On Tuesday 30th July, the Dylan Thomas Centre
will be hosting an event organised by the Institute of Welsh Affairs to
celebrate and explore our wonderful city of Swansea. With the recent news that
announced the creation of Wales’s first ‘city region’, comprised of the Swansea
Bay area, and the fact that Swansea is a strong contender for the 2017 City of
Culture, it is fitting that the IWA are dedicating an evening to discussing
Swansea’s exciting future. One of Swansea’s most celebrated sons, the poet
Nigel Jenkins, will be leading the conversation, along with IWA’s director, Lee
Waters. The evening will also be the official launch
of the photograph exhibition that features in the recent IWA publication,
25/25 Vision: Welsh Horizons Across 50 Years.
This book contains essays and accompanying black and white photographs of 25 of Wales’s
leading writers in both the political and cultural spheres (including some familiar
faces from CREW). The essays in the collection are well worth a read; the writers were invited to reflect on their own experience of Wales, and to look ahead to a Wales they want to see in the near future.
To top it all, the evening also includes Welsh folk music, thanks to a
Swansea-based mother and daughter folk-duo, DnA, who will be performing songs from their latest album.
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