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Poet Twm Morys is in conversation with Jan Morris about her ten years as foreign correspondent with The Times and The Guardian, culminating in her ‘scoop of the century, her dash down the flank of Mount Everest to get the news of its first ascent to London in time to coincide with the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.
Jun
02

When Caernarfon was the print capital of Wales

Karen Owen celebrates the mid 19th Century print and news revolution

Locations in Wales are frequently used for filming, for example the recent Da Vinci's Demons, parts of which were filmed in Swansea, but there is little original drama or comedy coming from Wales
May
23

We can do better than manage decline of Welsh television

Angela Graham disagrees with parking the devolution of broadcasting to the National Assembly

Crowds gather to watch the filming of Harry Potter in Pembrokeshire
May
21

Putting Wales on the small screen

Tim Hartley says we should be making more indigenous television drama and comedy to boost our cultural identity

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May
06

Wales needs to catch up with Estonia

Ian Hargreaves argues that we need to become a more open society for the economy to prosper

Rhodri Talfan Davies is Director of BBC Cymru Wales
May
05

Wales has the most porous culture in Europe

Rhodri Talfan Davies invites a national conversation on how Radio Cymru can find its place in a ‘messy’ world

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Feb
18

Mind S4C’s quality as well as its width

Euryn Ogwen Williams says audience figures are only part of the viewing picture in a world of on demand communications

Martin Shipton is the Western Mail's chief reporter and Father of the NUJ Chapel in Cardiff
Feb
08

Decade of cuts continues at Western Mail

John Osmond warns the end of our national daily and other Welsh titles is in sight unless new support for newspapers can be found

Twit
Dec
16

Kung Fu Carwyn on Twitter

Peter Finch wonders whether the world is chattering itself into deafness

The revolution will be Tweeted
Dec
08

IWA sparks unending global conference

Tom Beardshaw asks whether 5,000 people on Twitter can influence the future of Wales

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Nov
30

Leveson hits the right notes

Geraint Talfan Davies says Lord Leveson has been right to say the press cannot continue be judge and jury in its own cause