Winning the Planet Magazine 2021 New Writers' Article Competition

I'm happy news and proud to announce I am the winner of the Planet Magazine New Writers' Article Competition 2021. I wrote on Broadoak Folk Trio's musical about Abereiddi and the village's tumultuous history during the Industrial Revolution.

I reflect on the ways in which the turbulence, profiteering and stark inequality of the industrial revolution are paralleled in our pandemic era.

‘We were here; the slate people came and dug a bloody big hole; the slate people left; we’re still here.’ – What Did the Industrial Revolution Ever Do for Us?

You can read the essay in full here: https://www.planetmagazine.org.uk/planet-extra/bloody-big-hole-lucrative-blue-lagoon