Tag Archives: Gruff Rhys

Welsh Music Prize 2014

Posted on November 28, 2014 by The Lone Reader Blog

I don’t know why music has such a hold on me. For some reason, it reaches down into my very guts and won’t let me go. I’m also a bit partial to all things Welsh. So, Welsh music? You probably … Continue reading →

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Frontier Visions

Posted on May 21, 2014 by The Lone Reader Blog

Embedded deep in the American consciousness is the idea of the frontier. The taming of the Wild West and the birth of the nation are part of American identity and it’s not for nothing that Captain Kirk and his Star … Continue reading →

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Cultural Capital

Posted on August 11, 2013 by The Lone Reader Blog

Cardiff has never been handed the title European Capital of Culture but it hardly needs it. Take the city’s most striking landmark. Cardiff Bay might not be to everyone’s taste yet the poetry on the Wales Millennium Centre can’t fail … Continue reading →

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Just Perfect

Posted on May 30, 2013 by The Lone Reader Blog

It’s a bright but cold Saturday evening, the first weekend in May. We pass the crowds of testosterone-filled, shirt-bursting men, the groups of hens, high-heeled, perma-tanned, their sense of volume control lost in the day’s drinking. We make our way beyond … Continue reading →

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