(original artwork by Matthew Harding)
Welcome to live updates about Wales Arts Review’s relaunch day, with regular blog posts, tweets and images from the Drop in Day @themurenger in Newport, South Wales. Tweet us on @walesartsreview #WARisback and you might make it into this feed; or come and pay us a visit in person. Editors and writers are available from 2pm to chat about the arts and Wales Arts Review, or just about anything else. Thank you for your continuing support, we would not have returned had it not been for our readers. We look forward to seeing you throughout the day.
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1.30pm
Nice surprise on arrival at the pub…
A nice gift from @hayleywrites and Mr GT on arrival @themurenger today. Many thanks! It's going up on the wall. pic.twitter.com/7uN3JsCdA7
— Wales Arts Review (@WalesArtsReview) April 10, 2015
Noon
There have been some great messages of welcome and support this morning on social media and email. A little selection below…
We are very pleased to see the return of @WalesArtsReview. Check out http://t.co/V2XXeevbRY #WARisback
— Welsh National Opera (@WNOtweet) April 10, 2015
We're very happy to see the return of our friends at @WalesArtsReview. Take a look at the new site http://t.co/2sJOpdlegA #WARisback
— NationalTheatreWales (@NTWtweets) April 10, 2015
Here's the link to @WalesArtsReview's fab new website http://t.co/i5a6hBiXN4 #WARisback
— Chapter Arts Centre (@chaptertweets) April 10, 2015
.@WalesArtsReview is here! Make sure you go and check it out. http://t.co/K2khDPNuj1
— Sinfonia Cymru (@sinfoniacymru) April 10, 2015
The fabulous @WalesArtsReview relaunches today. Very honoured to have lovely interview with @spower_steph included: http://t.co/Km34gQSHlu
— Mark Bowden (@markfbowden) April 10, 2015
Get under the skin of the Garden Village in the relaunched @WalesArtsReview today http://t.co/XYrs2dN4fT
— LoftusGardenVillage (@LoftusVillage) April 10, 2015
Excellent return to form for Newport today as #WARisback @WalesArtsReview
— FoNMAG (@FoNMAG1) April 10, 2015
.@WalesArtsReview Glad you're back. Great relaunch issue.
— Carolyn Hitt (@carolyn_hitt) April 10, 2015
Welcome back @WalesArtsReview, you handsome devil: http://t.co/f4TeEVVTun
— Tramp Press (@TrampPress) April 10, 2015
Wales Arts Review is back! @WalesArtsReview #shortstory #litmag http://t.co/kigu1Ruap1
— Paul McVeigh Writer (@paul_mc_veigh) April 10, 2015
10am
A little look at how our editors prepared for the relaunch last night…
Associate Editor Cerith Mathias relaxes with some class…
Shooting the breeze with Don Draper ahead of @WalesArtsReview's return tomorrow #WARisback pic.twitter.com/bMvuW0zrOT
— Cerith Mathias (@CerithMathias) April 9, 2015
Editor Gary Raymond relaxes in the way he likes best… with some demons, by the look of things…
Just relaxing with @AmeliaFae_ watching an old classic movie before @WalesArtsReview's relaunch tomorrow #WARisback pic.twitter.com/igNKuITLM0
— Gary Raymond (@GaryRaymond_) April 9, 2015
Relaxing with an old classic movie before the big day tomorrow #WARisback pic.twitter.com/qUpKDi3x5K
— Gary Raymond (@GaryRaymond_) April 9, 2015
Music Editor Steph Power doesn’t know when to put the pen down…
Watching #theicebreak livestream whilst transcribing another interview for @WalesArtsReview Must mean #WARisback pic.twitter.com/z5eAIIDqWs
— Steph Power (@spower_steph) April 9, 2015
Fiction editor, John Lavin, inspired by today’s article from Martina Evans, sits down with a good book…
Rereading Dennis O'Driscoll ahead of @MartinaEvans6's essay tomorrow. #WARisback pic.twitter.com/ZGtxrveH7z
— John Lavin (@jtmlavin) April 9, 2015
Associate Editor Laura Wainwright employs remarkable restraint…
I'd open this if I didn't have to spend the whole day in a pub tomorrow. Welcome back Wales Arts Review. #WARisback pic.twitter.com/Da2GKq2dSH
— Laura Wainwright (@wainwrightlj) April 9, 2015
Editor Gary Raymond prepares to leave his editing pod and step out into the sunlight after the months of prep for the new look Wales Arts Review…
Looking forward to not being sat here all day tomorrow like I have been all week #WARisback pic.twitter.com/9fT6jOrFw9
— Gary Raymond (@GaryRaymond_) April 9, 2015
Associate Editor Craig Austin gets it just about right from London…
Caffeine, midnight oil and Kentucky's finest. The core ingredients of tomorrow's @WalesArtsReview relaunch #WARisback pic.twitter.com/B3kyAD9UYM
— Craig Austin (@TheCraigAustin) April 9, 2015
Our inimitable Design Editor and illustrator Dean Lewis take the opportunity to show off the state of the art technology at Wales Arts Review towers…
spent last 2 days reworking over 90 old illustrations for new format website. Must mean #WARisback pic.twitter.com/KP2sCsaG6a
— dean Lewis (@olderThanevil) April 9, 2015
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