Mab Jones

New poetry for April: uplifting verse in LITTLE DEAD RABBIT & documenting disability in 163 DAYS

April 28, 2022

Mab Jones is back with another brace of poetry reviews for April, from Astrid Alben's Little Dead Rabbit to Hannah Hodgson's 163 Days.

Region: South Wales

Charmingly adventurous, MISCHIEF ACTS charts a mythic journey through time & verse

April 14, 2022

Already in receipt of a plethora of positive reviews, Mischief Acts by Zoe Gilbert sees mythical figure Herne the hunter careening through the centuries, pursued in turn by his own creator.

20 years on, WE WILL ROCK YOU’s mixed messages are woefully behind the times

April 7, 2022

We Will Rock You is still playing to packed-out audiences after 20 years: clearly, a show that continues to do very well - but that doesn't mean it's without fault.

Region: South Wales

BIRDS AND US: thousands of years of human-bird history in one, beautiful place

April 7, 2022

Bird nerd Tim Birkhead's Birds And Us takes us on a journey through a 12,000-year relationship with our feathered friends.

LAURA CANNELL wants you to fall in love with the recorder

March 11, 2022

Recorders are back! Or at least they are on Norfolk folk experimentalist Laura Cannell’s Antiphony Of The Trees - an album that truly shows the dexterity and potential of the instrument.

Newly republished, FIGUREHEAD is a gothic horror tour de force

March 9, 2022

Originally published in 2018, Carly Holmes' Figurehead is a book that’s as full of eeriness and enchantment as one could ever wish for.

Region: South Wales

Two new Welsh women’s classics illuminate work of rediscovered writer, Margiad Evans

February 9, 2022

Rediscovered classics A Ray of Darkness and Nightingale Silenced provide a good chance for unfamiliar readers to get to know revived Welsh writer Margiad Evans better.

EARTH SPIRIT: SAVING MOTHER OCEAN – a small but mighty defence of our seas

February 2, 2022

A small book filled with an ocean of enthusiasm and ideas, Earth Spirit by Steve Andrews is a passionate plea to defend our seas.

Region: South Wales

New poetry for January – Lauren Thomas’ ode to Welsh landscapes + What Would Love Smell Like?

January 25, 2022

In Mab Jones' first poetry column of the year, Welsh poet Lauren Thomas pens love letters to her home landscape, and SK Grout ponders What Would Love Smell Like.

LUMINATE WALES lights up Margam Park with family-friendly, festive wonder

November 26, 2021

Luminate Wales at Margam Park promised a show-stopping extravaganza of dizzyingly brilliant illuminations, and in this it delivered.

Region: South Wales

SAFETY IN NUMBERS collects sparky poems full of warmth & wit

November 17, 2021

Hailed as "the patron saint of poetry," Roger McGough is on fine form in his latest fantastic collection, Safety In Numbers.

ALL THE MEN I NEVER MARRIED: searing ‘everyday sexism’ testimonies everyone should read

November 10, 2021

A series of personal testimonies which stand witness to ‘everyday sexism,’ Kim Moore's All The Men I Never Married is sharp, searing and honest.

Region: South Wales

New poetry for April: uplifting verse in LITTLE DEAD RABBIT & documenting disability in 163 DAYS

Charmingly adventurous, MISCHIEF ACTS charts a mythic journey through time & verse

20 years on, WE WILL ROCK YOU’s mixed messages are woefully behind the times

BIRDS AND US: thousands of years of human-bird history in one, beautiful place

LAURA CANNELL wants you to fall in love with the recorder

Newly republished, FIGUREHEAD is a gothic horror tour de force

Two new Welsh women’s classics illuminate work of rediscovered writer, Margiad Evans

EARTH SPIRIT: SAVING MOTHER OCEAN – a small but mighty defence of our seas

New poetry for January – Lauren Thomas’ ode to Welsh landscapes + What Would Love Smell Like?

LUMINATE WALES lights up Margam Park with family-friendly, festive wonder

SAFETY IN NUMBERS collects sparky poems full of warmth & wit

ALL THE MEN I NEVER MARRIED: searing ‘everyday sexism’ testimonies everyone should read

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