"Independent Variable Poetry anthology, edited by Callan Waldron-Hall brings together the realms of poetry and science. Both practices are active pursuits of a universal truth, and both go about this in different ways. Some of the poems in this anthology lean on scientific concepts, while others draw on personal experiences with science to address situations. The diversity of work highlights just how differently every one perceives the world. All of the proceeds raised from

As terror creeps in the shadow of politics a heart is offered from a trowelled past - do we learn nothing in the trenches? (In response to Trump and Korea) (Photo credit: Martin Bates. Taken at Petit Portelet excavation, Ice Age Island, Jersey)

Earlier this month I was lucky enough to spend some time in Ottawa due to work. Following a hectic week I eventually managed to visit a couple of museums, beginning with the stunning Museum of Nature. It's official name is the Victoria Memorial Museum Building, designed by David Ewart in a mock Tudor/Gothic/Beaux Arts style. It has flora and fauna represented in stone entwined all around and about the structure. However, begun initially to serve the Geological Survey of Can

At Beltane, I went to the University of Ottawa, in Canada. I went to speak about deep mapping across the (alleged) ontological turn, as part of a Max Plank Institute session at the joint CASCA/IUAES intercongress of anthropologists - where I also showed the Layers in the Landscape film. In my pockets, as always this year, was Hedd - Peace Mala dove number five., who couldn't really have been more at home! Algonquin Elder Evelyn Dewache, daughter of Chief William Commanda. (wh

Back at the end of April I took Lynne Denman to sing at the private view of Lea Sautin's exhibition at Oriel Mwldan, called Through The Paper Window. The exhibition told some of the Mabinogion tales, from Mererid to Matholwch, Branwen to the raging Boar - so naturally I was intrigued. I was not disappointed. Lea's work is a lengthy process of layers, each one a master of form. She prints her own paper, then sculpts with it, then photographs the sculptures. The result is a mes

This year, 2017, Wales is held in thrall by the Year of the Legend. A brilliant idea, a means by which stories can be brought to the fore and historic sites reanimated through their telling, it has brought forth a gamult of activities, events and conversations country wide. For a geomyth scholar, such as myself, it is proving fascinating seeing how this concept of local legends is being interpreted, including how little the term ‘legend’ itself is actually understood. We’ve h