Tag: protest
Lest We Forget
The recent actions of Black Lives Matter (BLM) protesters tearing down statues of the slave owner Edward Colston in Bristol has drawn public attention …
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Crocodiles by Youssef Rakha
It began appallingly – with the self-immolation of Mohamed Bouazizi in Tunisia – but the reforming hope that rose, phoenix-like, from those awful flam …
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Resist: Stories of Uprising
Resist: Stories of Uprising charts the milestone moments of defiance in British history – from quiet personal stands to frenzied and uncontrollable ex …
Read moreContemporary Literature from Wales
Gwen Davies on recent fiction in English from Wales, Robin Chapman on the rejection of politicisation in Welsh-language literature since devolution, S …
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Revolution at Ffotogallery
The revolution will not be televised, but it was and is photographed. Diffusion, Cardiff’s International Festival of Photography, organised by Ffotoga …
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The Things He Saw One Day in May
So, I’ll start with the serious stuff, and work downhill towards the frivolous. Yesterday I was taken by the poet (and translator of Seamus Heaney), P …
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Dispatch from Slovenia 2, Dogs and Toddlers
I was sitting in my flat on the top floor writing one of the most boring sentences in the world when I heard the shouting outside. The three-roomed wr …
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On Occupy USA
‘Well, what’s it like, then?’ When you move to another country, this is usually the first question you get asked by those back home. It was certainly …
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