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Tomos Wyn

Indigo Indigo Features 

Love from outside the closet

February 19, 2022February 19, 2022 sub.editors 0 Comments Anna Kuptsova, Tomos Wyn

“Coming out is a uniquely queer phenomenon.” Tomos Wyn deconstructs how a relationship can work whilst one person is in the closet.

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Indigo Indigo Features 

Why some critiques of the sex work industry don’t hold up

January 24, 2022January 22, 2022 sub.editors 0 Comments Tomos Wyn, Victoria Cheng

“It’s important that sex work is not perceived through a narrow lens.” Tomos Wyn addresses a different side of the sex work industry which is often overlooked.

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Books 

Y Dylluan Wen – A Short Review and Commentary on Welsh Literature

October 13, 2021October 13, 2021 sub.editors 0 Comments Tomos Wyn

”Y Dylluan Wen’ fits the textbook definition of literature.’Tomos Wyn reviews ‘Y Dylluan Wen’ and examines the corpus of Welsh literature more broadly.

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Indigo Music 

Album Review: Tracy Chapman – Tracy Chapman (1988)

May 24, 2021May 24, 2021 sub.editors 0 Comments Tomos Wyn

“Chapman is a storyteller and poet, with the ability to enchant those who hear her words”: Tomos Wyn reviews Tracy Chapman’s self-title debut album.

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Film & TV 

Ask the Reader: best series to watch to de-stress

May 15, 2021May 16, 2021 sub.editors 0 Comments Matthew Ainley, Samantha Fulton, Tomos Wyn

In the latest instalment of Ask the Reader, some of Film and TV’s contributors tell us what series they have been watching to de-stress during the exam period.

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Books Print Edition 

The joys of book shopping in person

May 10, 2021May 10, 2021 sub.editors 0 Comments Anna Kuptsova, Tomos Wyn

“Actually visiting bookshops allows us to engage with literature outside the scope of what’s popular”: Tomos Wyn fondly greets the return of bookshops in his native Wales.

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Indigo Music Print Edition 

Best songs to listen to in the summertime sun

May 6, 2021May 6, 2021 sub.editors 0 Comments Tomos Wyn

“This list fully encompasses the environments you may want to create.” Tomos Wyn discusses some of the best tracks to listen to this summer.

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Books 

Queer prophets: faith from an exclusively Queer perspective

March 2, 2021March 2, 2021 sub.editors 0 Comments Samantha Fulton, Tomos Wyn

“I do have faith – but how did that fit with the utter security I have in my identity as a Queer person?” Tomos Wyn lauds ‘The Book of Queer Prophets’ and its powerful collection of essays.

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Books Print Edition Visual Arts 

Judging books by their covers

February 6, 2021February 6, 2021 sub.editors 1 Comment Carys Stallard, Honour Douglas, Jasmine Cash, Rhiannon Green, Tomos Wyn

“Publishing houses have whole departments dedicated to designing effective, and often beautiful, cover art.” Books and Visual Arts discuss the role that cover art plays in our reading experiences.

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