‘Songwriting instead of doomscrolling’: project inspires Port Talbot to tune into its heritage

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1. Thu, 17 September 2026

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     ‘Songwriting instead of doomscrolling’: project inspires Port Talbot to tune into its heritage

     Community groups and schools work with Wales’s folk arts organisation to set stories of the area’s people to music Growing up in Wales, Liz Puleston-Jones was familiar with the country’s rich heritage of storytelling and traditional music, but none of it ever seemed to have much of a connection to her life in Swansea. Researching the history of the area as part of Cân y Cymoedd (When Valleys Sing), a project in nearby Port Talbot, she came across the story of Isabel Thomas, a 14-year-old girl...