IWA – Noreen Blanluet

Photo of hands holding a sparkler as a concentrated light source - everything else in darkness.

The audacity of helplessness

November 15, 2022March 15, 2025
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(Originally published in The Welsh Agenda #69, Autumn / Winter 2022) I’ve been part of… Read More »The audacity of helplessness

The Toll film poster: Michael Smiley stands in front of a small prefab toll booth and barrier on a deserted coastal road. Inserts show portraits of Annes Elwy as the local police officer, Michael Smiley, Iwan Rheon, and Paul Kaye with a collection of badges on his woolly hat. Other credits include Julian Glover and Steve Oram. The title "The TOLL" appears in large yellow letters, textured like road line paint. Underneath the tagline reads: "everybody pays".

The Toll (2021)

November 5, 2021March 15, 2025
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Welsh Stories, Welsh Talents: What’s Next for Welsh Film?(Originally published in The Welsh Agenda online,… Read More »The Toll (2021)

Selwyn Williams, wearing a checked shirt and a ricksack, standing in the sunshine and talking to someone out of shot.

Strength in love: a community movement for Wales

July 5, 2021October 19, 2024
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(Originally published in The Welsh Agenda #66, Spring / Summer 2021) A few months ago… Read More »Strength in love: a community movement for Wales

The photo shows a window with a blue frame, just inside the windowpane a lightbox displays the message "thank you NHS".

Working through the pandemic

November 15, 2020March 15, 2025
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(Originally published in The Welsh Agenda #65, Autumn / Winter 2020) In September 2020 I… Read More »Working through the pandemic

Three women sitting down chatting, in a garden, with flowers behind them.

You will never regret being kind

March 6, 2020September 22, 2024
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(Originally published in The Welsh Agenda online, 6th March 2020) It seems to me right… Read More »You will never regret being kind

Screenshot from a video by Cognitive Edge, showing Dave Snowden presenting the Cynefin Framework (a 2x2 matrix labelled complex, complicated, simple, chaotic).

Q&A with David Snowden

February 20, 2020September 22, 2024
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(Originally published in The Welsh Agenda #63, Autumn / Winter 2019) David Snowden is Director… Read More »Q&A with David Snowden

A panorama of Welsh hills at sunrise or sunset, with a white house nestled amongst the trees.

Belonging to Wales: A place worth fighting for

August 29, 2019September 22, 2024
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(Originally published in The Welsh Agenda online, 29th August 2019) I was in the south… Read More »Belonging to Wales: A place worth fighting for