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This Day in Welsh History - October 1st

1st October

    On 1st October 2011, a charge of 5p was introduced on all single use carrier bags, in an attempt to...

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The English town where Welsh is heard more than some parts of Wales

Cymraeg still maintains a high profile in this town
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Vintage stock rolled out as Bygones festival features passenger, gravity, slate and freight trains

Heritage train fans can enjoy a three-day festival of vintage stock, as significant eras of railway history are...
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The Gannets of Grassholm, Part 3: The World Comes to the Pembrokeshire Bird-Islands, Sunday 8 July 1934

Howell Harris In July 1934 the International Ornithological Congress, one of the oldest international scientific...
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@ceri-shaw • yesterday

Croatia legend Davor Suker headlines this year’s Wal Goch Festival

Croatia’s all-time top goalscorer Davor Suker has been confirmed as the keynote speaker at the third Gŵyl Wal Goch...
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@ceri-shaw • 4 days ago

This Day in Welsh History - September 28th

28th September

    In 1904 Wales experienced a National Religious Revival that set the country on fire and spread worldwide, it...

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Watch: The beautiful war memorial mural unveiled in a Welsh town

It was once a bare wall behind a war memorial in a Welsh town. Now leading Welsh street artist Tee2Sugars has...
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@ceri-shaw • 4 days ago

Nature in Wales at 'tipping point' as report highlights devastating decline in species

Experts are calling for urgent action as a new report has detailed a devastating decline in species across Wales. The...
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@ceri-shaw • 4 days ago

The brilliant AI images dreamt up by a Welsh designer

A Welsh designer has used AI to dream up a series of fantastical images from Cymru culture. Cai Morgan is a designer...
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Awst shares homemade video for new single 'Afallon' a snapshot of bittersweet childhood memories
Awst is the project of Eryri musician Cynyr Hamer. Awst returns with bittersweet new single 'Afallon’ a hazy wistful song about not being able to recapture...

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Awst shares homemade video for new single 'Afallon' a snapshot of bittersweet childhood memories
Awst is the project of Eryri musician Cynyr Hamer. Awst returns with bittersweet new single 'Afallon’ a hazy wistful song about not being able to recapture...

@ceri-shaw • 6 days ago

This Day in Welsh History - September 26th

26th September

     Prominent Welsh Jacobite, Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn (1692 – 26 September 1749) and Welsh involvement in the...

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Statue of Welsh icon Max Boyce to be unveiled on Saturday

A bronze statue of Welsh icon Max Boyce will be unveiled in the ex-miner’s home town of Glynneath on Saturday (30...
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@ceri-shaw • 6 days ago

Ivor the Engine is back thanks to Welsh publisher

A Welsh publisher has pulled off something of a coup by securing the reprint rights for the original Ivor the Engine...
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Watch: Hilarious spoof Eddie Jones press conference goes viral

To say Australia coach Eddie Jones is a divisive figure is something of an understatement. Jones had said before the...
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@ceri-shaw • 6 days ago

Review: The Folklore of Wales: Ghosts by Delyth Badder and Mark Norman

Matthew G. Rees Is there such a thing as a Welsh ghost? A sub-species of spectre with characteristics and patterns of...
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NEW BOOK EXPLORES WHAT IT IS TO BE AN IMMIGRANT WITH A CREATIVE SOUL IN AMERICA
Llanelli-raised Dr Mari Morgan emigrated to the United States in 1996 to pursue a career as a classical singer. Braids of Song: Weaving Welsh Music into...

@ceri-shaw • one week ago

This Day in Welsh History - September 25th

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@ceri-shaw • one week ago

Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal named world's most captivating UNESCO site

A new study has revealed the most captivating UNESCO site in the world is the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal. The...
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@ceri-shaw • one week ago

Haunted Eryri cave behind icy waterfall where 'terrible screams' can be heard

Pistyll Cain, near Coed y Brenin is said to be home to the ghost of an 'ungodly man' excommunicated by monks
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Awst shares homemade video for new single 'Afallon' a snapshot of bittersweet childhood memories

Ceri Shaw - @ceri-shaw
27 Sep 2023

Awst is the project of Eryri musician Cynyr Hamer. Awst returns with bittersweet new single 'Afallon’ a hazy wistful song about not being able to recapture childhood memories of long hot summers in the 90s, spending time with family in his grandparents home. Hamer says “over the years our grandparents' home has become like a mythical magical place which exists only in our memories, like the mythical story of Avalon.” With a redolent, glowing, psych tinged strum and lilting vocals, it’s a wistful and gorgeous window into childhood and fond memories. The accompanying video is a...

NEW BOOK EXPLORES WHAT IT IS TO BE AN IMMIGRANT WITH A CREATIVE SOUL IN AMERICA

Ceri Shaw - @ceri-shaw
25 Sep 2023

Llanelli-raised Dr Mari Morgan emigrated to the United States in 1996 to pursue a career as a classical singer. Braids of Song: Weaving Welsh Music into the American Soul (Y Lolfa) by Mari Morgan evokes the experiences of other Welsh people who have ventured across the Pond to follow their musical dreams. Mari Morgan asks: “Do you ever wonder what happens when a person moves to a new country? Do they change? Does the way they sing stay with the old or blend with the new? And if they are creative types – what happens to their artistic output?” Several voices tell their...

Part Time Signals: 'Lazy' Out Now on Bubblewrap Collective

Ceri Shaw - @ceri-shaw
14 Sep 2023

Cardiff Alternative band 'Part Time Signals' are set to release their brand new debut album 'Another Day In Paradise' on the 13th of October via Bubblewrap collective. Following on from ‘Take Me For A Ride’ , and ‘The Man’ , the final taste of music from thebands upcoming album will be ‘Lazy’. Jacob explains: “Lazy is a familiar feeling, it’s a laidback groove you can listen to while you’re feeling lazy in the morning.” The Previous 'Part Time Signals' singles the band have enjoyed radio support from Adam Walton BBC Introducing in Wales , Huw...

THE MINERS STRIKE BACK – “AT ONCE HILARIOUS, AUTHENTIC, AND THOROUGHLY CHARMING”

Ceri Shaw - @ceri-shaw
11 Sep 2023

The Miners Strike Back is a new satirical novel by ex-miner Kevin Dicks and published by Y Lolfa. It is his debut novel and has been described as ‘ Twin Town meets the Miners’ Strike”. Kevin Dicks said: “The idea for the novel came to me whilst digging in my garden I came across a few rogue lumps of coal. What if an ex-coal miner discovered a seam of coal and opened a small clandestine colliery? I saw comedy in the story and a quirkiness to the story that may appeal to readers. As an authentic voice, perhaps I could capture a little of the miners’ humour before it...

Welsh youth to strengthen ties with Birmingham, Alabama on 60th anniversary of church bombing

Ceri Shaw - @ceri-shaw
11 Sep 2023

Four children died when the first and largest black church in Birmingham, Alabama was bombed on 15 September 1963 – a tragic day that became a defining moment for the Civil Rights Movement in the USA. To mark the 60 th anniversary of the 16 th Street Baptist Church bombing, representatives of Wales’ largest youth organisation, Urdd Gobaith Cymru, will visit Birmingham, Alabama to show solidarity with its African American community. Next week, 13 Urdd Gobaith Cymru Ambassadors who were responsible for the Urdd’s 2023 Anti Racism Peace and Goodwill Message are to visit the...

GIITTV 20th anniversary event: Adwaith, Chroma, Carwyn Ellis, The Honest Poet, papaya noon, Half Happy & Kaptin (DJ)

Ceri Shaw - @ceri-shaw
6 Sep 2023

To mark twenty years since God Is In The TV Zine started, we are throwing a party at The Gate, in Cardiff on Saturday 30th September 2023, featuring incredible bands and artists. The bill includes the two-time Welsh Music Prize winners and GIITTV favourites Adwaith who will be headlining. Main support comes from bilingual noise pop trio Chroma fresh from supporting Foo Fighters and ahead of the release of their debut album Ask for Angela this October. They will be joined by master Welsh songsmith Carwyn Ellis of Rio 18, Colorama and The Pretenders live band, who will be...

Mali Hâf unveils tantalizing new 'Igam Ogam' single which is out now

Ceri Shaw - @ceri-shaw
22 Aug 2023

Igam-Ogam is one of Mali Hâf's favorite Welsh words, so he decided to write a song with this title. She identifies with the reality she describes and believes it is onamatopoeia. He has a lot of fun dancing energetically to the song when it's live. Mali hopes, through the chaotic but catchy electronic beat, to convey the frustration and uncertainty of the zigzag road as well as the relief that comes from beginning to surrender to its amazing pattern. In the more slow and vulnerable parts she talks to her young self and sympathizes with the little girl who expected to travel a...

Pseudo Cool release brand new 'Sharp's Catching Waves' single on Friday 11th August

Ceri Shaw - @ceri-shaw
8 Aug 2023

Indie Punk band 'Pseudo Cool' release their brand new 'Sharp's Catching Waves' single Independently on Friday 11th August. It's an empowering homage to 1970's Welsh surfer Linda Sharp. Linda Sharp was a champion surfer who was born in Aberafan. She won the European surfing championships twice, the British surfing championships ten times and the Welsh surfing championships 19 times. She is deemed one of the most successful British Surfers of all time. Inviting you back to the polluted skyline of 1970s Port Talbot, Pseudo Cool return with their latest single ‘Sharp’s...

HOLY COVES RELEASE ‘AWAY WE GO’ NEW MUSIC AND VIDEO

Ceri Shaw - @ceri-shaw
4 Aug 2023

AWAY WE GO' is the fourth single and video in a series of five music videos to be released by the band from their acclaimed album ‘Druids and Bards’ - created by award winning Ukrainian Filmmaker Taras Merenkov and filmed by Jason Griffith . Notably, Taras Merenkov won an award for the video he shot for the band for their video for ‘The Hurt Within’ and we can see history repeating itself with the video for ‘Away We Go’. Merenkov's hazy cinematic style of direction really emphasises and captures the very essence of the music and makes a formidable...

THE GREATEST SPORTING FAMILY IN HISTORY – THE BLUE AND BLACK BROTHERS

Ceri Shaw - @ceri-shaw
4 Aug 2023

BUY IT HERE - The Greatest Sporting Family in History: The Blue & Black Brothers Terry Breverton , who has been translated into languages as varied as Chinese, Japanese and Turkish, recalls the almost forgotten eight brothers who all played for Cardiff Rugby Club, when it was universally acknowledged as the ‘ greatest rugby club in the world’ . For forty years to 1974, in every season at least one of the brothers was a regular first team member, and the youngest four brothers sometimes all played together. The careers of four of the brothers were halted because of World War...

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THE ‘DEFINITIVE’ BOOK ON TRYWERYN CHALLENGES ‘LEGENDS’ AND DEEPLY HELD OPINIONS ON THE DROWNING OF THE WELSH VALLEY

Ceri Shaw - @ceri-shaw
6 Jul 2023

BUY IT HERE 'Tryweryn: A New Dawn?' Whatever the complexities surrounding the flooding of Cwm Tryweryn, the construction of Llyn Celyn is widely regarded as a decisive event in Welsh history. The story resonates with Welsh people like no other, and at last, after twenty years of research, author Wyn Thomas has written a detailed study of the story published by Y Lolfa, and questions many widely held views. Two aspects of the Tryweryn story have attracted particular attention and comment in Wales: what is deemed to be Liverpool’s dubious justification for flooding Cwm...

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Attic Theatre Film Festival - An Interview With Glenn Ibbitson

Ceri Shaw - @ceri-shaw
24 Jun 2023

Attic Theatre International Film Festival 2023 Photos: 12 AmeriCymru: Hi Glenn and many thanks for agreeing to this interview. Care to introduce the Attic Film Festival for our readers? Glenn: The inaugural Attic Theatre International Film Festival is organised by the Attic Theatre, a group of artists, actors, writers, film-makers and technicians based in Newcastle Emlyn, West Wales, who are captivated by the medium of film. Our designated event team for ATIFF are; Carole King: an artist, bookbinder and printmaker -and the reluctant leading lady in...

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'Welsh Pioneers of the Skies, Elsa Spencer' by David Dell

AmeriCymru - @americymru
20 Nov 2015

MORE PHOTOS OF ELSA SPENCER HERE Many thanks to guest blogger David Dell for the article below about his aunt Elsa Spencer, "The Worlds' Premiere Parachutist" and for the superb pictures which are from plate photographs and have never been published before. You can buy David's latest book here:- Jack Swan: The Time Travel Disasters dgdfg Cardiff, August 1919. Elsa Spencer getting ready to ascend from Sophia Gardens. Ernest Thompson Willows had the title "The Father of British Airships" and Elsa Spencer, enjoyed the title "The Worlds' Premiere...

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Remember, Remember The 4th of November! - Welsh American Chartist John Rees in California

Ceri Shaw - @ceri-shaw
3 Nov 2008

On my return trip from the West Coast Eisteddfod in L.A. in 2011 I was able to break my journey in Hornbrook, CA and take some pictures of John Rees's grave and final resting place. Given that we know he was a stonemason in his youth, did he perhaps make it himself? Certainly it is one of the finest and best preserved monuments in the cemetary. John Rees ( aka Jack the Fifer ) is topical because today ( Nov 4th ) is the anniversary of the ill-fated Chartist march on Newport in which he played a leading role.. The debate as to whether violence can be a legitimate...

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