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Book Review: 'Teach Your Dog Welsh' + 'Teach Your Cat Welsh'
This lighthearted book series from illustrator Anne Cakebread shows us that anyone can learn — including your pets!
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Amy McGrath
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Film Review: 'The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain' (1995)
How has this Hugh Grant-starring film about a Welsh village and its resourceful residents held up on its 30th anniversary?
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Amy McGrath
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Film Review: 'Pouring Water on Troubled Oil'
A documentary film by Nariman Massoumi on Welsh poet Dylan Thomas' journey through Iran in 1951
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Amy McGrath
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Book Review: '111 Places in Swansea That You Shouldn't Miss'
A new way to discover some out-of-the-way Welsh locations that deserve a much needed 'cwtch.'
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Amy McGrath
The Sheenant Chronicles: 'Look Back in Anger'
Patricia Browning of 'A Tennantcy to Act' and I compare and contrast the performance of Jimmy Porter through the eyes of Michael Sheen... and David…
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Amy McGrath
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Patricia Browning
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Book Review: 'The Mab' – Eleven Epic Stories from The Mabinogi
The earliest Welsh prose fiction, featuring tales of love, tragedy, fantasy, and humor
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Amy McGrath
Book Review – 'Llan fair pwll gwyn gyll go ger y chwyrn drobwll llan tysilio gogo goch'
A beginner's guide to understanding Welsh (Cymraeg) through the longest place name in Europe
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Amy McGrath
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Book Review: 'Nightshade Mother - A Disentangling'
Welsh poet Gwyneth Lewis weaves a tapestry of dark emotion in her new memoir
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Amy McGrath
Theatre: Stream 'Nye' with Michael Sheen free on YouTube this November
'The incredible story of one man's dream of the NHS'
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Amy McGrath
Book Review: 'Where the Folk – A Welsh Folklore Road Trip'
Dive into 'Where the Folk' and explore Welsh legends through an entertaining and personal journey during lockdown and beyond
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Amy McGrath
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Book Review – 'Wales: 100 Records'
A captivating exploration of the music that shaped a nation's identity, curated by one of its most passionate voices.
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Amy McGrath
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The Write Hear Interview: Neil Collins and 'International Velvet - How Wales Conquered the '90s Charts'
"The success stories aren’t quite so much anomalies now as they were before the ‘90s."
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Amy McGrath
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