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New Wales (Robin Reeves)
It is very early to be drawing conclusions about the significance of the political earthquake which shook Wales on May 6, in the first elections to Wales's National Assembly, and which was re-affirmed in the European Parliament elections on June 10. However, it is the duty of contemporary journals to try, and in the current issue, historian Peter Stead has bravely sought (see p. 11) to put the seismic change in the political scene, into a wider context.
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• Labour's chickens come home to roost by Peter Stead
Peter Stead discusses the crisis in the Labour Party in Wales and the current 'quiet earthquake' occurring in Welsh politics.
• "Dim enaid coll na Sais" ("Neither lost soul nor Saxon") by Jim Perrin
A tribute to Ioan Bowen Rees - poet, essayist and mountaineer.
• Living the day-dream by John Harrison
The author reflects on his first 6 months as a full-time writer.
• Inspiration v. Writer's Block by Penny Simpson
An Arts Council of Wales travel Bursary enabled Penny Simpson to travel to Berlin to research a forthcoming novel.
• Waiting for No Man: Lady Rhondda and Time and Tide. by Deirdre Beddoe
Dierdre Beddoe pays homage to "Britain's leading feminist between the wars", Margaret Haig Thomas, Viscountess of Rhondda.
• Nation, Class, Commitment by Huw Richards
Welsh Greats of the Century: Huw Richards on the respective merits of the century's sporting heroes.
• A Welsh poet's war by Don Dale-Jones
Welsh poet T H Jones's life during WW2 is traced in Part 11 of the 'War in Words' series.
• At the going down of the sun... by Ifor Thomas
Ifor Thomas reviews a new book about Wales's war memorials.
• In a strange land by Richard Poole
A discussion of the brilliance of Glyn Jones's novel The Island of Apples.
• Welshmen who changed the course of history by Phil Williams
Welsh Greats of the Century: a celebration of Wales's 20th century, world-class scientists.
• Drama and imagination in the new Wales by Jeni Williams
A report on the current state of theatre in Wales.
• An optic to examine experience by Mike Pearson, Lisa Lewis and Roger Owen
The authors explore the thinking behind U W Aberystwyth's new degree in Performance Studies.
• Killing Kangaroos by Roger Williams
Playwright Roger Williams discusses the experience of writing his new stage play in New South Wales, and of being one of the playwrights featured at this year's Australian National Playwrights' Conference.
• Two dramatists confirm their class by Charmian Savill
Charmian Savill champions the plays of Greg Cullen and Dic Edwards.
• Reality versus television by Topher Mills
Broadcasting notes.
• For Art's Sake by Brian Smith
• Odyssey by Anna Wigley
• Changing the script by Mike Jenkins
• Sunset by Paul Bhogal
Poems by :
Topher Mills
Elizabeth Kay
Linda Chase
Jan Jenkins
Michael Hatwell
Gavin Bantock
Jem Poster
Martin Downes
Abi Hughes-Edwards
Bill James
Robert Hamberger
Victoria Pugh
Frances Sackett
Pete Morgan
Billy Watt
Paul Groves
The majority of books reviewed in
New Welsh Review can
be bought online from
gwales.com, the Welsh Books Council's online
bookshop, by simply clicking on the 'buy now' icon. For any that
are unavailable, please contact the publishers or ask in your local
bookshop. All details were correct at the time of publication.
• The Old and the Young by Margiad Evans
Published by Seren Classics
ISBN pb 215pp £6.95
Reviewed by Barbara Prys-Williams
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• Margiad Evans by Ceridwen Lloyd-Morgan
Published by Seren Border Lines
ISBN pb 155pp £7.95
Reviewed by Barbara Prys-Williams
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• Sidereal Time by Christopher Meredith
Published by Seren
ISBN pb 208pp £7.95
Reviewed by Tony Brown
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• Welsh Writing in English: A Yearbook of Critical Essays, vol. 5/1999 by Edited by Tony Brown
Published by New Welsh Review Ltd
ISBN pb 172pp £9.95
Reviewed by Diane Davies
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• Five Pubs, Two Bars and a Nightclub by John Williams
Published by Bloomsbury
ISBN pb 207pp £9.99
Reviewed by Richard John Evans
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• A View Across the Valley: Short Stories by Women from Wales c. 1850-1950 by Ed. Jane Aaron
Published by Honno Classics
ISBN pb 284pp £7.95
Reviewed by Richard John Evans
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• The Mayor of Aln by James Rourke
Published by Parthian Books
ISBN pb 204pp £5.99
Reviewed by Stevie Davies
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• Selected Poems by Robert Minhinnick
Published by Carcanet
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Reviewed by Jeremy Hooker
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• Five Fields by Gillian Clarke
Published by Carcanet
ISBN pb 86pp £6.95
Reviewed by Jeremy Hooker
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• Theatre of Flowers by Tony Conran
Published by Gomer
ISBN pb 120pp £4.95
Reviewed by Catherine Fisher
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• Eros Proposes a Toast: collected public poems and gifts by Tony Conran
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Reviewed by Catherine Fisher
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• Visions and Praying Mantids by Tony Conran
Published by Gomer
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Reviewed by Catherine Fisher
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• One Moonlight Night/Un Nos Ola Leuad by Caradog Prichard
Published by Penguin
ISBN pb 337pp £7.99
Reviewed by Dafydd Johnston
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• The Hunt & Other Poems by John Kinsella
Published by Bloodaxe
ISBN pb £7.95
Reviewed by Peter Finch
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• Poems 1980-1994 by John Kinsella
Published by Bloodaxe
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Reviewed by Peter Finch
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• Resurrection's Children by A M Allchin
Published by Canterbury Press
ISBN pb 124pp £6.99
Reviewed by Harri Pritchard Jones
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• God's Presence makes the World:The Celtic Vision through the Centuries of Wales by A M Allchin
Published by Darton, Longman & Todd
ISBN pb 160pp £9.95
Reviewed by Harri Pritchard Jones
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• Valleys of Song, Music and Society in Wales 1840-1914 by Gareth Williams
Published by University of Wales Press
ISBN pb 237pp £14.99
Reviewed by Rhys David
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• My Kingdom of Books by Richard Booth
Published by Y Lolfa
ISBN pb 318pp £14.95
Reviewed by Herbert Williams
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• Dylan Thomas's Wales by Hilary Laurie
Published by Weidenfield & Nicolson
ISBN pb 160pp £18.99
Reviewed by James A Davies
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• Dylan Thomas's Wales by Hilary Laurie
Published by Weidenfield & Nicolson
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Reviewed by James A Davies
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