‘back to nature’, it speaks to contemporary environmental concerns, from the desire to rewild t …

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A Perfect Mirror & Oedipa

Vicky MacKenzie is delighted by the mature voice of Sarah Corbett, in conversation with past and present, and the original and startling voice of Amy McCauley, which inhabits a mythic time and space which are at the same time extremely specific

PUBLISHED ON: 30/10/18

CATEGORY: Reviews

A Perfect Mirror is Sarah Corbett’s fifth collection, and there’s a surety and confidence to her voice. There are poems responding to the work of many …

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Salacia, The Museum of Truth & Ling di Long

Vicky MacKenzie on a poet drawn to the shoreline who is one to watch; a second, veteran of the publishing world who is as at home with personal despair as he is with political satire, and a third, an acclaimed poet of technical adroitness as well as originality and wit

PUBLISHED ON: 30/10/18

CATEGORY: Reviews

Mari Ellis Dunning’s debut poetry collection, Salacia, is steeped in salt water and sea air. It’s a bracing and sensual exploration of a young woman’s …

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The Woman at the Well

S Beryl Jones

PUBLISHED ON: 24/10/18

CATEGORY: Fiction

When I got out at the station I found the only way of getting to the house was on foot. Jameson, a little man with a thin moustache and turn-down coll …

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Rewriting the Mabinogi: Matthew Francis

Reginald Francis

PUBLISHED ON: 29/11/17

CATEGORY: Blog

Matthew Francis is an award-winning poet and professor at Aberystwyth University. When he first came to live in Wales in 1999 he decided to surround h …

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The Arthurian Place Names of Wales

Reginald Francis

PUBLISHED ON: 14/11/17

CATEGORY: Blog

As part of the National Library of Wales’ Arthur and Welsh Mythology exhibition, writer and Arthurian scholar, Scott Lloyd gave a lunchtime lecture ab …

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The Sorrowful Putto of Prague

Alice Vernon

PUBLISHED ON: 14/08/17

CATEGORY: Reviews

Webcomics have gained a great deal of popularity in recent years, partly because of their accessibility. New stories can be made immediately available …

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