Planet contents pages

Planet

contents

3 In the Screen’s GlowJohn Barnie

6 In Steel and StoneJonathan Adams and the WalesMillennium CentreStephen Evans

14 The Key to Annie’s RoomRugby ManiaRobert Minhinnick

19 The Planet CartoonPeter Roberts

20 The Artisan-Translator and theArtist-TranslatorJohn Rutherford

27 Beyond Our KenWhat Does London Mean forWales?Ned Thomas

33 Innocent EyesNaive Realism in WalesPeter Wakelin

42 Seconding the MotionThe Poetry of Owen SheersClaire Powell

47 Vennerberg’s GhostA Short StoryEmyr Humphreys

66 Making Good BoundariesJoshua A. Fishman Interviewed byXabier Erize

76 The Shadow in the WoodsAmerica and Hallowe’enOzi Rhys Osmond

83 The Counter-Productive CriticA Reply to John Lovering’sCritique of Objective OneKevin Morgan

89 How to be ConsciousThe Latest Theories about HumanConsciousnessRoger Caldwell

96 † Baroness White

98 † Tudor David

99 Attitude

100 Reviews

120 SceneMusic • IT • Theatre • Internet •Sport

PoemsBillie Livingston (31) Dewi StephenJones (60) Anne Stevenson (61)

Covers: Computer generated images ofthe Wales Millennium Centre

April/May 2000

planetThe Welsh Internationalist

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3 The Arts Council of WalesJohn Barnie

7 Devolution and the Crisis ofRepresentationTony Benn Interviewed byIan Rappel

16 Inclusivepolitics.con?The National AssemblyLila Haines

21 The Rhyming DetectiveGwyneth Lewis’s Latest CollectionRuth McElroy

31 Where is the Mainland?Northern IrelandJon Parry

36 Et in Arcadia EgoThe Art of Ken EliasCeri Thomas


45 Whose Voice Will It Recognize?Language and ITNed Thomas

49 Stories Always Have MeaningsThe Doctor-Patient RelationshipGlyn Elwyn

56 A Way of Talking to PeopleThe Debate About High ArtHugh Macpherson

62 Creeping JesusA Short StoryDavid Callard

65 Revisiting the Athens of WalesAberdare, Theatre and DisenfranchisementRuth Shade

75 Waiting for the BarbariansThe Waterhouse Report, Section 28and ToleranceDafydd Roberts

81 Historian of the HourNorman Davies’s The Isles: A HistoryRichard Jones

86 † Joseph Herman

88 †Will Roberts

90 Attitude

95 Reviews

118 SceneMusic • Environment • Art • Performance •Sport

PoemsBarry Butson (27) Jeremy Hooker (71)Cover art by Ken Elias. Zoo Book I (front): GoingHome: Projection (back).

June/July 2000


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3 Deciduous EarthJohn Barnie

8 Wings over WalesBAe Systems and the AssemblyJohn Lovering


15 Eavesdropping on the WorldSiân James Interviewed byDewi Roberts

22 Animal OmegaThe Dubious Moral Universe ofMichel HouellebecqAndrew Hussey

32 Crossover States —Material MemoryThe Art of David Hastieand Angharad JonesIwan Bala

42 Andrea’s KitchenA Short StoryHarriet Richards

46 Dispatches from the Sub-ContinentTelevision and Democracyin BangladeshMike Sweet

54 Cyber StageCeri Sherlock profiled byHeike Roms

61 Always Be ClosingThe World of WorkPeter Morgan and Angharad James

69 In the City, a Short Time AgoA Short StoryT.J. Davies

74 The Light of That DayWales on VideoElfed Owens

83 Turning Labour Around?The Political Career of Jim GriffithsIoan Matthews

89 Hay FeverA Festival DiaryDouglas William Brown

93 Attitude

95 Reviews

117 SceneMusic • Art • Eisteddfod • Television • Sport

PoemsRobert Minhinnick (28) Moira Duff (72)Joseph P. Clancy (81)Cover art: Sheltered II by David Hastie.

August/September 2000


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3 The Arts Council of WalesJohn Barnie

7 Devolution and the Crisis ofRepresentationTony Benn Interviewed byIan Rappel

16 Inclusivepolitics.con?The National AssemblyLila Haines

21 The Rhyming DetectiveGwyneth Lewis’s Latest CollectionRuth McElroy

31 Where is the Mainland?Northern IrelandJon Parry

36 Et in Arcadia EgoThe Art of Ken EliasCeri Thomas


45 Whose Voice Will It Recognize?Language and ITNed Thomas

49 Stories Always Have MeaningsThe Doctor-Patient RelationshipGlyn Elwyn

56 A Way of Talking to PeopleThe Debate About High ArtHugh Macpherson

62 Creeping JesusA Short StoryDavid Callard

65 Revisiting the Athens of WalesAberdare, Theatre and DisenfranchisementRuth Shade

75 Waiting for the BarbariansThe Waterhouse Report, Section 28and ToleranceDafydd Roberts

81 Historian of the HourNorman Davies’s The Isles: A HistoryRichard Jones

86 † Joseph Herman

88 †Will Roberts

90 Attitude

95 Reviews

118 SceneMusic • Environment • Art • Performance •Sport

PoemsBarry Butson (27) Jeremy Hooker (71)Cover art by Ken Elias. Zoo Book I (front): GoingHome: Projection (back).

June/July 2000


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3 The Writer’s Dubious FriendsJohn Barnie

7 Planet CartoonPeter Roberts

8 The Uncertain Critic“Praise” Criticism in WelshLiterary CultureJasmine Donahaye

16 The Site InviolateR.S. Thomas (1913-2000)Walford Davies

31 The View from LondonThe British Art Show 5Ozi Rhys Osmond

39 The Real StreetLloyd Robson’s sense of city roadPeter Finch

44 Sale of the New Century“Reforming” Lithuania and RussiaIan Rappel

55 The Power of AbsenceGillian Clarke in Conversation withDeryn Rees-Jones

63 Devolution on HoldPaul Frame

67 Acting the MaggotFrom a Novel in ProgressKaite O’Reilly

75 Books 2000

79 “A Very Good Afternoon for Wales”The Lib-Lab CoalitionGeoff Mungham

83 “English for the Children?”The Language Debate in CaliforniaCarol Schwyzer and Philip Schwyzer

88 A World of DifferenceSamuel Huntington’s Theory of the Clashof CivilizationsDavid Sullivan

95 Attitude

98 Reviews

117 SceneMusic • Television • Performance •Art • Sport

PoemsTony Conran (29) Gillian Clarke (53) DerynRees-Jones (61)

Cover art: Chintz Girls by Laura Ford

December 2000/January 2001


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3 To Tierra del Fuego and BackJohn Barnie


8 The Real DebtBritain and the Destructionof ZimbabweNeil Thomas

18 All Hers!The Art of Sue WilliamsIwan Bala

25 Direct ActivistsThe Roots of Welsh RockRuth Shade

36 Aztec SoupA Memoir of the US PresidentialElection CampaignRobert Minhinnick

42 A Visual Diary 2000Bernard Mitchell

49 The Man from TokyoA Short StoryAlun Richards

59 HowBig’sYourMajority?Diaryof the Labour Party ConferenceAmy Wack

73 BanderasExcerpt from a Novel in ProgressCraig Osborne

77 A Place Without BoundariesThe Fiction of Christopher MeredithKirsti Bohata

83 “Spitting in the Face of theWelsh People”The Controversy over Rachel Jonesand the BBCGraham Jones

94 † Frank Roper

95 Attitude

100 Reviews

118 SceneTelevision • Music • Film • Performance• Sport

PoemsRuth Bidgood (46) Mike Jenkins (57) JohnJones (71) Gillian Clarke (76)

Cover art by Sue Williams. Front: Bit likeDrowning Slowly (detail). Back: Falmouth, FirstLove.

February/March 2001


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3 The Business EthosJohn Barnie


7 Why the Dragon Has No TeethPolitics and the MediaJohn Lovering

11 ValleyGirlsTheatre’sWelsh “Mams” and “Slags”Ruth Shade

20 Landmarks and MysteriesThe Art of Bert IsaacSheila Paine

27 Black BeautyWorld Heritage Site at BlaenafonPeter Wakelin

33 Solveig von SchoultzIntroduced by Robin Young

44 Heart-stonesA Short StoryMichael Ponsford

52 Outside the CoteriesAlan Perry in conversation withStephen Knight

63 Time TravelStorytelling in the American SouthPamela Petro

71 Talons or FeathersSign Language in WalesOzi Rhys Osmond

78 Clones, Designer Babies, and theHuman Body ShopRoger Caldwell

85 After the Arts CrisisACW and Cultural PolicyNed Thomas

90 Very Foreign PartsJudging the Independent ForeignFiction PrizePatricia Duncker

95 † Lord Cledwyn of Penrhos

96 Reviews

118 SceneTelevision • Music • Art • Dance • Sport

PoemsJohn Davies (19) Alan Perry (49) StephenKnight (61) Paul Henry (94)

Cover art: Dark Blue Hill by Bert Isaac

April/May 2001


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3 Nothing to Do with MeJohn Barnie


7 After Foot and MouthPeter Midmore

17 Illuminated fromWithinThe Art of John SelwayOzi Rhys Osmond

24 The Price ofWelsh InternationalismA Safe Haven for Exiled WritersTom Cheesman

28 “Hurrah for the Freedomofthe Nations!”Lily Tobias’s Early Zionismand Welsh NationalismJasmine Donahaye

37 Living in Room 101The Wider Significance of AnneRobinson’s RemarksKevin Williams

45 Requiem for a Galician NationalistAlfonso R. Castelao’s Thingsintroduced byCraig Patterson

55 A Disagreement Between FriendsR.S. Thomas, Language and PoetryRaymond Garlick

59 Living in PlatoniaOur Ideas about TimeRichard Poole

68 Culture and Society 2001-2010The Assembly and Arts PolicyNed Thomas

72 Between World and WordThe Poetry of Niyi OsundareStewart Brown

82 An International Profile for the ArtsThe Rôle of Wales Arts InternationalTony Deyes

87 Too Friendly for Feminism?The Early Years of the Women’sMovement in South WalesAvril Rolph

95 † Sir Harry Secombe

96 Attitude

98 Reviews

118 SceneTelevision • Music • Art • Performance •Sport

PoemsRaymond Garlick (12) William Greenway(14) Knute Skinner (54) Hugh Macpher-son (66) Niyi Osundare (79)

Cover art: Belgian Family No. 3 by John Selway

June/July 2001


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3 Self-ExpressionismJohn Barnie


7 Loaded DiceIncomers and Racial AttitudesMike Parker

13 How to Become a Millionaire byBashing the SystemJohn Lovering

20 Painting the WindThe Art of Linda NorrisDamian Walford Davies

33 Return to RootsExcerpt from Goodbye, TwentiethCenturyDannie Abse

39 Listening to Each OtherThe Dafydd Glyn Jones AffairNed Thomas

44 Cardiff MixPeter Finch

55 A Welshman Disguised as aLondonerA Profile of Iain SinclairRichard Jones

63 NettlesA Short StoryMary-Ann Constantine

69 Labour’s Welsh HegemonyThe General ElectionJohn Osmond

77 Can We Save Our Fisheries?Sally Bailey

86 The Death of the AdjectiveRobert Nisbet

89 Attitude

91 Reviews

115 SceneTelevision • Music • Art • Performance •Sport

PoemsTony Conran (28) Stephen DerwentPartington (38, 68) A. Mary Murphy (54)Barry Butson (61) M.A. Schaffer (75)

Cover art: Flaming Shore by Linda Norris



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3 The Ratchet of ViolenceJohn Barnie


9 Building Castles in the SandTourism and the Welsh LanguageDylan Phillips

17 Dance and the NationThe Challenge Facing The DanceCompany of WalesSusan Jones

24 From OceanicsAWork in ProgressRobert Minhinnick

30 Men in FlightThe Paintings of James DonovanTony Curtis

37 What Does Your Bus Say?Ozi Rhys Osmond

43 “Almost a Separate Country”Culture and Regionalism inN-E EnglandNeil Evans

48 The Glyn AffairLlythyrau at Seimon GlynOwain Wilkins

51 Tracking Down The Upstairs DonkeyA Celebration of Jan Morris’s WritingsPaul Clements

59 Singing the Sunned Day’s SongThe Language CrisisIwan Llwyd

65 Closing Time in the WestGeorge Steiner and the ApocalypseRoger Caldwell

72 The Future Face of Kosovo?Geoff Mungham

78 Two Stories by Zafer’Senocak

Introduced byTom Cheesman

87 Cooking in the CountryProfile of a Chef-PatronRichard Poole

95 Responsible for OurselvesAssembly PoliticsPaul Frame

99 Attitude

101 Reviews

116 Scene Television • Music • Art •Performance • Sport

Poems David Greenslade (63) ChrisKinsey (93)

Cover art: Back Row Boys by James Donovan

October/November 2001


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3 Judge DreddIn Conversation withJohn Barnie


9 Globalisation and the Death ofDiversityAngharad Penrhyn Jones

21 Political TroubadourDafydd Iwan Interviewed byDamian Walford Davies

28 Liberty versus FraternityThe Cultural Context of the NewCrusadeDavid Barnes

32 The OutsiderThe Film Career of Stanley BakerJulian Upton

38 Dam and Be DamnedOpposition to the Narmada DamPhil Thomas

44 Today in FishguardA Profile of John SparkesOwain Wilkins

53 In a Muslim Girls’ SchoolJanet Dent

62 Diagnosing the Blue Dragon BluesThe Dilemma of the Welsh ConservativesMichael Benbough-Jackson

70 The Naming of ThingsThe Art of Elfyn Lewis and NealeHowellsIwan Bala

78 The Attitude Award 2001

79 Molly’s MissingA Short StoryArthur Winfield Knight

86 Through the Magic DoorChris Torrance Interviewed byLloyd Robson

92 Where is Welsh?The Dearth of Welsh LinguistsRobert D. Borsley

96 Attitude

99 Reviews

115 Scene Television • Music • Art •Performance • Photography • Sport

Poems Margaret Lloyd (50) TheodorFontane tr. Ned Thomas (60) Meg Plumb(68) Byron Beynon (84)Wayne Thomas (85)

Cover art: Gwawr (detail) by Elfyn Lewis



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3 “Exterminate all the Brutes!”John Barnie


7 An Afghan OptimistAli Wardak interviewed bySharif Gemie

17 This is What DemocracyLooks LikeAnti-CapitalismIan Rappel

25 One Boy’s WarAMemoirRaymond Garlick

35 The ParlourA Short StoryCaron Wyn Edwards

39 Terrorism and the NewWorld OrderBruce Clunies Ross

50 The Demon at the GateThe Art of Clive Hicks-JenkinsRobert Macdonald

57 Parish BoyA Short StoryDai Vaughan

61 Castles of a Different KindOut-of-Town ShoppingRobert Isaac

69 The Black WindowSuicide and Mental IllnessKate Baillie

74 Re-inventing Tradition?Crafts in the “New” Rural EconomyAnne-Marie Sherwood

81 Filling the Policy VoidThink-Tanks and the AssemblyAlys Thomas

86 Snakes and LaddersProblems of Welsh LearnersLynda Pritchard Newcombe

93 † Robin Reeves (1941-2001)

94 Attitude

96 Reviews


Poems Zoe Skoulding (32) DamianWalford Davies (38) Ken Jones (44) MarkRoper (46) Teleri Williams (48) RichardPoole (56) Greg Hill (60)

Cover art: The Welsh Shepherdess by CliveHicks-Jenkins

February/March 2002


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3 Home to RoostJohn Barnie


6 Through the Looking GlasGlas Cymru and RailtrackSteve Davies

11 Broadcasting’s Big BrotherOFCOM’s ImplicationsKevin Williams

15 CCTV Elegy for Rebecca StorrsReflections on a MurderRobert Minhinnick

21 Tony Curtis, Seamus Heaneyand Confidential PoetryAnne Stevenson

35 Capel CelynA Collective Trauma VisualisedIwan Bala

44 The Future of the WelshLanguageHarold Carter


58 Tynged yr Iaith — Forty Years OnNed Thomas

63 “Straight is not the Way”A Profile of Mervyn MorrisStewart Brown

72 Creation-Saving DevicesAldous Huxley and ConsumerismNicholas Murray

78 Never Marry a Man who Can’t Plucka PheasantA Short StorySiân Melangell Dafydd

84 War’s EndThe Theory of Democratic PeaceDavid Sullivan

90 Devolved Government in ActionThe Case of the Design of the AssemblyBuildingJulia Edwards

94 Attitude

97 Reviews


Poems Jane Blank (27) Greg Hill (29)Fiona Owen (30) Nan Lisa Craig (43)Mervyn Morris (69)

Cover photo: Untitled, from the seriesLandscapes from the Tryweryn Valley by RichardPage

April/May 2002


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3 ConnectionsJohn Barnie


6 Reflections in the “Welsh” MirrorPaul Starling, Simon Brooksand the Welsh LanguagePatrick McGuinness

13 Intimate MomentsJean Earle 1909-2002Francesca Rhydderch

20 Does the University of WalesHave a Future?Michael Cohen and ColwynWilliamson

34 Light SubversiveThe Art of Ceri ThomasCaroline Juler

40 The FairPorthcawl’s Coney BeachAmusement ParkRobert Minhinnick

52 Striding Dill JonesPortrait of a Jazz PianistDavid N. Thomas

62 Old BonesA Short StoryAlun Richards

68 Literary ActivistsRecent Trends in the Welsh-LanguageNovelOwain Wilkins

73 LuigiA Short StoryEmyr Humphreys


87 David Irving and the Art of Self-DelusionIain Lewis

92 Attitude

96 Reviews

118 SceneTelevision •Music • Performance • Art •Sport

PoemsChristopher Meredith (32) AnneCluysenaar (46) Alexandra Duce Mills(48) David Kennedy (67) Paul Groves (85)Siân Melangell Dafydd (86)

Cover art:Mo(u)rning over Cwmdonkin by CeriThomas

June/July 2002


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3 White Tie and DiamondsJohn Barnie


7 Keeping Up AppearancesWelsh-Language Provision inHigher EducationRichard Wyn Jones, DelythMorris, Dilwyn Roberts-Young,Gareth Popkins, Einir Young

16 The Absent PresenceIn Search of MilosevicPeter Morgan

22 Pushing the BoundariesArchbishop Rowan Williamsinterviewed byOwain Wilkins

41 Cultural ExorcismThe Art of Tim DaviesOsi Rhys Osmond

48 The Great Wen Rides AgainThe Problem of LondonChristopher Harvie

55 After the TalibanAfghanistan NowAli Wardak and Sharif Gemie

62 JubileeThe View from LlanystumdwyJan Morris

66 ITV — Past and PresentKevin Williams

71 Spinning the WebThe Use of the Internet in Welsh PoliticsMatt Greenough

76 The Path to PorthgainA Short StoryRobert Nisbet

80 Life, Death and ImmortalityThe Opposed Positions of Scienceand ReligionRoger Caldwell

87 After WorkCan There be a Radical Politics of Work?Mihail Dafydd Evans

92 Attitude

96 Reviews

118 SceneTelevision •Music • Performance • Art •Sport

PoemsPamela Stewart (33) Anna Wigley (35)Kathy Miles (38) Yvonne Lake (40) JeanEarle (86)

Cover art: Tim Davies, A Study for Refugee:Lovers and Strangers (front); Burnt Wall, detail(back).



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3 Unfinished BusinessJohn Barnie


7 Shock Finding!How the Assembly is Shaping UpJohn Lovering

13 Structure without FoundationEconomic Development StrategyDavid Fanning

20 Rosa VelosA Short StoryHarriet Richards

28 Global Awareness or Businessas Usual?Johannesburg World SummitMorgan Parry

34 Not the StillnessThe Paintings of Brendan BurnsIwan Bala

42 A Caribbean Literary LifeA Profile of Ian McDonaldStewart Brown

58 The War on WelshPatrick McGuinness

60 The Great OnanistA Short StoryAlan Perry

65 GwerinPhotographs by Illtud Ll∧∧yr DunsfordIntroduced by Owain Wilkins

71 A New World Order?The Ambitions of New LabourRobert Minhinnick

78 Hiraeth and the Recoil from TheoryAgainst Post-StructuralismStephen Logan

86 In a Secret Room?The Quakers in WalesStevie Krayer

91 Humanity the Only BoundaryConverting to IslamOwain Clarke

95 Attitude

96 Reviews

115 Scene Television •Music • Art • Performance •Sport

Poems Wayne Thomas (25) Anne Stevenson (26)Ian McDonald (49) R. Williams Parry,trans. R. Gerallt Jones (53) Mike Jenkins (77)

Cover art: Not the Stillness... (right-hand panelof a diptych) by Brendan Burns



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3 Great to be BackJohn Barnie


9 The Welsh EliteIain Lewis

19 In Search of AngelsBernard Mitchell

24 Drawing the BowExcerpt from a New NovelGuy Vanderhaeghe

32 The Ironic SublimeThe Art of Mariele NeudeckerBernard van Lierop

39 Walking in Dark InteriorsGlenda Beagan Interviewed byMary Greenall

46 Tales of TransformationBroadcasting and the New AgeKevin Williams

56 Ninian Park BluesConfessions of a Bluebirds FanDannie Abse

68 Newport Isn’t CardiffWales’s Newest CityPeter Finch

75 Oh, Didn’t She Ramble!Jen Wilson and the Women in JazzArchiveMike Dewe

83 Putting a Price on the Red KiteThe Environment and the MarketPeter Midmore

89 Attitude

93 Reviews

116 SceneTelevision • Music • Film • Performance• Art • Sport

PoemsNigel Jenkins (14) Barry Butson (52) TonyCurtis (74)

Cover art: Unrecallable Now by MarieleNeudecker



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3 Consuming OurselvesJohn Barnie


6 Where is the Welsh TommySheridan?Assembly PoliticsSteve Davies

12 Essex Man’s HistorySimon Schama’s History of BritainNeil Evans and Christopher Harvie

18 Englishisation or Not?Danish Language PolicyNiels Davidsen-Nielsen

26 Saints, Pebbles and UnansweredQuestionsThe Art of Susan AdamsRex Harley

32 What’s Happening at The WesternMail?Kevin Williams

37 Tabloid in a Broadsheet Body?Design and The Western MailJohn Foscolo

46 Titanic — With Added LavaA Brush with HollywoodPeter Morgan

50 Coal FacesImaging the Afan ValleyTina Carr and Annemarie Schöne

55 Never Be Dependent on a ManThe Life of “Countess Barcynska”Liz Jones

63 “Concretising” New Roads to HellThe Bureaucratisation of LanguageAnne Stevenson

70 ChangesA Short StoryHuw Lawrence

77 An Action Plan for WelshNed Thomas and Heini Gruffudd

82 The Other Side of the FenceThe Achievements and Demise of TeliesynColin Thomas

89 A Critical Danger to PeaceWhy the Left Misunderstands the NewTerrorismBob Glaberson

96 Attitude

98 Reviews


Poems Samantha Wynne-Rhydderch (23)M.A. Schaffner (24) Caroline Gourlay (25)Anna Wigley (42)

Cover art: My Tomb on Ynys Enlli by SusanAdams

February/March 2003


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3 The Invasion of IraqJohn Barnie


6 In Whose Interest?A National Identity CardPhilip A. Thomas

13 Living Among the EnglishW.G. Sebald Interviewed byPeter Morgan

19 Strange EncountersOur Assumptions About RaceCharlotte Williams

25 The Disappearance of Magic?The Art of Charles ByrdJeni Williams

32 Can New Labour Save Walesfrom Itself?Gerald Taylor

37 The WriterA Short StorySimon Howells

43 Painting the EdgeSidney Nolan in WalesSimon Pierse

49 “If it Bleeds it Leads”Assembly News CoverageStephen Cushion and David Morgan

60 Building a National TeamThe Rise of Cardiff City FCRhobat Bryn Jones

69 Blurring the EdgesArt, Craft and DesignRobert Harding

79 Who Controls Local Radio?David Barlow

85 The Long ShadowReligion and IdentityPaul Chambers

91 Living with Each OtherCultural DiversityIan Davidson

97 Attitude

100 Reviews


Poems Zoë Skoulding (56) David Lloyd(65) Selwyn Pritchard (96)

Cover art: Collage by Charles Byrd

April/May 2003


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3 Tangled Up in LiesJohn Barnie


7 “Racism” in Welsh PoliticsPatrick McGuinness

13 Hugs and TearsAssembly Election ResultsGerald Taylor

19 The Blue RoomThe Art of Glenys CourPeter Wakelin

27 NomenA Short StoryEmyr Humphreys

31 I’m a Voter, Get me Out of Here!Media and the ElectionKevin Williams

36 Heart of the CountryJeremy Moore and WilliamCondry

47 No Place Like Home?Space in Contemporary WelshFictionTony Bianchi

57 The Answer is in the StoneSlate ArtJudy Buswick

64 The Shrinking of LanguageNicholas Murray

69 The Domino EffectA Swansea Rehabilitation ProgrammePatrick Ellis

74 Human Nature and its LimitsRoger Caldwell

81 Severed HeadsOloff de Wet’s Bust of Dylan ThomasDavid N. Thomas

88 The New EuropeWales and the Enlarged EUEluned Haf

94 Attitude

95 Reviews


Poem Ruth Bidgood (44) Fiona Owen (56)Chris Kinsey (87)

Cover art: Golden Bowl 1 by Glenys Cour

June/July 2003


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3 Adjusting the FocusJohn Barnie


7 Cultivating IrreverenceLeo Abse interviewed byJasmine Donahaye

18 Home-thoughts...A Short StoryWyn Hobson

23 “What’s He Building in There?”Public ArtIwan Bala

34 From OceanicsA Work in ProgressRobert Minhinnick

40 The Welsh Weakest LinkLanguage RevivalBobi Jones

44 City LightsA San Francisco AnniversaryPaul Clements

48 Welsh Wrappers and DJsBook DesignJohn Harris

56 Solomon Hughes and the AberdareRevivalA Short StoryMichael Ponsford

66 Maps and TravellersWriters as GeographersTony Bianchi

75 Cold War ClassroomsLearning Russian During NationalServiceNed Thomas

81 Voices from QuebecJohn Canning

85 A Sense of EstrangementThe Crisis of PoetryStephen Logan

91 † Phil Williams

93 Attitude

95 Reviews


Poems Caroline Gourlay (30) FredJohnston (31) Byron Beynon (33) JeniWilliams (80)

Cover art: Two views of A Day Stepping Lightlyby Claire Barber, Bardsey, 2001



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3 Sweeping Up After the PartyJohn Barnie


7 Art HistoriesThe Disputed Territory of Welsh ArtHistoryPeter Wakelin

15 Driver’s LicenceA Profile of Rob Brydon,Creator ofMarion and GeoffLiz Jones

24 Papa Don’t Allow No LiveMusic HereThe Licensing ActPhilip Freeman

30 Reconstructing GermanyGoronwy Rees and the BritishMilitary Government, 1945John Harris

38 The Exile of TangierA Profile of Mohamed ChoukriAndrew Hussey

44 FurnitureA Short StorySiân James

52 The Seed Thrower’s StoryAn Interview with Andrew LincolnSharif Gemie

64 Children’s Views on White WalesJonathan Scourfield and AndrewDavies

71 Eddie Ladd and Modern PerformanceAlyce von Rothkirch

78 Wanted — The Right Tools for the JobThe Future of Welsh PoliticsAlan Sandry

82 Sisyphus Goes to SchoolWelsh Writing in English and theEducation SystemGreg Hill

86 Hen Wlad Fy NhadauThe Role of the National AnthemCraig Owen Jones

91 Attitude

93 Reviews

117 Scene Television •Music • Art •Performance • Sport

Poems Stephen Knight (20)Richard Poole (69)

Cover: Hamburg in ruins, 1943



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3 An Unexpected VisitorJohn Barnie


7 9/11, Neo-Liberalism and theNew ConformityJohn Lovering

18 Saving Plywood City?Blaenafon, the BooktownLiz Jones

23 “Buried Without Tears”The Death of the Welsh MirrorJames Thomas

28 The Thread of PoetryHilary Llewellyn-Williamsinterviewed byDavid Hart

39 Doing the AyatollahFootball and the Constructionof ManhoodSteffan Morgan

45 Things as They WereAMemoirAlun Richards

53 Painting Out of Solitude,The Art of Clyde HolmesMary Burdett-Jones

60 France’s Black AugustQuentin Daniel

68 Einstein’s MiceA Short StoryJohn Harrison

74 Ukraine: Europe’s BorderlandNick Powell

80 Playing it CoolPoetry and Jazz in BritainTony Curtis

89 Attitude

93 Reviews


Poems Hilary Llewellyn-Williams (35)Paul Groves (59) Barry Butson (64)

Cover art: Light Dive by Clyde Holmes



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3 The DreamersJohn Barnie


6 Realpolitik, Galician StyleThe Aftermath of thePrestige DisasterGabriel Rei-Doval

15 Waiting on the ButlerThe Monarchy and the MediaJames Thomas

19 MessagesA Short StoryGlenda Beagan

27 The Death of the DiasporaGeraint Evans

34 Reclaiming VartegAn Innovative LandReclamation ProjectJanet Brady

45 A Certain Sense of MissionThe Artes Mundi PrizeIwan Bala

53 Kissinger or Kant?The USA’s Relationship with EuropeDavid Sullivan

59 Things as They WereA MemoirAlun Richards

70 The Apostle of LibertyThe Political Thinking of Richard PricePaul Frame

80 Landscapes of MemoryThe Renewal of HistoryNeil Evans

87 † Ronan Huon

88 Attitude

91 Reviews


Poems Samantha Wynne-Rhydderch (39)Christine Evans (41) Margaret Lloyd (66)Russell Collier (78)

Cover art: Protest march in Madrid byRoberto Ribao

February/March 2004


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3 Illusions in the Hall of MirrorsJohn Barnie


6 Coming Out FightingPatrick McGuinness InterviewsJohn Marek

13 Failing the PublicThe Media and HuttonKevin Williams

20 BolinasJan Morris

26 All Shall Have PrizesThe Vogue for the Literary PrizeNicholas Murray

32 Maker or Mocker?Trends in Contemporary ArtOsi Rhys Osmond

39 The Human Rights ActThe Case of the Cynon ValleyPhilip Thomas

45 Things as They WereAlun Richards

52 A Jewish Boyhood In CardiffLeonard Minkes

58 Behind the Grand IdeaInternational Brigades Then and NowNed Thomas

67 Cat ManA Short StoryNorman Schwenk

71 Exploring the AlternativeThe Anti-Capitalism MovementIan Rappel

78 Destinations of the HeartRomanticism in Anglo-Welsh PoetryStephen Logan

85 Making Devolution WorkHuw Evans

89 † Islwyn Ffowc Elis

90 Attitude

91 Reviews

117 Scene Television • Music • Art •Society • Performance • Sport

Poems JeremyHooker (23) AnnaWigley(43) SamAdams (64)

Cover photo: The 7th Muslim Brigade parad-ing in Zenica, Bosnia in 1995

April/May 2004


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3 Doing a Good JobJohn Barnie


6 With God on His SideThe “War on Terror”Bruce Clunies Ross

15 The Cradle of FleshThe Art of Shani Rhys JamesJeni Williams

23 Poetry of an UnrewardingMarriage?R.S. Thomas’s Poems to His WifeTom Ellis

34 A Question of PowerThe Richard Commission ReportJohn Osmond

41 Sara Preis’s SinA Short StoryEigra Lewis Roberts

46 Robbing Rhodri to Pay TonyThe Assembly and Green EnergyTom Anderson

57 Universities as SupermarketsAlyce von Rothkirch

63 The Truth of the TextArt in the Age of ScienceRoger Caldwell

69 By Their Fruits...European Charter for MinorityLanguagesGeorge Jones

72 Rapid Population GrowthHamish Richards

83 Destinations of the HeartRomanticism in Anglo-Welsh PoetryStephen Logan

89 “In Town Too Often”The Probation Service in PowysJohn Minkes

97 Attitude

99 Reviews

118 Scene Television • Music •Performance • Sport

Poems Robin Fulton (32) Paul Henry (52)Mike Jenkins (53) Paul Sutton (82)

Cover art: Black Buttons by Shani Rhys James

June/July 2004


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3 Thatcher’s Other ChildrenJohn Barnie


6 Single Issues and Double StandardsWelsh Labour PolicyPatrick McGuinness

16 Alun Hoddinott at 75InterviewPeter Reynolds

25 The Imaginary Autobiography ofJames DeanFictionArthur Winfield Knight

31 Rêl ThingThe Art of Carwyn Evans andBedwyr WilliamsIwan Bala

38 Recorded in LichenA Photo-EssayJeremy Moore

44 Getting off David Williams’s BackA Life in Welsh HistoryPrys Morgan

51 The Welsh Sporting HeroCraig Owen Jones

57 A City of WordsInterview with Zoë SkouldingFiona Owen

66 Farmed and DangerousSalmon Farming in the UKDaniel Bagur

75 Against the VentriloquistsEco-Poetics and the End of HistoryPeter Abbs

83 “An Expression of Delight”Gwyn Williams, 1904-1990Teleri Williams

90 Stepping out of the ShadowsDevelopments in PublishingKirsti Bohata

92 Attitude

94 Reviews

118 Scene Television •Music • ArtPerformance • Sport

Poems SamanthaWynne-Rhydderch (23)Zoë Skoulding (63) Steve Griffiths (71)

Cover art: Lichen by Jeremy Moore


3 The Greatest Show on EarthJohn Barnie


7 Starbucks and StadiumsThe Future of CardiffJohn Lewis Jones

16 Walking into the PropellerThe US Presidential ElectionPeter Morgan

22 We’ve Been Here BeforeIrish and Muslim Experienceof Racism in BritainRay French

27 Bo CarpelanSwedish Poetry in TranslationRobin Young

38 Persuading the AssemblyLobbying in Welsh PoliticsDavid Fanning

43 On the Street of ProcessionsInterview with Robert MinhinnickIan Gregson

56 Art Through Children’s EyesThe Pioneering Vision of John GibbsPeter Wakelin and Joseph Gibbs

64 Explaining BushThe Role of Values in Modern PoliticsIain Lewis

73 Brazil in Two VoicesPamela Petro andMarguerite Itamar Harrison

84 A Visit to the BayA Short StoryRichard Rhydderch

94 Time is MoneyTimebanking in South WalesAlyce von Rothkirch

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Poems Robert Minhinnick (51)ChristopherMeredith (69) LloydRobson (72)

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3 The Sands of IraqJohn Barnie


7 Playing Roulette with the EarthGlobal Climate ChangeJohn Lee Grenfell

16 Clear Red Water and Blue SkiesWhat Kind of Society Do We Want?John Lovering

23 Court Room Steps and StrippyMydroilynThe Art of the QuiltOsi Rhys Osmond

33 Not Drowning but WavingInterview with Stevie DaviesClaire Powell

40 Face in a Silver BallA Short StoryStevie Davies

49 Islam in WalesPaul Chambers

59 Recycling the FflwcsLandfill at Lamby Way, CardiffPeter Finch

64 Everyone Knows Somebody Who’sDeadThe Life and Work of B.S. JohnsonMeic Stephens

70 An Inclusive Identity?Ethnic Minorities and WelshnessJonathan Bradbury

75 The Man from ShillingtonA Profile of John UpdikeJon Gower

80 Language and AutonomyCraig Owen Jones

87 More Than a Fashion StatementYoung People and PoliticsStephen Cushion

91 The Harri Webb PrizeNigel Jenkins

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Poems Ruth Bidgood (30) Christine Evans(54) KathyMiles (56) JeremyHughes (58)

Cover: Crack in the Larsen B ice shelf,Antarctica (Reuters)


3 Cold Cuts from the FeastJohn Barnie


6 Building the Road as We TravelInterview with Adam PricePatrick McGuinness

14 Conserving Simple ThingsThe Rural PastRichard Moore-Colyer

21 Numbing DownThe Abuse of LanguageMary Ann-Constantine

26 The End of the Petroleum AgeMatthew Yeomans

34 Escaping the VacuumDylan Thomas’s Death — TheMedical Cover UpDavid N. Thomas

47 A Poet of EuropeProfile of Czeslaw MiloszQuentin Daniel

54 Two NarrativesDai Vaughan

59 Performing in the LlanThe Art of William BrownDavid Greenslade

63 Y Fro Gymraeg DeclarationCymuned Fight BackTim Webb

72 Cruise Ships, the New World Orderand the Rewriting of HistoryDavid Barnes

77 The Truth About Arnim FaberWar and MemoryT.J. Davies

85 Which Direction for theNational Parks?Sylvia Davies

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116 Scene Television • Art • MillenniumCentre • Performance • Music • Sport

Poems Dannie Abse (43) RobertMinhinnick (45) Barry Butson (68)

Cover: Oil being flared off a power plant out-side Kirkuk, Iraq

February/March 2005

3 The Question of TrustJohn Barnie


6 Identity Cards — Identity CrisisThe ID DebatePhilip A. Thomas

11 Saharan Dust and Foot and MouthDiseaseA New HypothesisThomas Whitfield

18 Notes from the UnderworldA Profile of Donald ThomasJohn Harrison

24 Satin and Glue — Degas’Little DancerA Short StorySiân Melangell Dafydd

29 The Big Three Bounce BackThe Resurgence of theReligious RightJohn Lovering

40 A Poet in PatagoniaIwan Llwyd

55 The Strange Death of LiberalAdult EducationMartin Wright

63 Tourists or PigsAn Interview with Ronan Le CoadicSharif Gemie

69 Where the Many Worlds FitThe Art of Elizabeth RossIwan Bala

77 The Earth Under PressureThe Crisis in Global BiodiversityDaniel Bagur

83 Love for Peach BlossomChinese Theatre TodayDaniel Lombard

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117 Scene Television • Art • Music •Architecture • Performance • Sport

Poems Nigel Jenkins (47) AnnaWigley(53) Kenneth Steven (68)

Cover: We’ve Got Our Eye On You. (Based ona photo by Keith Morris.)

April/May 2005

3 Nobody Here But Us ChickensJohn Barnie


6 The Truth About SustainabilityPaul Frame

10 Off MessageA New ColumnMike Parker

12 “In a Very Deranged State”Iolo Morganwg’s Life and WorkMary-Ann Constantine

19 Surviving at the EdgeThe Grey Seals of WalesStephen Westcott

25 The Artist We LostThe Art of Colin JonesTony Curtis

40 Is the United Nations Viable?Hamish Richards

50 LuckA Short StoryRay French

56 Where Aid is Failing AricaIan Robinson

61 Oc — Nostra CasaCulture and Language in the LanguedocTeleri Williams

67 Dawkins, Darwinism and DesignEvolutionary Theory and its OpponentsRoger Caldwell

74 In Defence of Youth WorkPeter Roberts

80 Travelling OutwardWomen TravellersAnna Kiernan

86 Watch While You EatChinese Theatre TodayDaniel Lombard

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116 Scene Television • Music •Photography • Film • Performance •Sport

Poems Kynpham SingNongkynrih (33)Jasmine Donahaye (37) F.J. Williams (39)

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3 HorizonsJohn Barnie


6 A Pause for RejectionThe French Referendumand its AftermathNed Thomas

12 Off MessageA New ColumnJohn Lovering

14 Portrait of the Artist as a Young(Brynteg) ManThe Art of Hanlyn DaviesM. Wynn Thomas

23 In the Direction of the ThreeSistersA Short StoryHarriet Richards

31 What Activism is For!Jan Morris

37 Dilyn ôl Troed/Tracing FootstepsA Photo EssayMarian Delyth

47 ScherezadeRobert Minhinnick

55 “Seeing Daylight All the Way”Iolo Morganwg and the Theme of SleepMary-Ann Constantine

67 The Crisis in Conservative ThinkingIain Lewis

73 The End of the Gentry EstatesRichard Moore-Colyer

83 Queen of the Hill StationsOoty in ProfilePhil Thomas

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110 Scene Television • Music • Art •Ceramics • Media • Architecture •Opera • Sport

Poems Tony Curtis (62) Joseph P. Clancy(63) Robin Fulton (64) Caroline Gourlay (66)

Cover: Capel Blaenplwyf by Marian Delyth


3 One Summer in MespotJohn Barnie


6 The Quick Perspectiveof the FutureWindfarms and LandscapeMartin Wright

13 Zen GardeningThe Art of Peter FinnemoreIwan Bala

22 Off MessageMike Parker

24 Ingvill SolbergPoetry in TranslationRobin Young

32 The Welsh LinkA Photo-EssayDiego Vidart

42 Surviving Their LiesDuplicity and the Invasion of IraqBruce Clunies Ross

50 NegotiationsGwyneth Lewis Interviewed byIan Gregson

57 Batting for Essex, England— and the WorldDavid Cobb in ProfileNigel Jenkins

75 Still Serving the Nation?The Media and PoliticsKevin Williams

82 CirclesA Short StoryRobert Nisbet

86 Waking the SleepwalkersPost-Growth Economy in WalesPaul Frame

91 Better Governance for WalesJohn Cox

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Poems Ian McDonald (67) Mike Jenkins(69) Paula Harries (73) Kathryn Gray (74)

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3 The Colour of ThenJohn Barnie


6 The Creation of ValleywoodThe Dragon Studios ProjectLiz Jones

12 Off MessageJohn Lovering

14 Dealing with the DevilWhere Publishing Went WrongNicholas Murray

21 My Grandfather Has a Skull onHis DeskEugenics in SwedenEva F. Dahlgren

29 A Tourist at AuschwitzRemembering the HolocaustGeraint Talfan Davies

42 PeckishA Short StoryDeborah Kay Davies

48 Across the Tawe’s Great DivideThe Regeneration of Swansea’sDocklandNigel Jenkins

55 Painting Our TimesThe Return of the PainterOsi Rhys Osmond

63 Decline of a Musical TownDelius in NewportNigel Jarrett

68 Farming by CommitteeAgriculture During WWIIRichard Moore-Colyer

76 Explaining ConsciousenssThe Controversial Theoriesof Daniel DennettRoger Caldwell

83 Touching the Earth for WitnessBuddhism and the EnvironmentFiona Owen

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Poems Ruth Bidgood (36)Russell Collier (40)

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3 History — Who Needs It?John Barnie


6 Peculiar to Our NationHistory in EducationDavid Barnes

13 Buildings that Speak for UsJonathan Adams interviewed byMeic Stephens

22 Off MessageMike Parker

24 Fighting for JusticeThe Cardiff 3Des Mannay

30 Seeing Wales from a CessnaAerial ArchaeologyToby Driver

47 It’s All in the PhysicsA Profile of Bob EvansMargaret Redfern

55 The BreathingA Short StoryMary-Ann Constantine

58 Will There be Grapes?Climate Change and AgricultureGareth Edwards-Jones

68 A Parliament by Stealth?Assembly PoliticsLee Waters

73 Back to the LandRural Wales Between the WarsRichard Moore-Colyer

82 Unblocking the TrackThe Welsh Union of WritersJohn Osmond

89 “Little Wales Beyond England”The Welsh of OswestryCraig Owen Jones

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Poems Nigel Jenkins (39) Paul Henry (43)WilliamGreenway (45)

Cover image: Tre’r Ceiri, Iron Age hill fort,Llanaelhaearn, Gwynedd, from the north-eastin 1996. (Crown Copyright, RCAHMW.)

February/March 2006

3 Freedom FriedJohn Barnie


6 Against DarknessPhilip Jones Griffiths Interviewed byMalcolm Lewis


24 Indefinite Leave to EnterFrom a Memoir in ProgressShani Rhys-James

31 New Terror, Old Fears?Terrorism and HistoryMartin Wright

41 The Reticent EthnographerA Profile of Glenn JordanCharlotte Williams

54 The Way They See It at Buba’sCroatia TodayRobert Minhinnick

59 HamburgerologyA Short StoryLeonora Brito

62 Unfashionable PathsThe Art of Constant Permekeand Mario SironiOsi Rhys Osmond

70 How Sustainable is the White Pound?Antarctic TourismJohn Harrison

78 Back to a National Future?Wales and PostcolonialismDaniel G. Williams

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Poems SamanthaWynne Rhydderch (48)RichardMargraff Turley (51) Barry Butson(52)

Front cover: Osama bin LadenBack cover: Prince Peter Kropotkin

April/May 2006

3 Breaking Out of the Echo-ChamberJohn Barnie


7 Poverty’s Still HereIan Rappel InterviewsGeorge Monbiot

16 Off MessageIan McDonald

18 Nothing to Hide, Nothing to Fear?The New SurveillanceMike Nellis

26 Inheritors of the Vulcan TraditionCast Iron ArtRobert Harding

33 Birth of an OxbowA Short StoryGlenda Beagan

39 Orwell’s LondonLiterary GeographyGordon Bowker

48 The Spectacle of the SeneddPolitics and ArchitectureKarin Wahl-Jorgensen andWilliam Housley

57 Silence Under AllJacqueline Gabbitas InterviewsJeremy Hooker

65 From The Good Ship EsperanzaRadio DramaDavid Constantine

75 Doing the Plantation WalkaroundSkedaddleMinstrel Shows and Popular CultureJen Wilson

84 Dwr Cymru/Welsh Water —A Model of Sustainability?Business and SustainabilityPaul Frame

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Poems Oliver Reynolds (53)MatthewJarvis (55) IanGregson (56)

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June/July 2006

3 What We Should Do Aboutthe Hay FestivalJohn Barnie



8 The Man Who SawEverything TwiceThe Art of Evan WaltersNigel Jenkins

16 The Tears of Premier Wen JiabaoChina’s Coal IndustryJames Stewart

23 The Moss Between UsA Short StorySiân Melangell Dafydd

27 The Intuitive MinimalistPeter Reynolds InterviewsJohn Metcalf

35 Might Need Some WorkNew Orleans TodayClare Potter

41 The Sacking of the Gain ValleyThe Military in WalesMichael Burnett

51 Seeing with Different EyesGiorgia Sensi InterviewsPatrick McGuinness

67 A Case of Welsh Political MidwiferyThe Origin of the Liberal DemocratsTom Ellis

73 The Future of the Hills and UplandsAgriculture and SocietyRichard Moore-Colyer

80 The Art of NaturePhotography versus ArtJames Robertson

86 “You Just Sit Down and Do It”The Music of Llio RhydderchGorwel Owen

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114 Scene Television • Art • Design • Music• Environment • Performance • Sport

Poems Patrick McGuinness (60) DamianWalford Davies (62) Jeremy Hughes (64)Ian McDonald (66)

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3 MapsJohn Barnie


8 The Power of the Back BenchPatrick McGuinness InterviewsPaul Flynn

16 Off MessageRichard Pool

18 The GrudgeA Short StoryEmyr Humphreys

30 “All the Trappings of a GreatState Occasion...”The Opening of the SeneddNeil Evans and Paul O’Leary

38 My First Two FathersFrom a Memoir in ProgressShani Rhys-James

48 Tony Blair and the Politics ofFailureReputationsIain Lewis

55 Language on Marginal SoilIntroducing Knud SørensenMartin Leer

60 Just a Pile of Old Straw Behind the Barnand Pictures of a Family FarmShort StoriesKnud Sørensen

66 I Remember Him WellWriting R.S. Thomas’s BiographyByron Rogers

71 The Homeward EyeThe Art of Fred JonesTony Curtis

80 Border BluesIllegal Immigration in the USARobert Minhinnick

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117 Scene Television • Art • Festivals •Music • Performance • Sport

Poems Kelly Grovier (45)AnnaWigley (46)

Cover: Procession of the judiciary during theceremonial opening of the Senedd


3 Back to the Sixties?Helle Michelsen


7 Staging the BrandWelsh National TheatreRoger Owen


14 Doing the Swansea ShuffleA Profile of Spencer DavisNigel Jenkins

20 Sites of TruthThe Ruins of LebanonHanna Ziadeh

27 Choosing a NarrativePerspectives on IsraelJasmine Donahaye

35 Transitions of ColourCézanne CentenaryRoy Powell

42 Coleg HarlechInnovation in EducationRufus Adams and Geoff Powell

55 Art: Freedom as DutyA Lecture by Raymond WilliamsIntroduced by Walford Davies

68 Welsh RabbitA Potted HistoryRichard Moore-Colyer

76 The BelovedA Short StoryStevie Davies

87 A Sense of PlaceTourism and CultureArwel Jones

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113 Scene Television • Music • Art •Architecture • Performance • Sport

Poems Anne Cluysenaar (52)StephenKnight (53) Richard Poole (54)Benjamin Buchholz (66)

Cover: Castle Beaufort, south Lebanon.

December/January 2006-07

3 Myth, Fact and Self-PerceptionHelle Michelsen


6 Light Blues and Tory-JacobitesDavid Melding Interviewed byIain Lewis

14 Off MessageRichard Poole

16 The Lower Swansea ValleyWorld Heritage Industrial Site?Nigel Jenkins

26 My Friend EricaMemoirShani Rhys-James

34 The Law: Wise or OtherwiseEnglish, EU and Devolved LawTom Ellis

40 The Nurse and the AirmanA Short StoryRobert Nisbet

54 Go Dance! Go Sing!Mercedes Peón Interviewed bySharif Gemie

59 Review of the ReviewAssembly Arts PolicyHugh Adams

66 Bucharest: Art of a Changing CityDavid Moore

75 Gunnar Ekelöf: A (Re)IntroductionSwedish Poetry in TranslationRobin Young

86 Crossing BoundariesIn-MigrationAngela Drakakis-Smith, Graham Dayand Howard Davis

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114 Scene Television • Media • Music •Performance • Film • Sport

Poems John Tripp (13)KevinMills (47) Ian Caws (48)F.J.Williams (50) Lynne Rees (72)Ruth Bidgood (52)

Front cover: Animal de Companie (The Pet),Gorzo, acryclic on canvas, 270 x 230cm, 2006.Courtesy H’art Gallery, Bucharest.Back cover: Tangled wires, Bucharest. Photoby David Moore.

February/March 2007

3 Virtually IndependentHelle Michelsen


6 The Gaps in the LandscapeProfile of Rabab GhazoulIwan Bala


18 Reading the NationOn the Edge, 2006Owain Wilkins

25 Hidden HeritageThe Clyne ValleyNigel Jenkins

33 Shopping for EternityQuai Branly MuseumKristian Jensenand Richard Simpson

41 You Couldn’t LeaveYour Curtains OpenAndy Fairweather Low Interviewed byMalcolm Lewis

54 To the Pier HeadMemoirTim Philbin

60 BagatelleShort StoryHarriet Richards

74 Writing BuildingsReviewing the Welsh PevsnerDamian Walford Davies

81 A Space for DreamingVolcano Theatre Interviewed byRichard Knapp

89 The Turf in WalesHorse-RacingRichard Moore-Colyer

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97 Reviews

112 Scene Television • Opera • Music •Animal Rights • Theatre • Art • BuiltEnvironment • Sport

Poems SamanthaWynne-Rhydderch (66)Barry Butson (68) ClydeHolmes (70)Kenneth Steven (72) Anita Jones (73)

Front cover: Detail from Mourning in Absentia,installation, 2005, Rabab GhazoulBack: Snow Shoes, © musée du quai Branly,photo Patrick Gries/Valérie Torre.

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June/July 2007

The Making of a SoldierHelle Michelsen

The Planet CartoonPeter Roberts

A Socialist in a Big TentJulie Morgan MP Interviewed byOwain Wilkins

Offshore ScotlandThe Scottish ElectionsChris Harvie MSP

The Watershed ElectionThe Assembly ResultsJohn Osmond

Who Speaks for Wales?Creating LandmarksTamara Krikorian

Off MessageRichard Poole

Drawing RoyIvor Davies Paints Roy PowellRobert Macdonald

How are the Mighty FallenWelsh Attitudes to Israel and PalestineJasmine Donahaye

end (justice)Short StoryBogdan Tiganov

Beloved Earthship Maiden ’72MemoirShani Rhys-James

The ExchangeHaikuNigel Jenkins, Ken Jones andLynne Rees

Reclaiming the PastWelsh Medieval HistoryCraig Owen Jones

Dream of a TortoiseFictionRobert Minhinnick

Walking on ChinaThe Global Trade in StoneOsi Rhys Osmond

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Scene Television • Theatre • Art •Festival • Music • Sport

Poems Kenneth Steven (17)Kate Noakes (50)

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Professional DeformationHelle Michelsen


Fusion Politics for Coalition TimesThe New AssemblyJo Murray

Host Your Own NuclearWaste FacilityThe Future of Nuclear EnergyPaul Frame

Off MessageJohn Lovering

The Atlantic in Black and WhiteTrans-national HistoryNeil Evans

ShakespearophobiaLanguage and PoliticsGareth Miles

The Beautiful LandGuyana RevisitedPatrick Dobbs

Sound ArchiveThe Spoken WordAdrian Leibowitz

And So It GoesThe Venice BiennaleOsi Rhys Osmond

What is Beauty?Short StoryGeoffrey Williams

Comfortless QuiltsThe Art of Becky KnightShelagh Hourahane

Creating His Own TraditionBernardo AtxagaNed Thomas

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Scene Television • Music • Art •Theatre • Film • Sport

Poems Mike Jenkins (35) RichardMarggraf Turley (58) Damian WalfordDavies (60) Nigel Jarrett (61) Nigel Jenk-ins (72) Lynne Rees (73) Ken Jones (74)

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Reflections on a ScreenHelle Michelsen


Sustaining the IllusionIraq PolicyBruce Clunies Ross

Punk Rock in BethesdaGruff Rhys interviewed byMalcolm Lewis

Gwales (...a personal perspective...)Eisteddfod 2007Iwan Llwyd


Winifred Coombe TennantActivist and Patron of the ArtsPeter Lord

Harlem in WelshAspects of TranslationHarri Pritchard Jones

The Shadow on the GableThe Poetry of Tom HedlundRobin Young

A Week is a Long TimeBritish PoliticsTom Ellis

No Flights of Stairs, No FlagstaffPortrait GalleryHugh Adams

Boro BlokesShort StoryDahlian Kirby

The New Face of CultureRhodri Glyn Thomas interviewed byTony Bianchi

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Scene Television • Music • Art • As-sembly • Exhibition • Theatre • Sport

Poems Shabnam Nadiya (42)Denise McSheehy (44) Paul Henry (82)Kathy Miles (85)

Cover: Gruff Rhys by Malcolm Lewis.Back: The Fire at the Mill (top, 1971), Outsidethe Café (bottom left, 1985), Amiens Waterfront(bottom right, 1987) by Edrica Huws. Cour-tesy of Edrica Huws Estate.

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What Price the Public Good?Helle Michelsen


“We Don’t Speak to Evil”US-Iranian MistrustNicholas J. Wheeler

Nationalism and AfterRichard Phillips

Refreshingly StaleNational Milk BarsHayley Long


Emotions in 3DThe Artist Laura Ford Interviewed byTony Curtis

Rebuilding the Bridges:Bosnia after the WarLila Haines

Gwrhyd QuarryIndustrial LandscapeRichard Porch

The Growth of StoneShort StoryMary-Ann Constantine

Salmond in ChargeFirst 100 Days of the SNP GovernmentChris Harvie

BillyShort StoryKenneth Steven

“Who Needs a National Theatre?”Adam Somerset

“We All Go ‘Yeah’!”Gruff Rhys Interviewed byMalcolm Lewis

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Attitude

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Scene Television • Music • Opera •Art • Theatre • Sport

Poems Alan Kellerman (27) HuwLawrence (28) Mike Jenkins (29) PaulHenry (32) Byron Beynon (35) BruceFrench (61) Caroline Gourlay (62)

Cover: Sleepwalkers by Laura Ford.Photo courtesy the Houldsworth Gallery.

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The Show is OverHelle Michelsen


State of Permanent CrisisThe Current Situation in LebanonHanna Ziadeh

After the WatershedPolitics in the One Wales EraIain Lewis


Green Mountain Black MountainDylan Thomas as Script-WriterColin Thomas

Empire Strides BackTransnational HistoryNeil Evans

The Golden AgeBritish Preconceptions about SpainRob Stradling

Aeroplane DreamtimeIndigenous Australian ArtOsi Rhys Osmond

RendezvousShort StoryEmyr Humphreys

So What’s New?Welsh Writing in EnglishGreg Hill

Ancient Monuments — Present WordsThe Centenary of RCAHMWPeter Wakelin

The Arts in a Young DemocracyArts FundingGeraint Talfan Davies

Extending the CircleAnimal RightsFiona Owen

Wise or Foolish Dreamers?The Spanish Civil WarPhil Cope

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Scene Television • Music • Art •Politics • Theatre • Sport

Poems Huw Jones (33) Anna Wigley(50) Damian Walford Davies (67) JanTrefan (79) Tony Curtis (87)

Cover: Two Spanish Civil War posters fromthe exhibition Wise and Foolish Dreamers cur-rently touring Wales.Back cover: see Osi Osmond’s article (p.40).

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April/May 2008

Death of More than a NewspaperHelle Michelsen


Trident or Trust-Building?Nuclear ProliferationKen Booth


Perpetration and DenialThe Armenian GenocideMike Joseph

Myth and The Building RegsThe Architecture of GaudíRichard Porch

Devolution: Public Opinionand the ConstitutionRichard Wyn Jones

Summer Holiday 1990A Short StoryBogdan Tiganov

Thriving on your MistakesRhodri Davies interviewed byGorwel Owen

Ancient Monuments— Present WordsCastell y BereGillian Clarke

Off the MapDevolution in FlintshireSimon Roberts

Pool BoyA Palm Springs Tale of WaterP. G. Morgan

Darkness into LightEarly Electricity in Rural WalesRichard Moore-Colyer

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Scene Television • Theatre •Art • Assembly • Sport

Poems Margaret Lloyd (25) Ruth Bid-good (34) Mike Jenkins (64) Saint JamesHarris Wood (77) Barry Butson (86)

Cover: Harp on fire, experimental perform-ance by Rhodri Davies. Still from a film by DrDavid Reid.

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June/July 2008

Dealing with the Butterfly EffectHelle Michelsen


The Long and Winding RoadCivil Society After DevolutionRichard Wyn Jones


Climate Change WalesEnergy PolicyGordon James

Ancestral HousesPhotographer Paul White Speaks toDamian Walford Davies

Chasing Sublime LightThe Art of David TressDavid Moore

Finding the StoryHuw Warren Interviewed byMalcolm Lewis

9/11 and the AftermathSceptical Thoughts on the TerroristThreatRoger Caldwell

Leeks Out of BelsenShort StoryHuw Lawrence

Ancient Monuments — Present WordsChristopher Meredith

Virtually CoelbrenReal WalesPeter Finch

Shared FateWales One World Film FestivalHywel Dix

Two Mice MeetAgor Drysau Theatre FestivalEirwen Hopkins

A MirageInternational Art EventsTamara Krikorian

Life NotesCatherine Merriman

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Scene Television • Music • Assembly •Festivals • Theatre • Sport

Poems Richard Marggraf Turley (20)Chris Hardy (29) Richard W. Halperin(32) Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih (50)J. Brookes (86)

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Life Outside the BubbleHelle Michelsen


No Women, No Deal?Profile of Jane Hutt and Jocelyn DaviesLila Haines

It is Never the Native Who ReturnsDai Smith’s Raymond WilliamsNed Thomas

The BBC: A Plea for a New DirectionPublic Service BroadcastingIain Lewis

Who “Paints” for Wales?Looking for the next KyffinIwan Bala

Ancient Monuments — Present WordsIwan Llwyd

Oh Mun, Was That an Omen?Blue Tuesday at the Railwaymen’s ClubPatrick Ellis

Creative DisturbanceThe Poet Ian Gregson Interviewed byPatrick McGuinness

Simplicity Itself: The Causesof SuicideStructural Answers toIndividual DespairTed Parry

From the Planet ArchiveDai Dialectic

Letting the Bat OutBilingualismCarolyn Jones

Peace at Any CostThe Israeli/Palestinian ConflictHanna Ziadeh

A Path Through the MidiOccitan WritingTeleri Williams

Tsunamis Large and SmallScience and ReligionGareth Wyn Jones

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Scene Television • Assembly • Film •Art • Opera • Theatre • Sport

Poems Ian Gregson (46) Menna Elfyn(64) Ken Jones (74) Max Rouquette (82)

Cover: Country Club/Clwb Gwlad, Phil Nicol,oil on linen, 56x70 cms.

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How Not to RuleHelle Michelsen

A Good Time to be CleverAlun Ffred Jones Interviewed byLila Haines

Ghost FarmsCrisis on the GowerNigel Jenkins

Sisley: The Persistent ImpressionistOsi Rhys Osmond

Dai DialecticCartoon

Aberystwyth: The Last ResortDavid Barnes

The Search for ClosurePalestine and IsraelIlan Pappe

“I Don’t Know if it’s a Cultural Thing...”Migration into CardiffJohn Jewell

Tele-Visions of WalesNational Identity and 20th Century TVSteffan Morgan

The One and the ManyAnne Stevenson Interviewed byNicholas Murray

Ancient Monuments — Present WordsSamantha Wynne-Rhydderch

PassionShort StoryE.A. Markham

New Poems by Bo CarpelanTranslated byRobin Young

Tsunamis Large and Small, cont.Science and ReligionGareth Wyn Jones

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Scene Television •Music • Art •Washington Diary • Theatre • Sport

Poems Anne Stevenson (62)Christine McNeill (85)

Cover: Alfred Sisley, Storr’s Rock, RothersladeBay, from below the Osborne Hotel, 1897© Kunstmuseum Bern (G 1851)From the exhibition held at the NationalGallery in London.

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December/January 2008/2009

The Final FrontierHelle Michelsen

“A Change is Gonna Come”The Result of the US ElectionRobert Minhinnick

Struggling for SurvivalState of Our NationHuw Lawrence

Willing Suspension of DisbeliefThe Global Financial MeltdownMartin Leer

The Wounded Land?The War in AfghanistanNeil McEvoy

Ancient Monuments Present WordsJohn Barnie

Sol y SombraSpain’s Centre for Art and NatureHugh Adams


Living in a Runaway WorldRoger Caldwell Reviews Ken Booth’sTheory of World Security

A New Sense of BalanceAnne Cluysenaar Interviewed byFiona Owen

ShadowsShort StoryTyler Keevil

Shadow Double: Refugee and CitizenRefugee HistorySharif Gemie, Laure Humbert andFiona Reid

Not Unlike BilbaoSpanish ImmigrantsMike Thomas

Crumbling Foundations?The Housing CrisisTamsin Stirling

Borders and BoundariesEvolution of the LandscapeRichard Moore-Colyer

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Scene Television •Music • St Athan •Assembly • Film • Art • Theatre • Sport

Poems Anne Cluysenaar (52) ChristineMacNeill (62) Richard Marggraf-Turley(67) Cyril Dabydeen (81)

Cover: Ulrich Rückriem’s Siglo XX at Abiego, Fer-nando Alvira, Huesca (España). (Photo by kind per-mission of CDAN. Fundación Beulas. Photographby Fernando Alvira.)

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planet 192

February/March 2009

21st Century ReligionHelle Michelsen

Climate Change and theCreation of WealthEconomic CrisisMolly Scott Cato

A Way AheadThe Future of Welsh LabourHuw Lawrence

InsomniaA PoemEhab Bessaiso

“We Need a ‘Yes’ Campaign”Kirsty Williams Interviewed ByLila Haines

A Place of Silent BelongingArtist’s DiaryChristine Kinsey

Ancient Monuments Present WordsFrank Olding

The Kidwelly BarrioTangoPatrick Ellis

“We Knew Len...”Anglo-Welsh Writing and SpainRob Stradling


The Monks of AbergavennyRewriting Welsh Theatre HistoryDavid Adams

The CometShort StoryEmyr Humphreys

The Carbon ConundrumSustainable BuildingsHaf Roberts

Pioneering Palliative CareThe NHSMargot Morgan

† T. Llew Jones

Attitude

Reviews

Scene Television • Music • Design •Art • Sport

Poems Christine McNeill (32)Jonathan Edwards (56) Barry Butson (79)

Front Cover: Yr Eiliad yn y Ddawns4/Momentin the Dance4, oil on canvas by ChristineKinsey.Back Cover: Yr Eiliad yn y Ddawns3/Moment inthe Dance3, oil on canvas by Christine Kinsey.(Both photos © Christine Kinsey.)

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194 Spring 2009

In the Shadow of 1979Devolution

Richard Wyn Jones

Wylfa B Or Not To B?Nuclear Power

Tim Richards

House of EuropeThe EU: What is it For?

Alan Sandry

ChapterForty Years of Cultural Activism

Osi Rhys Osmond

Dai Dialec�cCartoon

TulipanA new poem by Øyvind Rimbereid

Translated by Robin Young

Damned for DreamingPro/ile of Soleïman Adel Guémar

Nigel Jenkins

The ExchangeState of the Arts

Richard Poole andAnne Stevenson

London and the Second FloweringAnglo-Welsh Writing

Sally Roberts Jones

The InvadersShort Story

Mark Czanik

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Ancient Monuments andPresent Words 8Anna Wigley

Making Connec)onsMalcolm Lewis Interviews

Julie Murphy

Flooded with LightThe Art of Elizabeth Haines

Jeremy Hooker

Ge*ng There SlowlyLanguage Politics

Ned Thomas

White Sock CentralMerthyr

Liz Jones

Cherry Trees, Rhubarb and RabbitsChanging Wrecsam

Sian Edwards

A Ques)on of Compassion 118

† Richard Dynevor 120

A*tude 122

Reviews 123

Scene 144Poetry byRobert Nisbet (27)Soleïman Adel Guémar (54)Kenneth Steven (103)For Planet essay competition,see inside back cover.Cover image: Dryad, acrylic and mixedmedia on canvas. A new painting byElizabeth Haines.Back: Images from Chapter Arts Cen-tre’s archive, including an installationby Alan Goulborne (top).

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195 Summer 2009

Fantasia and the Vanishing PoundThe Bankers’ Role in the Global Meltdown

Tim Richards

Irony, Poli+cs, and BeautyThe Venice Biennale

Osi Rhys Osmond

Requiem for Arabia’s JewsThe Last Jews of Yemen

Hanna Ziadeh

Look it Up in WicipediaWelsh and the Internet

Craig Owen Jones

T.H. Parry-Williams3 Poems in Translation

Richard Poole

Good EnergyGai Toms Interviewed by

Gorwel Owen

The ExchangeThe Relevance of Raymond Williams

Daniel G. Williams,Ned Thomas and Dai Smith

Footprints in the FieldsAerial Archaeology

Toby Driver

Living with UncertaintyThe South Wales Natural Gas Pipeline

Chris Groves

Dai Dialec+cCartoon

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The TunnelShort Story

Robert Minhinnick

Childe Roland to WelshObscurity CamePro-ile of a Concrete Poet

Nigel Jenkins

Looking for Bessie SmithIn Search of the Singer’s Grave

Jen Wilson

The Oldest MusicHoly Wells

Phil Cope

Natures of Abstrac+onPro-ile of Maurice Cockrill

Tony Cur+s

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Coach Tour Literature 124

Reviews 128

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Poetry byPhil Knight (83)Robin Fulton (105)Cover image: Compozione non -inita-in--inita, Giampaolo Bertozzi and StefanDal Monte Casoni. From the ItalianPavilion at the Venice Biennale. (Photoby Hilary Osmond.)

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The ExchangeSchools of War

Sara Koopmanand Stephen Thomas

A Maze of Muck and MurderThe Problem of Transnistria

David Greenslade

The Government is NotNecessarily YoursLeanne Wood AM Interviewed by

Alan Sandry

Food from Welsh ResourcesThoughts on the Future of Our Food Supply

Richard Moore-Colyer

Industrial Monuments, Present WordsGee Williams

Wales at the MallFolklife Festival

Pamela Petro

War Declared!Art and Society

Huw David Jones

The Galicia ColumnLiving the Language

Xesús Fraga

Dai Dialec+cCartoon

Three Boys and a PigeonPhotography Update

Paul Cabuts

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196 Autumn 2009

Living Between Two WorldsArt and Poetry

Stuart Evans and Elin ap Hywel

A Fine RomanceAsturias and the Welsh Miners

Rob Stradling

Tell Us About the Whore of BabylonShort Story

Geoffrey Williams

Being Not DoingThe Rise of the “Feminine”

Ted Parry

As Good as Any ManWoman’s Role in the War Years

Colin Thomas

Tamara Krikorian † 122

A,tude 123

Reviews 124

Scene 149

Poetry byPhilip Gross (57)Barry Butson (93)Kelly Grovier (94)

Cover image: At the Circus by ClaudiaWilliams. (Photo courtesy of MartinTinney Gallery.)Back cover:Midsummer Nights Dream(The Changeling) by Stuart Evans.(Photo by Mark Davey.)

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197 Winter 2010

From Hope to Broke?The Copenhagen Summit

Haf Elgar

The ExchangeWhat Chance of a Federal Britain?

John Osmond, David Meldingand Laura McAllister

A Future for NewspapersThe Press’s Fight for Survival

Iain Lewis

City of Culture?Galician Column

Xesús Fraga

A Personal History of the Miners’StrikeTim Richards

Dai Dialec(cCartoon

Five Hundred Songs a WeekHuw Stephens Interviewed by

Dafydd Prys

Industrial Monuments —Present Words

Mike Jenkins

Wri(ng Into SuezA Novelist’s Take on the Suez Crisis

Stevie Davies

The Pain of RememberingSignposting the Nakba

Jasmine Donahaye

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Nicely Balanced Rela(onsThe Life of Alfred Russel Wallace

Anne Cluysenaar

Between Reality and AbsurdityInterview with Larissa Sansourand Oreet Ashery

Sharif Gemie

Brenda ParkerMemoir

Richard Poole

Papa Don’t SmokeShort Story

Gillian Brightmore

Patrick Hannan† 119Arthur Giardelli† 120

A)tude 121

Reviews 123

Scene 146

Poetry byJ. Brookes(52)Kenneth Steven(53)F.J. Williams(77)Paul Groves(78)Herbert Williams(118)Cover image: Still from A Space Exodus,a video by Larissa Sansour. (Imagecourtesy and © Larissa Sansour.)

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Tim Rossiter 105Open Windows Day and NightTB

Herbert Williams 111


198 Spring 2010

Tortured thinkingThe Baha Mousa Inquiry

Tim Richards

Fluxus ManJohn Cale at the Venice Biennale

Iwan Bala

Shopping for a Solu*onStand-off in Machynlleth

Meic Llewellyn

Industrial Monuments —Present WordsPamela Petro

Beneath the Shopping MallsPsychogeography

Sally Roberts Jones

The ExchangeGreen Economy

Jonathan Essex, Richard Scraseand Molly Sco+ Cato

Mul*ple VoicesPro&ile of Colin Thomas

Robert Walton

Dai Dialec*cCartoon

“Wri*ng is My Real Country”Stories from the Banlieues

Teleri Williams

Recovering the Lost GravesGalician Column

Xesús Fraga

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Two CataclysmsTowards a Common History of Europe

Ned Thomas

Patrio*c GhostsWWII Propaganda

Liz Jones

Winter CherriesMemoir

Johannes Gramich

A Small Measure of Jus*ceGerman Slave Labour

Robin Llewellyn

Kicking the SoundboardInterview with Guto Puw

Peter Reynolds

A,tude 117

† Hywel Teifi Edwards 119

† Dave Berry 120

Reviews 121

Scene 143Poetry byAnne Cluysenaar (53)Mike Jenkins (54)Barry Butson (76)Ted Parry (100)Cover image: Poster on door in Venice.(Photo © Richard Higlett.)

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199 Summer 2010

The ExchangeCoalition Politics

Nick Bourne, Cynog Dafisand Julie Morgan

Slan+ng Skies and Til+ng Perspec+vesThe Art of the Valleys

Osi Rhys Osmond

Industrial MonumentsDowlais SteelworksStevie Davies

“Nothing Much Short ofthe Revolu+on”Gender Politics

Neil Evans

Dai Dialec+cPlanet Cartoon

Queen of CamouflageThe UK and the Rule of Law

Tim Richards

The People Who Love to TalkAbout Ea+ng While Ea+ng

Galicia Column

Xesús Fraga

TrefnWelsh Keywords

Howard Williams

Small Tech in a Small CountryNanotechnology

Chris Groves

A Brief FloweringThe Art of John Cyrlas Williams

Peter Lord

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Made in Llangollen?Eisteddfod Chairs

W.T.R. Pryce

A Time of Lesser DiscoveriesShort Story

Joe Davies

Astronauts, Taikonautsand GaganautsAsian Space Race

Craig Owen Jones

The Last Lido in WalesOpen Air Swimming Pools

Gillian Drake

† Tom Ellis 130† Iwan Llwyd 131

A,tude 132

Reviews 134

Scene 147

Poetry byVincent Parker (66)Graham Thomas (67)Richard Halperin (77)Samantha Wynne Rhydderch (78)Ruth Bidgood (128)Front cover: Chair for the BlaenauGwent and Heads of the ValleysNational Eisteddfod 2010.(Photo © EisteddfodGenedlaethol Cymru.)Back: Cuban ballet on a Havanarooftop. (Photo © Manuel Harlan.)

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200 Autumn 2010

The Old Central LibraryA Swansea Performance

Nigel Jenkins

We Have the Plans...Mostyn and Plas-Glyn-y-Weddw

Iwan Bala

Industrial MonumentsTrefforest Tinworks

Meic Stephens

What’s Welsh For Woman?Welsh Keywords

Ceridwen Lloyd-Morgan

The ExchangeUnderstanding Wales

Neil Evans, Graham Dayand Charlo*e Aull Davies

A Cancerous CultureThe “LitBiz”

Robert Minhinnick

Heroes and the Iron Pen of HistoryHenry Morton Stanley

Colin Thomas

The Perfect BoyShort Story

Huw Lawrence

As Others See UsAn Occitan Voyage Through Wales

Teleri Williams

The Fate of Small MagazinesGalician Column

Xesús Fraga

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Green Man 2010A Photo Essay

Dafydd Prys

The Welsh Extremist RevisitedA Culture in Crisis?

Emily Trahair

Dai Dialec)cThe Planet Cartoon

Banking the Book andRomancing the RoseCatalonia’s Sant Jordi

Patrick Carlin

Mizoram:The Land that Wales ForgotMissionaries in India

John Fraser Williams

Website 33

A+tude 130

Reviews 132

Scene 148

Poetry byPeter Finch (35)Tony Curtis (76)Philip Williams (77)Damian Walford Davies (117)Cover image: A selection of Planetcovers through the decades.

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Gender and Welsh Wri)ng in EnglishRewriting literary history

Jane Aaron

Un)tledPoem and painting

Margaret Lloyd

Coun)ng Our LossesChanging views on the environment

Jem Poster

A Perturba)onThe badger cull controversy

Mike Joseph

The BorderPhoto essay

Hannah Rhein

The Borders of ReasonA re%lection on boundaries

Hora)o Clare

France and the Roma Ques)onEvents of 2010

Gerry Feehily

Philip Glass in ContextA treatment of In the Penal ColonyPeter Reynolds

Welcoming the StrangerAttitudes to asylum

Jeni Williams

RoofShort story

Gee Williams

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Imaging the BibleA review of Biblical Art fromWalesCeri Thomas

Byd Bach/Small WorldA National Library of Wales exhibition

Ceridwen Lloyd-Morgan

Wales and IslamSurvey of a long relationship

Grahame Davies

The Good ComradeShort story

Brian Lavery

Editor’s A�erwordJasmine Donahaye

Planet Website 61

Reviews 134

Le*ers 156

Contributors 159

Cover image: Imperial Beach,California, looking towardTijuana, MexicoPhoto: © Hannah Rhein

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The Library of WalesClaire Flay

Stepping out of the FrameColin Thomas

A Decade in the Barn Centre:a photo essayKeith Morris

Art for WalesDavid Moore

Four poemsDamian Walford Davies

There are Receivers in the WoodsSusan Adams

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The Grand Canyon’sGreat UnconformityPamela Petro

Dream, Mametz WoodSue Leigh

Naming the CastPaul Henry

Who Murdered Agnes Lal?a work in progressLewis Davies

Southern A,rac+on:Y Wladfa’s abiding appealJon Gower

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Birds of Prey I Have Known and LovedNiall Griffiths 36

202 May 2011

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Mapping ReferendaRhys Jones

The Planet Interview:Ma,hew RhysJasmine Donahaye

Coun+ng the Cost of Divorce:the case of BelgiumNicholas Hirst

Keep Me in Temper, Sweet HeavenThe Intriguing Case of Mark W.Nigel Jarre,

Planet Website 89

Reviews 133

Le,ers 152

Raymond Garlick 155

Contributors 159

Cover image: Matthew Rhysphoto by Dafydd PrysBack cover: courtesy of Litløy fyrInside detail: Mari Lwyd Chatby William Brown

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