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Struggling to crack Marcel Proust? This book makes the French master more accessible than ever

January 19, 2022

Brushing away the dust of bone-dry scholarship, Christopher Prendergast brings Marcel Proust's work, and the great man himself, to life.

PHENOTYPES: a slow-burn journey into Brazilian colourism worth taking

January 5, 2022

Although Phenotypes is not an easy read, its exploration of the ambiguities of racial classification in Brazil is a journey worth taking.

IN HIS OWN IMAGE: witness history through one woman’s camera lens

January 5, 2022

In His Own Image explores the disconnects between love and passion, photography and reality, and time and memory through one woman's camera lens.

SOMEBODY LOVES YOU: a strong debut from an author with room to grow

December 1, 2021

The disparate strands of Somebody Loves You from Mona Arshi make for a strong debut that never quite soars.

Band of the moment THE LATHUMS conjure festival feels in Cardiff

November 18, 2021

The Lathums may have started out as a wedding band but as this Cardiff show proves, they're ready to fill arenas in their own right.

Region: South Wales

DARK NEIGHBOURHOOD marks the arrival of an uncompromising talent

November 10, 2021

Inventive, poetic, energetic, uncomfortable and uncompromising, Dark Neighbourhood marks the arrival of a singular talent.

An immersive, cinematic experience – HARD FEELINGS | ALBUM REVIEW

November 5, 2021

After a series of excellent singles, we finally have a full-length album from Hard Feelings - a slinky, slick collection that wears its influences on its sleeve.

A powerful, coming of age parable – THE EQUESTRIENNE | BOOK REVIEW

November 3, 2021

Uršuľa Kovalyk's The Equestrienne is a YA story about a young girl finding her passion on the backdrop of communist Czechoslovakia.

Dave Grohl to Daniel Sloss – THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE

October 20, 2021

Featuring a ghostly tale from Will Maclean, comedy and advice from Daniel Sloss, an adaption of a medieval fiction by Hammad Rind, rock'n'roll memoir by Dave Grohl and rock'n'roll biography by Mike Evans, concerning The Who.

THREAD | ART REVIEW

September 27, 2021

Swansea gallery Elysium’s group show Thread brings together four established artists to explore the vast possibilities of what can be created with textiles

Region: West Wales

THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE

September 22, 2021

In between titles offering broadsides against, respectively, bad food on trains and Welsh neoliberalism, we find novels about Turkish gangsters in London, a world without working electricity and a man who get uploaded into his group chat...

THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE

September 15, 2021

A photographic diary of COVID in Welsh hospitals, a personal account of a more mysterious ailment, an Aussie rocker's attachment to a piece of chewing gum and two novels set in a Johannesburg suburb and on a Greek island.

Struggling to crack Marcel Proust? This book makes the French master more accessible than ever

PHENOTYPES: a slow-burn journey into Brazilian colourism worth taking

IN HIS OWN IMAGE: witness history through one woman’s camera lens

SOMEBODY LOVES YOU: a strong debut from an author with room to grow

Band of the moment THE LATHUMS conjure festival feels in Cardiff

DARK NEIGHBOURHOOD marks the arrival of an uncompromising talent

An immersive, cinematic experience – HARD FEELINGS | ALBUM REVIEW

A powerful, coming of age parable – THE EQUESTRIENNE | BOOK REVIEW

Dave Grohl to Daniel Sloss – THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE

THREAD | ART REVIEW

THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE

THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE

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