Today Scotland will go to the ballot box to decide not only the future of their nation, but the future of the United Kingdom as a whole. Only two things are certain, whatever the outcome of the Indy Referendum, some things will never be the same again, and some things will remain unchanged. In this special Wales Arts Review ‘pull out’ supplement, ‘Dear Scotland…’, we pay tribute to those things that are unlikely to ever change – the attitudes, beliefs and characteristics that make Scotland’s art and the culture so distinctive and so influential. Our top writers offer a series of extremely personal and passionate reflections on what Scotland means to them. ‘Dear Scotland…’ is both an affectionate letter to our Celtic cousins, but also a document of well-wishes. Dear Scotland… very best of luck, whatever you decide.
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Lewis Davies
searches for early signs of victory ‘In a Foreign Country‘
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Gary Raymond
has been watching the last week of the the Indy Ref debate unfold
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Ben Glover
On what could happen to Wales in the aftermath of the Scottish Referendum
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Three Poems
John Glenday, Eoghan Walls and Angela Cleland
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First Minister of Wales Carwyn Jones
Gary Raymond
on the potent legacy of the Edinburgh Review
Jon Gower
pays tribute to James Robertson’s nation defining novel, And the Land Lay Still
Jim Morphy
Hannah Lawson
Jasper Rees
writes about his love of Local Hero, and talks to director Bill Forsyth
Mab Jones
Adam Somerset
Gary Raymond
takes a look at Scottish balladeers in a whistle-stop tour of the Scottish twang
Michael Lydon
Hayley Long
pays tribute to one of Kurt Cobain’s favourite bands, The Vaselines.
Craig Austin
remembers a vignette involving a wake and folk trio Aberfeldy
Adam Somerset
looks at the powerful uncompromising stage craft of David Grieg
David Howell
Cath Barton
Peter Gaskell
