Holiday Inn Express, Cwmbran, Newport

The weather in this country seems to take great offence at the thought of me travelling. If it is not snow when I am on the train, then it’s a hailstorm whilst I am driving down the A1 or seasickness-inducing winds when I am on boats. Last month – after I demonstrated my impeccable sense of timing by finding an exhibition I needed to visit for my research just days before it finished – I was facing a long journey at short notice to Torfaen (The County Formerly Known As Gwent). The weather seemed almost to rub its hand together in glee at the thought of me spending 6 long ... more