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Wylfa Newydd
The UK government wants to build a new nuclear power station on Anglesey: Wylfa Newydd. Sky splits, brighter than a thousand suns,Metal melts,X-ray lovers char in thermal pulse. A giant …
Tuppence a bag
Listen. Listen. Can you hear it? Listen again…listen harder…can you hear it now? No, nor can I. There is no birdsong. The silent spring has come. Gone are the cuckoo, …
What lies beneath
Cardiff’s primary, priceless asset is damp, alkaline river alluvium and grit on a bedrock of Triassic red marls: its soil. There could hardly be a better medium for growing plants than this wonderful …
On the beach
300 tonnes of sand have been dumped in the Oval Basin to create an artificial beach during the school holidays, with all the trappings of a retro seaside holiday on …
Blow the wind southerly
I hate the cold. It HURTS. I love heat. The hotter the better. My ideal climate is somewhere like the Sahara desert. Boiling. I want to crack an egg on …
Waterhall and back
Woke up this mornin’, Local Development Plan on my mind.Got Goodway’s prints all over it, it’s the bland leading the blind.They say Cardiff must grow and grow, become a city …
For Ronald Lockley
Lately, my thoughts have turned to one of the most admirable Cardiffians of all time, yet someone now largely forgotten in his home town: naturalist, ecologist and writer Ronald Mathias Lockley (1903-2000). Growing …
Three Rivers
Three rivers snake across a plain towards the sea, dissolving into a marshy labyrinth of treacherous, shifting channels. Twice a day huge tides roll in, blending fresh water and salt water into a …
Plastic surgery
From October 1st a 5p charge for plastic bags is being introduced in Wales. This measure has taken three years to come to fruition, partly because of the timidity and …
All Wales coast path
The Welsh government is committed to creating a continuous 850-mile path around the entire coastline of Wales by 2012. Work has been proceeding apace over the last few years, with missing sections …