Raising a Glass to Dead Taffy Flavoured Water
You have to admire the jaunty way the idea of drowning a north Wales village was first broached by the London establishment. This is a… Read More »Raising a Glass to Dead Taffy Flavoured Water
History
The Chicken Farmer Who Trolled Wales
Lloyd George called it “foul garbage”. Meetings were held throughout Wales to denounce it. Newspapers printed angry letters and speculated about the identity of the… Read More »The Chicken Farmer Who Trolled Wales
The Welsh Military Remembrance Machine
When Welsh farmer and poet Ellis Humphrey Evans lay injured on a battlefield in Flanders, he must have known he was about to die. As… Read More »The Welsh Military Remembrance Machine
Eisteddfod: The Filth and the Fury
The National Eisteddfod; it’s that thing you see on BBC Wales Today once a year. It lasts around 40 seconds – you see footage of… Read More »Eisteddfod: The Filth and the Fury
Car Gwyllt: The Story of the North Wales Coasters
https://youtu.be/SW9jDMT-cSE The best thing about work, is going home – especially if that involves hurtling down a mountain on a homemade toboggan thingy. This is… Read More »Car Gwyllt: The Story of the North Wales Coasters
Monkey Shot For Reading Welsh Newspaper
You know what it’s like. You’re a C19th explorer, searching through the wilds of Borneo when you come across an orangutan reading a newspaper. So… Read More »Monkey Shot For Reading Welsh Newspaper
Art Ponce Slags Off Wrexham Hunchback
It’s 1876 and some art critic from The Spectator magazine has been sent from their London office to cover an exhibition in a scary and… Read More »Art Ponce Slags Off Wrexham Hunchback
Scotch Cattle: The Welsh Mob Who Took No Bull
These days we understand how it works. We realise that we’re all just individual nodes of productivity. That we’re paid for what we’re worth –… Read More »Scotch Cattle: The Welsh Mob Who Took No Bull
Knocking the hats off politicians, Newtown style
Here’s an example of how Welsh people used to treat politicians they didn’t much like. It involves a man called Pryce Pryce-Jones who became extremely… Read More »Knocking the hats off politicians, Newtown style
The Llandrillo Camel Ripper
What is it with the people of Llandrillo – why do they hate camels so much? Because if you’re a camel and you’re thinking of… Read More »The Llandrillo Camel Ripper
The Mold Riots: The Summer of ‘69
There are some bits of Welsh history that are best left alone – that shouldn’t be scratched. Because knowing what happened to your parents’ grandparents… Read More »The Mold Riots: The Summer of ‘69
The Taming of the Taffy
It’s hard to give a toss about language when you’re an English speaker. Because losing your language is not something you’ll ever have to worry… Read More »The Taming of the Taffy