LEO BOIX applauds an audacious, self-questioning film about grief, friendship and film-making
Latest editorial
The nuclear question
DAVID NICHOLSON recommends a detailed and well researched picture of the arguments for and against nuclear energy
DEADLY: The 250-MWe Dounreay prototype fast reactor in Scottland (large white and black building) which began generating electricity since 1975 alongside the Vulcan Naval Reactor Test Establishment (NRTE), a military submarine reactor testing facility
[Public Domain]
MARY CONWAY admires a brave and topical study of Armageddon that is, unfortunately, unable to come to a conclusion
ANDY HEDGECOCK, JAMES WALSH and JAMIE BRITTON review Hanging by a Wire, I Want Your Sex, The Pout-Pout Fish, and Rise of the Foot Soldier: Retribution
Chris Searle speaks to US pianist RAN BLAKE
EWAN CAMERON trawls the Edinburgh fringe for new political drama
In a season of Greek mythology NIAMH THORNTON looks at an intriguing relocation of Medea to contemporary Mexico
Going Nuclear
Mabon ap Gwynfor, self-published, £13
Going Nuclear by Plaid Cymru’s Senedd Member Mabon ap is a detailed examination of the links between the civil nuclear industry and how it subsidises and sustains Britain’s military nuclear capability.
The author lives in north Wales and is also the newly elected chair of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament Cymru.
Curently, in the the world’s difficult journey to net zero, protagonists for nuclear energy argue that we need it in the energy mix for those days when the sun is not shining and the wind refuses to blow.
Similar stories
In the second of a four-part serialisation from her new book No to Nuclear, LINDA PENTZ GUNTER highlights how the industry is searching for ways to preserve its relevance
Expanding Britain’s nuclear capability increases the risk of nuclear confrontation. It does not keep us safe – it makes us a target, argues CAROL TURNER
MARK JONES responds to issues raised in the recent report from Richard Hebbert on the Communist Party’s Congress debate on nuclear power
The Communist Party of Britain’s Congress last month debated a resolution on ending opposition to all nuclear power in light of technological advances and the climate crisis. RICHARD HEBBERT explains why