Articles from issue : July 2021

To say that we’ve been somewhat deprived of the arts for the last year and a bit would be the understatement of the century. In recent times however, things have slowly but surely been returning to some semblance of normality,

“Washington Heights. Say it, so it doesn’t disappear!” In The Heights opens with main character Usnavi telling the story of his hometown to a group of children, a very fitting beginning for a film all about the importance and value

Simon Goss is a figurative artist and portrait painter based in Swansea. He has been working in figurative art for 30 years, building a large body of work, mainly of life drawings from the nude, many of which were drawn

Driving from Fforestfach to Gorseinon you pass by the site of a battle that took place in the 12th century and left more than 500 men dead. Charles Wilson Watkins has been looking into the history of this battle of

This month we see Europe through the lens of a fine art photographer, find out if computers will send us to prison, take a literary trip to the Côte d’Azur and debunk a few myths about foxes… BOOK OF THE

Just after 10:30am most week days, you’ll find me, a brew in one hand and a pen in the other, shout-ing at Popmaster on the Ken Bruce Show on BBC Radio 2. Some days I do well; I’ve had scores