Archive - Fathom

I opened the bathroom door and you were there on the landing, downlit by the two/eighths of the bulbs that still worked. We stood and read each other in…

Dec 10, 2023 •

Huw Tomos-Griffiths

August 2023

Yr Ochr Arall / The Other Side

Gwendolen pulled the blanket close to her and held it in place with her chin, keeping the warmth within and the creeping cold of the world out. The…

Aug 26, 2023 •

Huw Tomos-Griffiths

June 2023

It wasn't always sunny in Wrexham

It wasn’t always sunny in Wrexham but there was always light here. We were the ‘dirty old town’, a bygone place known for its past glories. A place…

Jun 2, 2023 •

Huw Tomos-Griffiths

January 2023

Location : My Classroom Time : A Tuesday afternoon, 2008 Class : Year 10 Me : Right, can anyone think of an animal that starts with ‘N’? Student …

Jan 4, 2023 •

Huw Tomos-Griffiths

December 2022

Dec 5, 2022 •

Huw Tomos-Griffiths

August 2022

One thing I’d come to realise about living in the city was that movement was different here. At home, in the countryside, there was a slow ebb and flow…

Aug 18, 2022 •

Huw Tomos-Griffiths

Perched on tables and chairs, we assembled around the perimeter of the classroom, wondering what it was. Or at least what it was for. In a clearing on…

Aug 14, 2022 •

Huw Tomos-Griffiths

Monday morning and Macbeth was on the menu. Ten minutes in and one student had already re-written Shakespeare’s masterpiece, interjecting with ‘that's…

Aug 6, 2022 •

Huw Tomos-Griffiths

As a child, O held a deep fascination for me. It was its symmetry, its simplicity. There was a warmth and consistency and a reliability to it. It was…

Aug 5, 2022 •

Huw Tomos-Griffiths

An extract from 'Fathom'; the story of a mother and her twin sons, struggling to fathom their new life, their new selves, following the disappearance of…

Aug 3, 2022 •

Huw Tomos-Griffiths

July 2022

The Murmuration of Grief

It brought with it a confused migration. Somnambulant sailings that seemed bereft of rhyme or reason. A murmuration of one with no discernible course or…

Jul 31, 2022 •

Huw Tomos-Griffiths

Extract Two from 'Fathom'

Fathom explores the evolving identities of a mother and her sons, against the backdrop of a former slate mining village and Wales' 2016 Euros campaign.

Jul 4, 2022 •

Huw Tomos-Griffiths

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