Year: 2026
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Gwynt Traed y Meirw
There’s a blustery, cruel wind from the south-east, whipping along the streets and making the eyes water. As T.H. Parry-Williams wrote in ‘Gwynt y Dwyrain’ (The east wind), it seems to carry a message: Gan lorio marwolion ar ei hyntI ddangos i ddynion beth yw gwynt Flooring mortals that way and thisTo show humanity what…
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Turner and Constable
At Tate Britain is an exhibition that’s received a great deal of critical praise. That’s surprising, in a way, because it features two of the stalwarts of British art, whose works are familiar enough to most art lovers: J.M.W. Turner and John Constable. What’s attracted attention about the show is its juxtaposition of the two…
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Tri aderyn gaeafol
1 Dryw Codi’n raddol y mae’r llwybr o’r traeth. A finnau yng nghanol fy negawd olaf o dringo’r llethr yn fy sgidiau rhedeg, bron ar unwaith bydda i’n ymladd am wynt, cyn bod y llwybr yn mynd yn fwy gwastad a rhoi digon o nerth imi allu wynebu’r grisiau serth tuag at ben Trwyn y…
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A zombie doctrine and a crisis in Venezuela
There’s been much talk, since Donald Trump kidnapped the President of Venezuela and declared that he would ‘run’ the country, of a reassertion of the Monroe Doctrine. This set me thinking about what exactly is or was the ‘Monro Doctrine’, and how it’s related to Trump’s actions. To begin with, there’s something odd about linking…
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Imaging Fanny Price
Mansfield Park isn’t, I suspect, the favourite novel of Jane Austen of those who value her for her cutting wit and comforting social outlook. Because, though not without its share of humour, it’s a far from comforting work. It asks questions about how people of strong convictions but introverted character and uncertain social status can…