Owen Smith: The Britain First MP
It would be unfair to say that Owen Smith is ideologically opposed to Wales. That’s because, as a career politician, his views on the world… Read More »Owen Smith: The Britain First MP
People
Gwenno Saunders: This is Cymru Calling
The Welsh media landscape can be a grey and gloomy place. A place of suffocating blandness. Of sports banter and traffic updates and Jason Mohammads… Read More »Gwenno Saunders: This is Cymru Calling
Rhys Mwyn: Go Ahead, Punk
Back in the C19th, Wales was a gobby country. It was a place known for its activism; where radical groups were challenging the establishment. It… Read More »Rhys Mwyn: Go Ahead, Punk
Meredydd Evans: The Man Don’t Give a Folk
This is Welsh folk historian and singer Meredydd Evans talking about language and culture. He talks about how identity is something that needs to be… Read More »Meredydd Evans: The Man Don’t Give a Folk
Carwyn Jones, Busy Doing Nothing
The smile of Carwyn Jones is a remarkable thing. It’s the kind of smile which can lower room temperatures and put cattle in distant fields… Read More »Carwyn Jones, Busy Doing Nothing
David R Edwards: The No Holds Bard
There are many good reasons to learn Welsh – but the music of Datblygu is the best one. Because when the ancient Celts were sat… Read More »David R Edwards: The No Holds Bard
The Fresh Prince of BBC Wales
He controls much of what Welsh people see and hear. He’s the man responsible for feeding us a diet of docs about Jamie Owen’s love… Read More »The Fresh Prince of BBC Wales
Cian Ciarán: Protest, Riot, Make Art
Background The UK is a mad place – and getting madder by the day. Government vans driving around, telling immigrants to ‘Go home’. The media’s… Read More »Cian Ciarán: Protest, Riot, Make Art
Ioan Talfryn: The Dragon Needs Two Tongues
Background If you’ve been taught at an English medium school in Wales then you’re the product of a deranged experiment. State schools were introduced into… Read More »Ioan Talfryn: The Dragon Needs Two Tongues
Uncle Nev’s Swansea Fun Factory
That Nev Wilshire, eh. What a cracking bloke. Total legend. Because if you’re going to do a soul-sapping, low-paid job for an odious boss –… Read More »Uncle Nev’s Swansea Fun Factory
The Famous Welsh Crooner You’ve Never Heard Of
This is Cwmbran born singer Mal Ryder performing on a cherry picker for Italian telly – not enough heavy lifting machinery in music these days.… Read More »The Famous Welsh Crooner You’ve Never Heard Of
Is David Davies the Straightest Man in Wales?
It’s a question often being asked of the Monmouth MP – a burden he has to carry on his rugged shoulders. Because wherever he goes,… Read More »Is David Davies the Straightest Man in Wales?
The Unspeakable Horror of Radio Wales
This photograph captures a remarkable moment in Welsh broadcasting history. Here we see BBC Radio Wales presenter, Roy Noble OBE, as he watches his colleague,… Read More »The Unspeakable Horror of Radio Wales