Archive for April, 2010

Apr
26

Volcanic refugees witness return of the King

Spooked by aliens David Williams says the election campaign is getting surreal

Apr
26

Back to the (urban) land movement grows in Wales

Steve Garrett heralds the IWA’s Food in the City conference at Cardiff’s Chapter Arts Centre on 24 May

Apr
26

Don’t mention the debt mountain

In denial the voters simply don’t want to hear about spending cuts or taxes

Apr
24

Capital thoughts on a Spring day

Peter Finch worries that Bute Park, Cardiff’s green lung, is flaking away

Apr
23

Assembly Cynulliad Bwletin April 2010

Four manifestos in one week – it must be a General Election. The fallout from the Welsh Leaders Debate, Peter Stead’s take on how Dave Cameron lost the 2010 General Election and John Osmond thinks about the seats that could be up for grabs on the 6th May 2010.

Apr
23

Seduction of the TV debates

Peter Stead judges that Brown was better, Cameron not up to the job, and Clegg kept the debate alive

Apr
23

Germans in charge of Welsh railways is huge opportunity

Deutsche Bahn’s takeover of Arriva should prompt Transport Minister Ieuan Wyn Jones to put in a call to Berlin

Apr
22

Tracking the Clegg phenomenon

Denis Balsom assesses the impact of the Liberal Democrat spike in the polls on the Welsh battleground seats

Apr
22

Against the odds, the survival of Welsh identity

Rhys David on a new book that asks what exactly it is to be Welsh and how well it is surviving in a multicultural world

Apr
21

Who are the real Welsh leaders?

The answer will be clear in next year’s Assembly elections when the current leadership debates will surely have set a precedent