JULY 2023


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KEIRON SELF (films), JONATHAN SWAIN (food), CHRIS WILLIAMS (stage), CHRIS ANDREWS, LUKE BAILEY, KAPTIN BARRETT, HARI BERROW, JOHN-PAUL DAVIES, BILLY EDWARDS, CHLOË EDWARDS, JOHN EVANS, MEGAN EVANS, RHIANNON FARR, ELOUISE HOBBS, RHIANON HOLLEY, DALE LEWIS, ELIZABETH MORRIS, RHONDA LEE REALI, OWEN SCOURFIELD, FEDOR TOT, AMY WILD, JOSHUA WILLIAMS


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roundup


roundup / 4 A promotional photo of Peter Andre eating spaghetti, and other words and images which revolve around that like the moons of Jupiter


madness / 10 With the ska-pop conquerors’ fabled in-park concerts taking them to Swansea this month, Chris Andrews’ conversation with Madness frontman Suggs is as bittersweet as their music


craig revel horwood / 12 Strictly judge gets wigged up to play thirsty orphanage overseer Miss Hannigan in musical Annie; Amy Wild has a word with Craig


kidstown / 14 It’s the latest project from National Theatre Wales and it’s debuting this month… but what is it? Hari Berrow will tell you


welsh film and tv / 16 The world of domestic screen-based viewing is a fast-moving, demonstrably growing one; Rhiannon Farr looks at some of its notable de- velopments in the last 12 months


take 5 / 18


Ahead of a fully-subscribed Cardiff arena show from freshly-revived third wheels of Britpop, Pulp, Joshua Williams picks a mix of generational hits and 20,000 leagues-deep cuts


hip-hop in wales / 20 A look back through the history of hip-hop mu- sic and culture in our part of the world. Kaptin Barrett, one of Welsh hip-hop’s staunchest sup- porters, provides words, with the Fly Fidelity podcast fellas highlighting releases of note


beyond the border / 24


Biennial storytelling festival returns to Car- marthenshire; six of its performers are profiled


the answer / 25 Proto-New Wave Of Classic Rock, anyone? No? However you describe these guys’ music, it’s at the Steelhouse Festival in Ebbw Vale


bitcoin boi / 26 You know that bloke from Newport that acci- dentally binned a hard drive containing some now-insanely-valuable amount of cryptocur- rency? Someone’s made a play about it. Sort of


things that made me / 28 In any given month, you’ll likely find Catrin Finch somewhere onstage in Wales plucking her harp strings, but what things tug her heart- strings? We asked her (using different words)


outdoor cinema / 29 It’s that time of year again. Blanket, foldy chair, frothy pint in paper cup and, yes, the films themselves, with some highlights select- ed by Billy Edwards


art / 30


If you thought ‘Laura Ashley’ was a mere brand name rather than a real person, like JD Wetherspoon or Lorraine Kelly, prepare to be educated by a historical exhibition about the textile designer in Machynlleth


stage / 32


If you thought ‘believing in ghosts’ was a juve- nile pastime for fluffheads, not based rational sceptics like yourself, maybe theatre show Do You Believe In Ghosts will change your mind at one of its exceedingly long list of tour dates


music / 34 Małgola, No, a Polish weird-pop artist based in Cardiff whose use of a comma in her name makes it difficult to place in a sentence non-confusingly, is our One To Watch for July, alongside the usual gig previews, album re- views and Welsh music reviews


entertainment / 40 Films, TV, podcasts, playlists, games (well, one game) and an interview with a Dutch writ- er who can remember when he was a WWII pilot from Pontardawe. Yes, that’s what I said!


books / 44


Fiction and non, short stories and... long ones, erudite polemics and wicked words of wisdom


food&drink / 46 An appraisal of Cardiff Bay’s new street food sprawl, Tiger Yard, constructed from 22 ship- ping containers. Big up whoever has all these leftover shipping containers lying around


lifestyle / 48 Buzz’s Charlotte removes her designing hat (jaunty-angled trilby) and replaces it with a writing one (propellor beanie) to pen an ode to Barbie – the doll, the movie, the culture and, in her case, the collection


what’s on / 51 profile / 62


Cracking on with the more luxurious way of presenting Welsh events. Lots of comedians doing Edinburgh preview gigs this month


Megan Evans talks to Caitlin Flood-Molyneux, a painter and collagist from the south Wales Valleys


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