Duncan Higgitt is a former editor and journalist who now works as press and political officer for Bethan Jenkins AM. After serving with the British army, he worked his way up through local free sheets and weeklies before joining the Western Mail in 1997 as a district reporter, going on to work as its news editor and features editor. He is currently studying economics.

A mirrored darkness

Russia’s decision to veto a UN resolution over Syria also highlights our complicity in Middle Eastern tyranny

Something of the night

Newport’s drinking culture was exposed in a documentary last night. But did Bouncers offer us any real insights?

Caught on the horns of a nationalist dilemma

Labour has been falling over itself to state its opposition to Scottish independence. Now the Welsh party is moving to shed its nationalist clothing

An end to the lament

Detroit’s supercharged decline has sparked a fierce regeneration debate with ramifications for other post-industrial regions, including here in Wales

Her dying breath

Yesterday the Lynette White police corruption trial collapsed. In a rare move, we today republish an article that reflects on the murder and the sadness that has followed

Season’s bleedings

It now seems highly unlikely that consumer spending will provide the kick the economy needs. Will January pain bring a plan B from the UK Government?

Rydych yn dwyn, fy mab

The boom in foreign language television drama could open the door to a new future for S4/C. The opportunities are there – provided considerable barriers can be crossed first

Children are becoming feral? Look who they’re learning from

Are our children really becoming more like animals?

An open letter to Cardiff motorists

They say the roads are getting worse. This (slightly tongue-in-cheek) polemic clearly lays the blame

The long game now in play

Could Occupy Wall Street lead on to a real change in the way we make and lose money?

Winning ug-er-ly

England steal a victory that should have been Argentina’s

They don’t look invincible

All Blacks win comfortably but their class was patchy in this first match of the Rugby World Cup