Tag: religion
The Jeweller
‘We’d better kneel down then.’ Mo grumbled as she looked for some clear space in the middle of the floor. You could see the shape of her horseshoe bro …
Read moreTry the Wilderness First: Eric Gill and David Jones at Capel-y-Ffin
Borders are a favourite theme among literary and cultural critics. Usually they are presented as sites of interaction and exchange, ‘liminal’ spaces w …
Read moreOn Building
We like to think that we make buildings, but, in truth, buildings make us. Our selves are controlled, conditioned, formed and performed by the built e …
Read moreCreed (Honno Welsh Women’s Classics Series)
While she was writing Creed, Margiad Evans’ father was dying in the room directly above her. She was twenty-seven years old and this was the fourth no …
Read moreStaring Back at Me
Tony Bianchi, who died too young in the summer of 2017, was an extraordinary man in many ways. Not least of these was that, having learned Welsh only …
Read moreCivilisations and Civilisation: 2018 versus 1969 (Part 2)
Civilisations (2018) and Civilisation (1969) both have books to accompany the television series. The book by Mary Beard, a scholar of distinction, is …
Read moreKattaragama
Kattaragama. I hold the weight of the word on my tongue, testing its edges as if it is a boiled sweet. The ‘K’ rising like a mountain as I utter it – …
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