Gastrokid rises again.... cooking.nytimes.com/article/20-m...

One of the stranger discoveries in my research for my new book about the uplands of Wales is that I am descended from a family of shepherds who lived in the Elan Valley before it was flooded. So I'm taking a deep dive with this excellent book...

There's perhaps a too hefty slice of hyperbole in @squidgerugby.bsky.social's historical metaphors but this is a really well argued cri de coeur for a rethink of the slash Welsh regions proposal being peddled by the WRU. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGEv...

"Anthropic acknowledged it ['s new Claude Mythos Preview AI] demonstrated 'a potentially dangerous capability for circumventing [the company’s] safeguards'". Not in the least bit end times scary.... www.ft.com/content/5924...

Nice to see both Return to My Trees and Seascape here. Technically, I'd argue I'm not solely a nature writer - my books are more a cocktail of nature with history, folklore, sustainability and mapping misadventures....but I won't quibble!

How nice that @theguardian.com have named their ongoing series about climate and the oceans after my book Seascape 😀 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

In my last book, Seascape, I consider how salt marsh, sea grass and littoral dunes offer natural protection to the Welsh coach. So it is good to see this study being published.

Plaid must be licking their lips.

Looking at the news this morning about targeting desalination plants, it might be worth revisiting Michael Klare's insightful book from the early 2000s titled Resource Wars.

It's a funny old St. David's Day when you find yourself in Malaga writing a book chapter about the effect of the Welsh Methodist Revival on the uplands of Wales. Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus!

Navel gazing. Report the story, don't make it about you.... www.nytimes.com/2026/02/19/i...

Just started watching BBC Wales' Boom Town - the story of how Merthyr Made the World. It should be great....and then they outsource their own research and credibility to an AI LLM and reproduce it (gushingly) as if it's fact without checking its output. Words fail...

What fantastic advice for this era of ours... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

“With student loans the UK government has become a loanshark. Trapping poorly paid graduates in decades of “debt” that they can realistically never repay. If it were a commercial deal the government would be trying to regulate the company out of business.” Lewis Goodall

A wonderful display in Waterstones Cardiff's window! 'Return to My Trees' by @mateoy.bsky.social is @waterstones.bsky.social Wales Book of the Month for January 📚 Make sure to pop into your local Waterstones to browse.

If this was your grandfather....you'd put him in a home.

While we're on the subject of national security..... www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Rather than bothering to read every news headline in 2026, I've come up with a workaround. HED: There is no precedent.... Next story.

Now available in paperback! Order your copy of 'Return to My Trees: Notes from the Welsh Woodlands' by @mateoy.bsky.social through the link below! 📚 www.uwp.co.uk/book/return-...

I'm hoping there is some great market research behind Wales Online's decision to instigate a paywall for premium content. But seriously, have they read their own content?

A new years resolution that you will actually want to keep? Reading more! Start off with @waterstones.bsky.social's January Wales Book of the Month, 'Return to My Trees: Notes from the Welsh Woodlands' by @mateoy.bsky.social!

This is unverified but abhorrent if it is real.

A nice start to 2026 - @waterstones.bsky.social featuring the new paperback edition of Return to My Trees.

Bet that Joseph Nye never thought Monroe would come back to trump his soft power....

Bubble Economy.... www.ft.com/content/7987...

How to build an extremist army in plain sight. Wonder what it's real purpose might be?

I am desperately worried for 20 yr old Qesser Zuhrah who is dangerously ill at HMP Bronzefield. It remains very unclear how soon she will be transferred to hospital. Qesser is on day 46 of hunger strike. It should not take this long to get the help she needs. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Nailed on semi-finalists then.....😂

Nice to see @mjtoma.bsky.social bringing some calm and gravitas to the amped up frenzy of Morning Joe. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zmht...

Just one month to go! With only a few weeks until the big day, why not wrap up your present shopping with some books from our gift guide? 📚 www.uwp.co.uk/genre/Calon/

Who could have imagined that Andrew was so willing to make a sacrifice for Labour?

Interested in how society can invest in nature through its commitment to trees and woodlands? I'll be chatting about afforestation, rewilding, partnerships with farmers and much more at the @othervoiceslive.bsky.social in Aberteifi/Cardigan this weekend. www.othervoices.ie/events/other...

Having travelled to and spent time with local people from Sarayaku some 25 years ago, the principle of a living intelligent forest really resonates.

Forget AI. Some bright spark has invented pen and paper.

Stuck for something to do this evening? Why not pop down to Rhiwbina library in #Cardiff where I'll be chatting about Seascape and the many ways that the sea has shaped the lives of the people of #Wales...and continues to do so. www.ticketsource.co.uk/friends-of-r...

My take on the decision by Kemi Badenoch to end the fight against the climate crisis and torpedo the U.K. economy and a great critique by @fionaharvey.bsky.social of the falsehoods set out in the Tory press release. This action by Badenoch is utterly shameful.

And if you're in Aberteifi for the excellent Other Voices festival at the end of October, why not pop along to the Clebran spoken work section where I'll be chatting about the Welsh woodlands and why they are crucial to our connection to nature. www.othervoices.ie/news/first-s...

If you're in Cardiff next week and fancy hearing about the wonders of the Welsh coastline, come down to Rhiwbina Library on Tuesday 7th.... www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/car...

Is "Your countries are going to hell" the updated version of "Your boys took a hell of a beating?"

Leaving the Hafren to battle it out for the bronze medal? www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Oh....and when is the government going to grow some balls and call this shit out as being morally wrong rather than saying "we're already doing this." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

On the surface, this seems completely unworkable. But it's real aim is to further stoke anti-immigrant heat and hatred. And it would devastate teaching, the NHS and thousands of families who are in the UK legally. Disgusting. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Just as a point of reference. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/u...

Excited to be taking part in the Clebran section of this year's Other Voices festival in Aberteifi. I'll be chatting trees, the National Forest for Wales and how nature is integral to Wales's national identity. nation.cymru/culture/cleb...

And in other news....we're all going to die. And it's the algorithm that will have done it. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/o...

In Seascape, I describe why Fairbourne will one day be surrendered to the sea because the cost of defending it will be far greater than any government - UK or Welsh - can ever justify. This article suggesting the situation has changed feels a little misleading. www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...

I write in Seascape about the importance of protecting and restoring saltmarsh around the coast of Wales. This is a good step.

Plant a Tiny Forest in the middle of Central Square and nuture it. It's a simple solution that would boost biodiversity, reduce the heat effect and be a welcoming sight for visitors. Other cities manage it - why not Cardiff? nation.cymru/news/cardiff...