Articles from issue : July 2017

The Kids are Alright Liverpool four-piece Clean Cut Kid are anything but. Between them the band’s three chaps sport beards, hair and tattoos evoking rednecks scraping up roadkill for dinner outside an Arkansas trailer. This trades description violation notwithstanding, they

PAUL GILL IS ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS AND SURF TRAVEL BUDDY. HE ALSO HAPPENS TO BE ONE OF BRITAIN’S TOP SURF PHOTOGRAPHERS. HIS SHOTS HAVE REGULARLY FEATURED IN BRITAIN AND EUROPE’S FINEST SURF PUBLICATIONS. ENJOY HIS INSIGHTS INTO WHAT

POETRY AFLOAT Simon Fry investigates the literature and history encountered in a fascinating rowing trip Readers of Bay will be familiar with its excellent articles on books, history, stately homes and waterborne activities: rowing trips offered by Row The Thames,

‘The Lost Treasures of Swansea Bay’ is the first Community Archaeology project funded by the HLF (Heritage Lottery Fund) project Saving Treasures, Telling Stories. It runs until 13 August 2017 at the Swansea Museum and is a FREE exhibition. The

THIS MONTH I AM WRITING ABOUT THE SOCIAL HISTORY OF DENTISTRY. WE TAKE IT FOR GRANTED THAT WE CAN VISIT A DENTIST – YOU MIGHT EVEN BE READING THIS WHILST WAITING TO BE CALLED IN! Modern dentistry as we know

2017 WINNER OF THE BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE Multi international award-winning Israeli novelist DAVID GROSSMAN has been awarded the Booker Inter-national Award for 2017. The prize is shared by his translator. Grossman’s winning novel A Horse Walks Into A Bar has

It’s been four years since Edgar Wright, the mad genius behind Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, The World’s End and Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, gave us a new film. He was famously supposed to direct Ant-Man for Marvel,

With its desert landscapes and magnificent architecture, Iran – or Persia as it is still sometimes called – is somewhere you have to see to believe. Virtually untouched by tourism and with a relaxed, friendly atmosphere, this really is the

Bay’s GIG REVIEWER SIMON FRY CAUGHT A PERFORMANCE BY A YOUNG MUSICIAN WHOSE RECORD BRAZIL HAS BEEN LAUDED BY BBC NEWS AS ‘AN EXTRAORDINARILY MATURE SONG FOR A 16 YEAR-OLD SONGWRITER’ AND MATT WILKINSON OF NME CALLED IT ‘ONE OF

LAST MONTH, Bay’s PHOTOJOURNALIST LIZ BARRY AND HER PARTNER GARETH VISITED THE HISTORIC TOWN OF TEWKESBURY IN GLOUCESTERSHIRE TO CHECK OUT A COUNTRY HOUSE HOTEL, SPA AND A CASTLE Tewkesbury Park Hotel Within walking distance of the medieval town of