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Rhifyn 1202 Issue 1202
28 October 2024
28 Hydref 2024
gair rhydd Cardiff University’s Student Paper | Established 1972
Source: David Merrit
AN INTERVIEW WITH LEE WATERS (via Flickr)
POLITICAL EDITOR LAILA DAWELBEIT SITS DOWN WITH THE MEMBER OF THE SENEDD FOR LLANELLI Laila Dawelbeit Politics Editor
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hat type of community did you grow up in and how did that impact your worldview today? That’s a good question. I essentially grew up in the Amman Valley, which is a core mining community and has a strong Welsh-speaking tradition. I suppose what you would call closeknit. The impact it had on me was that, on the one hand, it’s a sort of community that celebrates people who are good at rugby and at
Wales Women’s Upcoming Fight for 2025 Euros Qualification Lily Zeeuw Sports Editor
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n the 25th and 29th of October, the Welsh women's football team will face Slovakia in a two legged play-off semi final that could see them progress to play-off final, keeping their hopes alive for qualifying for the European Championships, hosted by Switzerland in the summer of 2025. Wales have never qualified to play in both the Euros or the World Cup, so progressing past Slovakia would be a significant step closer...
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sport, and I wasn’t. It’s a community that also respects people who achieve things, and that was something that had an impact on me. I put pressure on myself. I was never going to be able to excel at sport, but I did want to do something that the community I grew up in would recognise as an achievement, which is one of the reasons why I went to work in television—because it was the one thing that people would be able to see and identify with having done well. Having achieved that, I then left television, but, thinking back, that probably was one of the motivations that spurred me on. One thing which has driven me in politics is a saying I used to hear from school teachers, which
is: “If you want to get on, you have to get out”. Most of the people I was in school with who had ability [had] left, which is understandable, but also sad. Because community is about balance— it’s about a mix—and if the people who are most able to make a contribution to improving an area no longer have a stake in an area, the people who are least able to make a contribution are left behind and essentially left there to rot—and I felt very uncomfortable about that. I’ve made my career in Wales because I wanted to make a contribution to Wales. Going to London is an easier thing to do in many ways. So yes, you could “achieve more and earn more”, but that’s a path people have been following for hundreds of years, and the more challenging path
Horror in the Home: The Trope of a Loved One Antagonist in Modern Horror
Is Sally Rooney our Generation’s Best Horror Writer? Intermezzo Review
From Scrubs to Ballgowns: Student Vet is Competing in Miss Wales 2025
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Alice Roach Opinion Editor
ith Halloween just around the corner and autumn well and truly underway, I’ve found myself being drawn to horror movies yet again and couldn’t help but notice the way in which more contemporary horror movies focus on the horror inside the home. When I think of Halloween and horror movies, I immediately think of classic slasher movies such as Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream, the list goes on. However, I’ve been watching a lot of 21stcentury horror and it's evident that. the focus has shifted to people experiencing horror...
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Lucy Holton Contributor
fter having my heart completely and utterly wretched again by the latest Sally Rooney novel, I think it is fair to say she is writing some of the scariest books of our generation. Rooney’s ability to give every character relatable and often hateable traits, makes them so easy to fall in love with and her books so hard to put down. Whether it is Marianne’s struggle with self-worth, Connell’s with miscommunication, Frances’ tendency to be hurtful...
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is to stay in Wales and make a contribution to Wales—because that’s hard. It’s not glamorous, it doesn’t pay as well, but it’s more important. So that’s one of the reasons I went into politics. I wanted to represent the part of Wales I’m from. I didn't want to stand anywhere else, because I wanted to do what I could, in a modest way, to try and make things better. The issues we’re facing are tough and in some cases intractable, so you’re not going to be able to solve them. But making a contribution and trying your best is important, and that’s what I’ve tried to do.
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Dilichi Dieobi Head of News
antia Hobrough, 19, from Sully is switching out her scrubs for ball gowns, as she has been selected as a finalist for the Miss Wales 2025 pageant. Xantia is currently a student vet studying at Bristol University working towards being a veterinary surgeon. The Miss Wales 2025 pageant will take place in May across three days at The Riverfront Theatre & Arts Centre in Newport and the Holland House Hotel in Cardiff. The pageant involves an empowerment day, a charity ball, and a catwalk show in front of an audience...
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