Essays and Articles

What is the difference between an essay and an article? Well personally I don't think it matters too much. I don't think it really matters whether you call a piece of prose an essay or a short story for that matter, as long as you're clear in your own mind as to what is fiction and what is non-fiction - and that the reader can be when it matters. No, I don't think that trying to pigeon-hole is always very helpful.

I do, though, have definite ideas about what is an essay, and what is an article, but won't bore you with them here. There's really a kind of spectrum between essays and articles. It's up to you to decide which is which, or indeed what should be called something else. But don't worry about it too much.

The pieces on this sub-section are:
Divided Loyalties
A piece on the Landsker line, the centuries-old dividing line between North and South Pembrokeshire
The Seven Ages of the Bridge
A historical and personal account of the Charles Bridge in Prague. You can listen to a special version of the jazz classic
Basin Street Blues
Eclipsed
An account of the viewing of the solar eclipse from West Cornwall on 11 August, 1999
The French Connection
An exploration of the historical links between Brittany and Wales
Remembering the Lions
An account of the early days of the Great War, focusing on one of the soldiers killed
The Shifting Sands
The history of Kenfig Castle and its stormy relationship with the native Welsh and the local sand dunes
What's in a Name?
An exploration of personal- and place-names, with special reference to the County of Pembrokeshire