CONTENTS

JIM PARC NEST - OUR NEW ARCHDRUID
MEIC STEPHENS introduces us to poet and writer T. James Jones - bardic name Jim Parc Nest - who has been elected the new Archdruid of Wales.

REMEMBERING A FEARLESS WELSH MARTYR
DAVID JONES tells the story of St John Roberts, a farmer’s son from Trawsfynydd who became a Benedictine monk and was martyred at Tyburn in 1610. Special celebrations have been taking place at Abaty Cymer and in Westminster.
 
WELSH LAVENDER
COVER STORY - BETHAN JOHN visits a lavender farm in Powys and discovers a burgeoning and trend-setting Welsh industry.

ENVIRONMENT  VICKY MOLLER on The Cry of the Sea
TRAVEL  GWYN GRIFFITHS on Mistral, ‘The Virgil of Provence’
NATURE  CHRIS KINSEY on newts and hawks
EISTEDDFOD QUIZ  How well do you know your country’s culture?
LITERATURE  RUSSELL THOMAS:Craig Cefn Parc; MALCOLM BALLIN on Dalen
BOOKS  MEIC STEPHENS on the publishing scene in Wales
POETRY  JOHN BARNIE; JIM PARC NEST
ARCHITECTURE   JOHN IDRIS JONES on the new Newport High School
MUSIC & OPERA  NORMA LORD: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Rigoletto
ART  PETER JONES on the life and work of Jonah Jones
EDUCATION  PROFESSOR JOHN HEYWOOD THOMAS: Vision for a University
MOTORING  JOHN A. EDWARDS: Hybrids - Toyota and Peugeot Electrique
DIRECTORY  The best places to eat in Wales
FOOD  DOROTHY DAVIES - Salad Days
ONLOOKER  Achub y Plant, Y Gelli/Hay, Neath Steam & Vintage, BAFTAs
LEARN WELSH  MIRANDA MORTON: Defnyddiwch eich Cymraeg! Rygbi
WHAT’S HOT  cambria’s guide to events and exhibitions around Wales
EDITOR’S LETTER
LETTERS
POLITICS & OPINION 10 CLIVE BETTS, SIÔN JOBBINS