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On a visit to Burma Adrian Mourby took the opportunity to meet the enigmatic Aung San Suu Kyi, who for many Burmese offers the only hope of freeing the country from
military dictatorship.

Steph Powers considers the contested nature of the word ‘gay’ and how its meaning has changed over time and is changing again.

Roger Wooster, Dylan Moore and Amelia Forsbrook each look in different ways at Welsh performance. RogerWooster charts the history of public funding for the leading theatre production companies and links it to the growth and decline of theatre in Wales during the last few decades. Dylan Moore looks at recent theatre productions, especially those that travelled to Edinburgh in 2011 and ruminates on how they represent post-devolution Wales. Amelia Forsbrook details National Dance Company Wales’s stunning tour in India.

Poignant poems on ageing by one of Wales's most renowned novelists.

A photo essay on Wales and Bangladesh by Vanja Garaj.

Short story by Rachel Trezise.

And reviewed in our extensive Review section:
Robert Minhinnick | Philip Gross | Tiffany Atkinson |
Christien Gholson | André Stitt | Claire Flay |
Michael J. Franklin | Alexandra Claire | Nigel Jarrett

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