Empty Leaders of Imaginary Voters There are a great many things at which I am absolutely useless. If I manage to perform a task like, say, changing a lightbulb, Mrs W smiles indulgently at me as one might at a toddler who has tied his shoelaces for the first time. This article is for Members only
Lib-Dem to PM Last month’s figures show that, thanks to Platty Jubes, sales in the food sector were up a whopping three per cent. Granted, this was almost entirely accounted for by alcohol, but I think we can confidently chalk this up as a Brexit benefit. This article is for Members only
The Knives Are Out There’s nothing like naked ambition to reveal the inner child in a person. Dangle anyone’s deepest desire in front of them and you’ll see the raw fundamentals that drive their personality: the stuff that therapists are there for. This article is for Members only
Ready4Rishi Episode 8 10 July 2022 Are you Ready4Rishi? Well, he suspected you might be as far back as December, which is when he registered the This article is for Members only
Antisocial Media If you ever look at the state of the UK and wonder how we’ve got here, have a read through your local Facebook page and reflect on the terrifying reality that all those people have a vote. This article is for Members only
Gaslit If there’s one thing that grinds Priti Patel’s gears more than the exploitation of innocent refugees by trafficking gangs, it’s people who disrespect the vibrant, democratic values of Rwanda. This article is for Members only
The Red Scare On a fateful morning in 1926, while the crowds in Merthyr chanted ‘Caws a brioches’, their leader, Wat Tyler, appeared live on Good Morning Britain from his 400,000 groat manor in Tolpuddle. This article is for Members only
Look at Me, Ma, I’m King of the World! Confidence is an elusive ally in life, isn’t it? I pad downstairs at six each morning accompanied by a gnawing dread that the day’s demands will be beyond me. This article is for Members only
Princess Mick When Prince Harry married RMT leader Mick Lynch back in 2016, there had been some concern that the union would meet resistance from less progressive members of the public and, indeed from older members of the royal household.
Flags, Bones and Old Smokey Driving up the valley to Lidl in Tylorstown on the night before the Coronation, the rain intensifies, drumming on the windscreen like a warning. It’s further to go than the one in Porth but my family lived up there once and supermarket shopping is less tedious if you’re being haunted.
Flags & Bones - Introduction When I first started writing these columns for Nation.Cymru, I had the feeling of being a newly qualified driver. I had wanted to do this so badly, and for so long, but each keystroke was an oncoming lorry that could wipe me out if I was careless for a second.
