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 on edge. It’s a thin, icey smile; a tool of… 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 on edge. It’s a thin, icey smile; a tool of… Carwyn Jones, Busy Doing Nothing
There are many good reasons to learn Welsh – but the music of Datblygu is the best one. Because when the ancient Celts were sat around on stones and inventing the language, some 2,000 years… David R Edwards: The No Holds Bard
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 for sailing and topical radio phone-ins about the best way… The Fresh Prince of BBC Wales
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 people in wellies walking past stalls, clips of a few… Eisteddfod: The Filth and the Fury
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 psychotic attempts to drum up ‘royal fever’. A Government finding… Cian Ciarán: Protest, Riot, Make Art
It’s incredible – 80 percent of British people support the monarchy!!! It seems almost unbelievable; especially if you live in Wales. It doesn’t seem to reflect the world you live in, the people you know.… Royal Supporters? Aye, Poll The Other One
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 what workers at the Craig Ddu slate quarry, near Blaenau… Car Gwyllt: The Story of the North Wales Coasters
What you’re seeing here is the brief moment in human history when Bangor band Kärnarvøn Kästle was, quite possibly, the greatest thing in the world. Here’s a description of the group’s short but eventful life… The Legend of Kärnarvøn Kästle
This is Dyffryn Nantlle band Y Reu with one of those tunes which plants itself in your head and refuses to leave. You can download it for free from their Facebook page here. Twitter is:… Y Reu – Symud Ymlaen
With our industries switched off, unemployment high and the standard of daytime telly low, there’s nothing much to do but sit around the grit barrel, have a chat about lovely old chimneys and enjoy a… The Lost Welsh Tradition of Ten Man Tryout
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 Wales as part of an attempt at social engineering, launched… Ioan Talfryn: The Dragon Needs Two Tongues
If you’ve ever been wandering around Wrexham and wondered why a bloke has planted himself inside a bin. Or why somebody’s having a kip in a makeshift hammock outside Poundland. Or why somebody’s just jammed… The Bizarre World of Welsh Bin Dipping Artist
This is a great song by a Pembrokeshire band called Y Ffug. The title, ‘Cariad Dosbarth Canol Cymru’ translates as ‘Love Middle-Class Wales’ and the song’s having a pop at the traditional Welsh world of… The Band Don’t Give Y Ffug
This is Neath punk band The Tunnelrunners with a song from 1980 called Plastic Land. They were around for about four years but only ever recorded ten songs at a recording session for Swansea Sound… The Tunnelrunners – Plastic Land
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 far-off land called…Wrexham. This was the town’s attempt to puff… Art Ponce Slags Off Wrexham Hunchback
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 – and that’s not much. We accept that the only worthwhile… Scotch Cattle: The Welsh Mob Who Took No Bull
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, he leaves behind a trail of people questioning his sexuality… Is David Davies the Straightest Man in Wales?
It’s best known as that jingly jangly song by The Byrds and has become a folk rock standard, recorded hundreds of times by everyone from Cher to The Alarm. But if it wasn’t for American… Idris Davies: The Bells of Rhymney
It’s party time in Cardiff town!!! The gates to the Premiership have finally swung open and happy fans are skipping through into their shiny new soccer entertainment world. It’s a time for grinning inanely and… Cardiff City: Everything Must Go
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 is only liable to make you feel angry; to leave… The Mold Riots: The Summer of ‘69