Wales makes news here for politics, film sets and festival fields. The political story is historic: Plaid Cymru ending Labour's century of dominance, Rhun ap Iorwerth governing alone as the first non-Labour First Minister settles in, and Welsh Labour reckoning with a shrunken party under interim leader Skates. Culture provides the counterpoint — Porthcawl transformed into a film set as a Tarantino-style shoot rolls into town, complete with his surprise acting turn opposite Kylie Minogue, and Green Man's refugee training scheme showing what a festival can do beyond the stage.
The Welsh festival's decade-old programme has trained 191 refugees from 52 countries, turning a music event into practical civic infrastructure.
Reports that Wales boss Craig Bellamy is in discussions with Burnley over their head-coach job have sparked debate about club ambition and international continuity.
A high-profile production reported to involve Quentin Tarantino and Kylie Minogue has descended on the Welsh seaside resort, mixing local curiosity with hopes of a lasting cultural and visitor boost.
The director's unexpected on-screen appearance alongside the pop star, shot in Wales, has become an entertainment talking point.
With Plaid Cymru now the largest party in the Senedd and Westminster Labour in turmoil, Wales has joined Scotland and Northern Ireland in nationalist hands.
For the first time since devolution began, Wales is governed by a party other than Labour. Rhun ap Iorwerth leads a Plaid Cymru minority administration that must now turn campaign promises on speed limits, the M4 and the NHS into deliverable policy without a majority.
After Eluned Morgan became the first sitting head of a UK government to lose her own seat, Welsh Labour is regrouping with Ken Skates as interim leader and a full leadership election pencilled in for the autumn, with the winner inheriting opposition rather than office.
Rhun ap Iorwerth's minority administration faces the challenge of passing its programme in a transformed and crowded Senedd.