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...writing and film that reflects on the rich and fascinating history of their local area. This exhibition is a celebration of Blaenau Gwent’s heritage expressed through the talents of the people who live there. Hefyd ar gael yn Gymraeg | Also available in Welsh In this short film, members of Aberbeeg Community Group and residents of Llys Glyncoed in Ebbw Vale share their...

...writing. Edward Lear – the 20th child of a bankrupt and widowed businessman - was brought up by his elder sister. The young Lear had epilepsy – a condition stigmatised at the time, but he also had precocious artistic gifts. As a young man he was summoned to Knowsley Hall in Merseyside to paint the Earl of Derby’s menagerie. The aboriginal names of some of the exotic...

...write more. Remember, there are no wrong or right answers here! Discussion It doesn't matter if you wrote down six reasons or whether you listed more, but we hope that you wrote something. This may seem a small point, but it is important. Learning on your own – without being able to question, or discuss, ideas with others – is a technique that has to be learned; and...

...Writing a novel is a process of synthesis and you are always waltzing to and fro over the boundary between fact and fiction, with as small a bump as possible, preferably no bump at all. SALLY O’REILLY: Yeah. EMMA DARWIN: And having gone to a lot of trouble to do that I wasn’t going to write long notes explaining exactly where the bump was. SALLY O’REILLY: Do you...