This column first appeared in The Western Mail in November 2022 It’s morally problematic world cup fever time. Over 60 years since we last qualified, it’s typical that this is the one … Continue Reading Watches Qatar, gently weeps….
This column first appeared in The Western Mail in October 2022 It’s not every day you develop a sense of kinship with a random Scouse footballer. But it was hard … Continue Reading Fight for your right (to moan like hell)
This column first appeared in The Western Mail in September 2022 Fifteen winters ago, I stared at my baby boy – not yet one year of age, wrapped in layer … Continue Reading We face a cost-of-living crisis – but kindness is free
This column first appeared in the Western Mail in August 2022 A needle drops smoothly into a groove. The vinyl, dark and shiny as coal crystals, spins hypnotically. My mam, … Continue Reading A love letter to Motown
This column first appeared in The Western Mail in July 2022 My partner Alex says I never look more cheerful than when he compliments an outfit I’m wearing, and it … Continue Reading On the joy of pockets
This column first appeared in The Western Mail in June 2022 A striking mural commemorating former Wales football manager Gary Speed appeared on the streets of Cardiff this week. Located … Continue Reading Bread and roses: How outdoors art can inject new life into our streets
This column first appeared in The Western Mail in May 2022 Llangrannog, Summer 1992, and the best human being I’ve ever known wandered into my life. Technically, she’d be quick … Continue Reading Raise a glass to the “friendiversary”
This column first appeared in The Western Mail in March 2022 I write this on International Women’s Day. It’s a day that increasingly makes me feel torn. I mean, in … Continue Reading Beware the corporate “pinkwashing” of International Women’s Day
This article first appeared in The Western Mail in January 2022 Last week I led a run after a vigil held in memory of 23-year-old Ashling Murphy, killed earlier this month … Continue Reading No amount of streetlights will keep women safe on our streets
This column first appeared in The Western Mail in December 2021 There’s only one way to interpret the end of Bill and Melinda Gates’ 27-year union. The concept of marriage … Continue Reading On the fallacy of marriage
This column first appeared in the Western Mail in November 2021 In this strange old world, nothing is certain except for death, taxes and that there will always be another … Continue Reading If it was good enough for Einstein: On cycling
This column first appeared in the Western Mail in October 2021 When was the last time you received a handwritten letter? Or, indeed, sat down to indulge in the rare … Continue Reading A love letter to a lost art
This column first appeared in the Western Mail in September 2021 A whole month has passed since Green Man festival, and I swear I’ve only just got rid of the … Continue Reading On Green Man Festival
This column first appeared in The Western Mail in August 2021 It is a source of mild regret that I only discovered the joy of camping relatively recently. I put … Continue Reading Carrying on camping
This column first appeared in the Western Mail in June 2021 Earlier this year, a stunning mural appeared on the side of a house I pass every day. The painting … Continue Reading What sort of city do we want to leave our children?
This column first appeared in the Western Mail in July 2021 It feels as if I’m writing this from the inside of a McDonalds Apple Pie. Or a small volcano. … Continue Reading Take me to the river….
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