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Flags & Bones
From Westminster to the Welsh Senedd, liars, posers and fools are harpooned as we revisit the surreal bin fire of UK current affairs 2023-style. Wildsmith's unflinching eye dissects the tragedies and comedies of the year. Whether writing from the 'tomato crisis' in Morocco, the Cave of the Apocalypse in Greece, or community super-club Tylorstown RFC - his missives will delight readers who rage in despair against the zeitgeist.
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As a fellow writer I’d have to say that Ben is enviably good, forever upping his game and delivering high-octane opinion set within corruscating prose. Sharp, yes, but compassionate too, caring about unfairness much as he does about the words that shine brilliantly through. – Jon Gower
Flags and Bones is a terrific an omnium gatherum of Wildsmith’s wit, eloquence and righteous state of the nation anger. His writing is fresh, furious and very, very funny. In Ben Wildsmith Welsh political writing has found – for good or ill (or do I mean good and ill?) – the commentator it deserves. – Patrick McGuinness
Ben’s pen is a spike on which he skewers the empty, self-regarding, and never-to-be-enlightened heads of those who have power. Their ridiculous preening, their moral squalor, their sheer worst-of-us-ness is exposed and explored with a lacerating, caustic wit. Nurture your fury, and let Ben Wildmith put some fun into it.- Niall Griffiths
REVIEWS
As a fellow writer I’d have to say that Ben is enviably good, forever upping his game and delivering high-octane opinion set within corruscating prose. Sharp, yes, but compassionate too, caring about unfairness much as he does about the words that shine brilliantly through. – Jon Gower
Flags and Bones is a terrific an omnium gatherum of Wildsmith’s wit, eloquence and righteous state of the nation anger. His writing is fresh, furious and very, very funny. In Ben Wildsmith Welsh political writing has found – for good or ill (or do I mean good and ill?) – the commentator it deserves. – Patrick McGuinness
Ben’s pen is a spike on which he skewers the empty, self-regarding, and never-to-be-enlightened heads of those who have power. Their ridiculous preening, their moral squalor, their sheer worst-of-us-ness is exposed and explored with a lacerating, caustic wit. Nurture your fury, and let Ben Wildmith put some fun into it.- Niall Griffiths
270 pages, Paperback
Published November 15, 2023
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December 13, 2023
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Ben Wildsmith is also known as a songwriter and the wit you may have heard in the chat between the tunes is given plenty of space here.
I know very little about rugby but his affection for the game and, even more, for the poor byggers who watch it is warm and genuine.
The political pieces are all brief but often very funny indeed. They are vastly entertaining - waspish, economical and always building to a memorable punchline. But, unsurprisingly perhaps, there's very little he finds to be hopeful about.
Ben Wildsmith is also known as a songwriter and the wit you may have heard in the chat between the tunes is given plenty of space here.
I know very little about rugby but his affection for the game and, even more, for the poor byggers who watch it is warm and genuine.
The political pieces are all brief but often very funny indeed. They are vastly entertaining - waspish, economical and always building to a memorable punchline. But, unsurprisingly perhaps, there's very little he finds to be hopeful about.
Displaying 1 of 1 review