Arts Alive Wales is an educational arts charity based in Crickhowell, Powys. We use the arts to engage, inspire and enhance the quality of life of people in our local rural communities. Read more We work across Mid and South East Wales with professional artists to provide meaningful participation in the arts particularly for young people and vulnerable adults.

Talgarth airfield is home to a small and very active gliding club, 970 feet above sea level in the stunning scenery of the Black Mountains. In a northerly wind the ridges work from Hay Bluff down into the Brecon Beacons, and beyond for the more adventurous and experienced hill pilot. The club fleet consists of two K13s, a K21, a Junior, a K6CR, a Pirat and a Pawnee tug.

Perdidit in genius loci Brecon Beacons. Episode 5 a chink of hope. Episode 4 Hitting the low. Episode 3 The Cliche or if all else fails photograph a tree.

The thinking space of Katie Smith, Social Artist. A month or so ago I spotted a tweet from Oh Comely magazine. Introducing their November Care Package project. I spent so long faffing with my parcel that I missed the posting deadline and sent an apologetic email to Tom only to discover that he had too which I found very reassuring. Within a couple of days of each other, possibly motivated by the shame of not getting to the Post Office on time, our swap transact.

I retired in 2009 from an academic career at the University of Bath in which my primary contribution was to the theory and practice of participatory action research. In these programmes we pioneered graduate education based on collaborative, experiential and action-oriented forms of inquiry. About me and my writing.