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Workers’ rights, racism and extreme weather: Wales’ forgotten strike
Claire Boot explores how the long-forgotten Seaman's Strike of 1911 intersects with her personal landscape of South Wales
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Cennin Pedr: the roots and reach of the wild daffodil
Esther Williams traces the story of Cymru's national flower from the wild west coast of Wales through China, Persia and Ancient Greece – and deep…
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Closing time: last days in Cardiff, and why I edit
You know the scene.
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Inside London's Welsh chapels: 'Singing the Lord's song in a strange land'
An encounter with an unexpected seam of Welsh culture in London spurs Rhys Underdown to explore the city's history of Welsh chapels
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Pursuing Beauty: Tim Lewis and his legacy as a stained glass window artist
Sian Melangell Dafydd remembers the stained glass window from her schooldays that led her to discover the remarkable work of Tim Lewis, who has passed…
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Cwlwm: a knotty retrospective
One year on from our launch, we look back at the articles we've published, and the ties that bind them together.
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Cardiff Days Gone By: In the Heart of the Cambrian Metropolis
Dylan Moore reflects on twenty years writing about Cymru's capital city, and introduces his ambitious new project to write the Great Cardiff Novel
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Square mile: finding freedom in bounded spaces
Grace Quantock explores her physical and psychic sense of place in the context of illness, industry, and a world in flames.
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Down Your Local?: A life in public houses
Following a recent exhibition of his photographs of Newport pubs, John Briggs recounts a lifetime's transatlantic love affair with the charms of 'the…
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Ideas Worth Pursuing: David Hurn in Profile
Following his Outstanding Contribution to Journalism award at the recent Wales Media Awards, Glenn Edwards profiles veteran Welsh photographer David…
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In search of Gower Gold: recollections of a journey on foot
Rhys Underdown remembers a tall tale of a long journey through the Gower, past and present.
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Escapades on the D Train: Welshman in New York
On the 81st anniversary of Dylan Thomas' death, Dylan Moore follows in the footsteps of both his namesakes through the bars of Greenwich Village
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The Conservative Club: Looking for Ghosts in Llanelli
On the first anniversary of the release of his debut Local Fires, Joshua Jones revisits the photographs taken by Nik Roche for the book's potential…
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The New Old North
Jasmine Donahaye travels in search of Rheged, the ancient Welsh kingdom belonging to the Hen Ogledd, which may or may not have been in Cumbria
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Cwlwm is a quality magazine for Cymru, delivered via email. Well-written, in-depth stories about culture, events and people from every corner of Wales.
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