Tag: culture

Tigers and dragons

July 11, 2025 5 Comments
Tigers and dragons

What connects the histories and cultures of India and Wales?  As it turns out, a complex nexus of links that have intertwined for centuries and continue to do so today.   This is the theme of Tigers and dragons, a truly ambitious exhibition in the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery.  It’s a great visual feast for the […]

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The destruction of culture: a plea to Swansea Council

March 13, 2016 7 Comments
The destruction of culture: a plea to Swansea Council

What makes a city a city?  I mean, in the sense of a particular, distinctive city.  Its people, certainly, its geography, landscape and architecture, also its economy and politics.  But what really sets a city apart from its neighbours is its culture – that network of traditions, customs, institutions and habits, most of them with […]

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