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Tryst Williams: Mind Matters

AND so to another of our regular weekend brief encounters. Read

Tales from the allotment

THE second week in July has continued in true weather fashion with the monsoon rains still falling heavily on the mountainside. This must be the month of a trillion raindrops. Read

From the fat of the land to a dollar a day

MUNCHING on a bar of deliciously creamy white chocolate produced by the monks on Caldey Island, I reflected what it would be like to live on a dollar a day. Read

Confident Carwyn has a reminder political careers all end in failure

THE day-to-day work of politicians can often appear tedious, but there are occasions when great excitement is generated. Frequently – and much to the chagrin of policy wonks – the greatest excitement concerns the ups and downs of individuals. Read

The Insider: Peter Finch

BACK in the 1980s, when Robert Hughes fronted his great TV series, Shock of the New, what he was uncovering was the way art had consistently made its way via the twin and very 20th-century devices of apoplexy and violent change. Read

Even women who have stood for office don’t feel able to cry rape

THE rate of convictions on rape charges has dropped to a new low of 5.6%, and the recent revelation that several AMs had themselves been victims of this offence highlighted another dismaying aspect of the situation – the high percentage of offences which go unreported. Read

Maybe this year holidaying AMs can give spatula museums a miss

THE end of term has finally arrived and Assembly Members are free to gallop into summer pastures for a few weeks of happy abandon – so the theory goes. Read

Maybe this year holidaying AMs can give spatula museums a miss

THE end of term has finally arrived and Assembly Members are free to gallop into summer pastures for a few weeks of happy abandon – so the theory goes. Read

Don’t opt for the pregnant pause

THERE are few things that make me want to throw my digital radio across the room and stamp on it. Read

If God considers gays an abomination, why did he create them?

YOU just can’t shut Stephen Green up, can you? Read

Rin: Talking WM sense

THERE are three things I will always remember my grandmother for: her apple strudel, her comforting cuddles and her total inability to walk past a “sale” sign. Read

Matt Thomas tests fishing gadgets

IT’S HARD to know what fish are feeling, but there's no doubt fishing can be pretty painful. Painfully boring that is. MATT THOMAS tackles fishing gadgets aimed at taking the strain off your rod. Read

Hannah: Diary of a Diet

Honesty may be the best policy for Angelina Jolie, but people aren't so understanding of Hannah's issues. Read

When we were capital of the Commonwealth

FIFTY years ago this week the man the Echo called “Wales’ most famous post-war rugby player” loped into Cardiff Arms Park, scene of so many of his try-scoring triumphs. Fans of the peerless Bleddyn Williams might have disagreed but no-one wrote to the Echo about it. Read