CHRIS SEARLE welcomes a startling vision of contemporary Newport from a veteran photographer of the British working class
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Compelling journey through the dark territory of the soul
ANGUS REID recommends a very unusual documentary: a love story between two disillusioned journalists
In verse and polemic, the bard points out that he is a poet and musician, not a political party
MARIA DUARTE, JAMES WALSH and ANDY HEDGECOCK review The Invite, My Father’s Island, Nirvanna: the Band, the Show, the Movie, and Oh My Goodness!
PAUL DONOVAN is chilled by the contemporary resonance of Harper Lee’s coming of age tale amidst racism and white supremacy in this excellent production
GEOFF BOTTOMS recommends the unashamedly light-hearted escapism on offer in this stage version of the 1963 film
Dark Territory
by Jerry Hunter
(Y Lolfa, £9.99)
JERRY HUNTER’S debut novel, translated from Welsh into English by Patrick K Ford, is a compelling and forcefully propelled story of one man’s journey through the most tumultuous decades in British history.
Rhisiart Dafydd, his protagonist, starts off as a zealous and resolute Protestant who becomes a highly effective parliamentary pike man in the “Army of the Saints.”
With the glorious defeat of the Stuart monarchy, he embarks on a challenging quest to the New World.
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The book feels like a writer working within his limits and not breaking any new ground, believes KEN COCKBURN