Des Fitzgerald takes a walk on Splott Beach, Cardiff.

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New Generation Thinker Des Fitzgerald explores the geography of a little known beach in Cardiff city centre. Matthew Sweet presents. The links between Japan and Wales, and the geography of a particular Welsh beach are explored by KIZUNA: Japan | Wales | Design opens at National Museum Cardiff runs until 9 September 2018. Des Fitzgerald is a lecturer in sociology at Cardiff University who studies the history of medicine, science and neuroscience and city life. New Generation Thinkers is a scheme run by the BBC and the Arts and Humanities Research Council to select ten academics each year who can turn their research into radio. Producer: Craig Templeton Smith.