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

Apr 26 • 

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March 2025

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…

Mar 1 • 

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February 2025

Closing time: last days in Cardiff, and why I edit

You know the scene.

Feb 1 • 

Merlin Gable

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Cwlwm

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January 2025

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

Jan 25 • 

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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…

Jan 18 • 

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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.

Jan 11 • 

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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

Jan 4 • 

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December 2024

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.

Dec 14, 2024 • 

Cwlwm

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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…

Dec 7, 2024 • 

Cwlwm

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November 2024

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…

Nov 23, 2024 • 

Cwlwm

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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.

Nov 16, 2024 • 

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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

Nov 9, 2024 • 

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Dylan Moore

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