As predicted Cousin Brendan has returned - waiting at #Holyhead #Anglesey again after #StormClaudia #Ireland #Wales #envhist #IrishSea #migration #Diaspora nation.cymru/feature/bren...

My latest blog on the @librarywales.bsky.social blog on the #WelshPoliticalArchive lecture by @richardwynjones.bsky.social #PlaidCymru100 @plaidcymru.bsky.social www.library.wales/news/article...

Emlyn Hooson and the Welsh Liberal Party, 1962-1979 | UWP: www.uwp.co.uk/book/emlyn-h...

I'm excited to reveal the cover of a new book on the history of Muslims in Wales. The culmination of years of research that shows how long Islam has been a Welsh religion. If this sounds interesting, register to be kept up-to-date linktr.ee/MuslimWales @serenbooks.bsky.social

Tan Gwyllt / Fireworks #Aberystwyth #Ceredigion #Cymru #Wales

A conference in London on 7 November explores the scientific legacy of Thomas Pennant (1726–1798) from Holywell, Flintshire - an internationally renowned naturalist whose specimens form a core part of the Natural History Museum’s collections. Read more here: www.uwtsd.ac.uk/news/confere...

Amserol iawn: Pam y Sefydlwyd Plaid Cymru Very timely: Why Plaid Cymru was established Online, simultaneous translation

A dyma'r llyfr ei hun!

Do share! The Catholic Historical Society of Ireland’s annual conference is on Daniel O’Connell and his Legacies - 22 Nov in @dculibrary.bsky.social - all welcome! (Small fee on the day) @nmireland.bsky.social @nlireland.bsky.social @jdmccafferty.bsky.social www.eventbrite.ie/e/oconnell-a...

The Welsh National Memorial at Langemark, Belgium. Photo taken last week on a trip to the battlefields by my son Ryan.

In Archives Week in 2021, the Peoples Collection of Wales placed on-line a very large number of documents relating to what happened on the day and subsequent trials... now been transcribed and versions can be read more easily www.peoplescollection.wales/users/10004 A remarkable resource. #Chartism

Born #OnThisDay 1801, John Lloyd Davies rose from humble origins, aided by his wife, to become MP for Cardigan Boroughs in 1855. Find out more about his life and parliamentary career in our blog: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2017/01/30/m...

An inversion of Britannica's 19th century 'For Wales, see England'.

For anyone who missed last week’s launch of Dr Shaun Evans’s new book on Estate Coming of Age Celebrations, please visit the ISWE website for a fantastic blog based on the proceedings, kindly authored by Dr Bethan Scorey: www.bangor.ac.uk/iswe/news/ba...

Glamorgan History Society Autumn Day The Glamorgan History Society will be holding it’s annual Autumn Day in Bridgend on Saturday 8 November. This year, in celebration of the Society’s 75th anniversary, the theme is ‘Writing the History of Glamorgan’.

Very helpful analysis of the Caerphilly by-election.

This wonderful action shot, showing a vault in progress, comes surprisingly from the National Coal Board collection. We know that it was taken 75 years ago, in 1950, but we’re not sure where. If you recognise the gymnasium, or the men in the photo, do let us know.

Thank you to everyone involved in the @llafur.bsky.social event on the 1925 strike in Ammanford yesterday. To Aled, Robert, Ioan and Sian for their brilliant talks, and to all who were able to attend and join in discussions. Interested in learning more about what we do? Visit the Llafur website.

Lecture by Dr Stephanie Ward: 'The Women of Merthyr: Town, Region and Nation'.

A closely argued - and informed - analysis of how next year's Senedd elections might shape up under a new electoral system.

The secret ballot in 1872 was meant to do away with the practice of 'treating' voters but in all fairness that related to the period before they cast their vote, not after.

Reminder that we'll be in Ammanford tomorrow to talk all about the 1925 anthracite strike. Come and join us @llafur.bsky.social and our brilliant speakers.

THIS! 64% of the electorate in Caerffili voted for ‘Not Reform’. I think it’s a stretch to suggest that Plaid attracted many Reform curious voters, for what might be fairly straightforward reasons.

Outlier pollsters aren't necessarily wrong (see Survation in 2017), but it's worth pointing out that no pollster other than FindOutNow has Labour on less than 20%.

'Waging War and Building Peace: Mobilising Industry in Wales, 1934-1947' by Leon Gooberman is out now! This book explores how governments mobilised the economy of Wales during the Second World War, and the implications of this mobilisation for peacetime. 📚 www.uwp.co.uk/book/waging-...

Time is running out to sign up for this! A great gateway to studying local history, heritage policy & full of case studies and real world issues from Wales & beyond. #Heritage #History #WelshHistory #Memorials @aberuni.bsky.social @rcahmwales.bsky.social @llafur.bsky.social @interpolaber.bsky.social

'Dafydd Elis-Thomas: Nation Builder' is available now in bookshops and through the link below! 📚 www.uwp.co.uk/book/dafydd-... You can also join Aled in conversation at events throughout the autumn.

More than mere prelude to '26, join us in Ammanford to discuss what the great Hywel Francis once described as 'a landmark of immeasurable significance in the development of a sophisticated trade union consciousness among the whole of the South Wales Miners' (Llafur 1:2, 1973).

Are you of African/Caribbean descent with ties to the Valleys? The Black Valleys Project would love to hear your story! Help support the creation of new Black Welsh History resources for local schools. 🗓️Friday 24th October 🕰️2pm 📍Rhondda Heritage Park Museum

Join Llafur and our guest speakers to explore the 1925 anthracite strike and its legacy a hundred years on! 📆 25/10/2025 ⏱️10:30-16:00 📍Ammanford Welfare Hall 🎟️Free tickets: tinyurl.com/anthracitest...

SSMLL are delighted to announce the opening of our Call for Papers for the 2026 Day Conference, Medieval Wales, which will be held at Cardiff University 25-26 April, 2026. Proposals should be submitted to Dr David Callander ([email protected]) by 30 November.

“What‘s the state of research in the field history of the Catholic Church in Britain and Ireland?” This was answered in abundance at the @catholicrs.bsky.social conference this summer. Read my report to hear about all the amazing research which is currently being done: www.crs.org.uk/conference-r...

Aled Eirug’s biography of Dafydd Elis-Thomas tackles one of modern Welsh politics’ most complex figures, tracing his journey with and beyond Plaid Cymru, his rare talents, charm, and unique capacity to frustrate ✍️ Desmond Clifford

#onthisday, 12 April 1866, Merthyr #TurkishBaths Committee opened Turkish baths & (upstairs) warm baths in a new building in Lower High St, #MerthyrTydfil, Wales (www.victorianturkishbath.org/_6DIRECTORY/...) Dressing & cooling-rooms, 2 hot rooms (130° & 160°), & plunge pool. Closed c.1910 🗃️ #C19th

Edrych, Féach, Look - "Dramatic and emotional" is @irishtimes.com perspective on #Eisteddfod #Steddfod2025 #Wrexham #Wrecsam #Cymru #Cymraeg #Wales #Ireland #language #gaeilge #Irish #heritage #culture @eisteddfod.cymru www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/202...

CULTURE & DEMOCRACY PRESS will publish a volume of poetry to commemorate the life and works of IOLO MORGANWG in 2026, the 200th anniversary of his death. Send submissions to Phil Cope, c&d editor [email protected] by 1 September 2025. All selected poets will receive 3 copies of the book.

Cracking piece on the decline and near-fall of Welsh universities and their centrality to the people, places, and ‘project’ of Wales. unherd.com/2025/08/wels...

There was another Eisteddfod 'y Gadair Ddu' (Black Chair); Wrexham Eisteddfod 1876 as Taliesin o Eifion (Thomas Jones) won the Chair. He died on June 1st 1876 and the chair was covered with a black veil during the chairing ceremony. The same procedure was followed at the Birkenhead Eisteddfod 1917.

Cafodd Protest Llinell Goch Gaza i wrthwynebu ymosodiadau Israel ar Balesteiniaid ei chynnal yn Aberystwyth ddydd Sadwrn, gyda gorymdaith drwy'r dref

At a CofE funeral I attended today the hymn was 'All things bright and beautiful', including the stanza: 'The rich man in his castle, The poor man at his gate, God made them high and lowly And ordered their estate.' Is this normal for the CofE these days?

#Chartism #Newport1839

Diolch to everyone who joined us in celebrating the launch of ‘Memory and Nation: Writing the History of Wales’ last Friday, a volume of essays published in honour of Professor Huw Pryce! The book is now available in your local bookshop! For more information, visit: 📚 uwp.co.uk/book/memory-...

Applications are invited for the position of Post-Doctoral Researcher with expertise in digital and spatial humanities (11 months, whole-time) - to work with me and @insightcentre.bsky.social on a project called 'Data Travels: Analysing the Ladies of Llangollen'. ore.ucc.ie (Job ID: 088233)

Wales and Ireland will commit to a new agreement today in a bid to deepen co-operation between the two nations over the next five years

*Mynediad Agored* Rydym yn falch o gyhoeddi bod cyfrol arloesol Simon Brooks, 'Hanes Cymry: Lleiafrifoedd Ethnig a’r Gwareiddiad Cymraeg', bellach ar gael i'w darllen am ddim ar ein gwefan: 📚 doi.org/10.16922/han... Mae dal modd prynu copi caled hefyd yn eich siop lyfrau leol!

'Gentility in Early Modern Wales' is an Open Access book and can be read here for free: www.uwp.co.uk/app/uploads/...

Today is the Day of the Seafarer You can read about some of the seafarers who sailed from Cardiff on our blog. Including those aboard the Talca carrying coal to Australia 1869-1870. And the Afonwen, docked in Messina, Sicily, in December 1908 whilst also carrying coal bit.ly/4njd6XW