NEW: Wales’s first minister @prifweinidog.gov.wales backs call for a full investigation into Russian interference. Wales’s Senedd elections next spring ‘at risk’. @bbcwales.bsky.social report below.

Boris Johnson’s lack of leadership over the seriousness of Covid led to the first lockdown being introduced too late, which contributed to the loss of 23,000 lives, the official inquiry into his handling of the pandemic has concluded inews.co.uk/news/politic...

Tonights win for Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 against North Macedonia 🇲🇰 (7-1) in the FIFA World Cup Qualifiers wasn't on my bingo card! Not their biggest win, however. That was back in 1888 against Ireland where the Welsh won 11-0.

This is very sad. Rachel Cooke gone much much too young. A lovely touching tribute from @timadamswrites.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

Canmlwyddiant Richard Burton; talent aruthrol, a hunan-ddinistriol. Tu ôl i'r glitz a'r glamour roedd 'Rich' yn gawr o actor, ar lwyfan, ar y radio a'r sgrîn fawr. Talais deyrnged iddo heddiw @PrynhawnDa @s4c.cymru gan rannu cysylltiad teuluol... ✨ lowrihafcooke.wordpress.com/2013/02/06/a...

People who think the idea of "give me ideas" is something genuinely creative people want have literally never experienced the absolute EUPHORIA of a brainstorming breakthrough, either solo or with a human collaborator. They don't understand what is happening when artists create, on a basic level.

The people of Caerphilly are not nearly as gullible as Nigel Farage thought they were. For him and his abominable party, the by-election loss is a huge setback that they weren’t expecting✍️ Martin Shipton

But they'll be singing in Crumlin all night x #PlaidCymru

They'll be fuming in the Kremlin this morning. #Caerffili

My latest newsletter with all the analysis from a historic Caerphilly byelection willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/plaid-smas...

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Plaid Cymru WIN Caerphilly 💚 Plaid Cymru yn ENNILL Caerffili. Llongyfarchiadau Lindsay Whittle - the new Member of the Senedd for Caerphilly. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

This really needs to be vastly bigger news across they media, but it'll be ignored because "just Wales" of course.

Our new BARN Cymru poll run with @itvcymruwales.bsky.social and @yougov.co.uk has landed 📈 #Senedd26 #Wales #Cymru

Edrych ymlaen i gael cwmni Carwyn Graves a Nerys Howell i gael trafod 'Iaith Goll Bwyd Cymreig' - boed yn hen ryseitiau, gynhwysion neu dechnegau coginio - yng Ngŵyl Fwyd y Fenni eleni. Ymunwch â ni - a chyfrannwch, da chi - ym mhabell Local & Vocal gerddi'r castell am 12.30 ar b'nawn Sul, Medi 21 x

Sesiwn Gymraeg Bob nos Lun 7-9yh Tafarn yr Albany 105 Stryd Donald, Y Rhath Cwrw Brains yn £2.70 y Peint Dewch i fwynhau sgwrs yn yr iaith Gymraeg Croeso cynnes i bawb x

Braf gweld yr Albany ar i fyny ac mewn dwylo diogel. Bydd rhaid i mi biciad yno fel stalwm - sawl tro. Pob hwyl i Luke a’r teulu. Diolch i @lowrihafcooke.bsky.social am yr hanas. @golwg.cymru

#TomorrowsPapersToday The Guardian: "'The truth has died': global fury as Israeli strike kills journalists" by Malak Al-Tantash and Lorenzo Tondo www.theguardian.com/uk For more papers, visit www.thesentinelcurrent.com/our-portfolio/ g.co/gemini/share...

Sgŵp a hanner.

Where to begin with this dire property piece? Time to read the room @theguardian.com 'Why own one home when you can have a whole hamlet?' 'The hamlet is on the route between Aberystwyth and Eryir [sic]' Felin Brithdir is located in Rhydlewis, 30 miles south of Aberystwyth, nowhere near Eryri.

Languages like Welsh don’t need to justify their existence. They don’t need permission to survive. You don’t treat the first voice of the land as an optional extra ✍️ Owen Williams

Yn pori trwy'r penawdau ar raglen @HCynwal bore ma - estynwch am baned ac ymunwch â ni i roi'r byd yn ei le ar fore Sul @BBCRadioCymru x

✨Rhifyn mis Ebrill BARN ar werth nawr✨ Ar y clawr: Lowri Haf Cooke: Clai, Covid a fi– Crochenwaith Alice Watkins Bethan Kilfoil a sanau JD Vance Etholiad yr Ynys Las, Iolo ap Dafydd @richardwynjones.bsky.social ar argyfwng Prifysgolion Cymru Pwyll ap Siôn yn cofio Geraint Jarman …a llawer mwy.

This is unutterably good. Elixir for the ears & mind.

Conan: You know, Anora is having a good night. That's great news. Two wins already. I guess Americans are excited to see somebody finally stand up to a powerful Russian.

Y glitz, y gwleidyddiaeth a gwobr i Gymru; adolygiad o seremoni'r Oscars gen i ar raglen #DrosFrecwast ar @BBCRadioCymru bore ma. Enillydd mawr y noson #Anora yn ffilm am Americanes sy'n cael y gore ar fwlis o Rwsia. 2 'badass' arall y noson oedd y cyflwynydd Daryl Hannah a Peter Straughan #Conclave

Cyfweliad hollol hyfryd ar raglen #YCelfyddydau @BBCRadioCymru efo Gwyn Siôn Ifan o siop lyfrau @AwenMeirion y Bala ar ei ymddeoliad. Am gyfraniad. Pob hwyl i Rhian wrth gymeryd yr awennau, a falch IAWN i glywed y bydd Gwyn dal i weithio yno ddeuddydd yr wythnos! POB ymweliad yn brofiad cyfoethog x

Adolygiad gen i o ffilm ddogfen Gwlad Bardd ar raglen @PrynhawnDaS4C dydd Gwener. Dilyniant o fath i'r ffilm Anorac, sy'n cynnig gwledd i'r llygaid - mae mlaen heno am 8.30 @s4c.cymru

Bonnie and Clyde, The French Connection, Unforgiven a The Conversation: clasuron oll ond dwi hefyd yn ei gofio fel plentyn, fel arch-elyn Superman ac uwch-arwr The Poseidon Adventure 💙 Teyrnged gen i heddiw i Gene Hackman ar @PrynhawnDaS4C - ac adolygiad #GwladBardd #ImStillHere a #TheLastShowgirl 🎬

What’s equally shocking to me is Cardiff Uni’s Vice Chancellor eager to plunge into partnership with an authoritarian regime with an appalling human rights record. This is what the neoliberalisation of the HE sector results in: amoral institutions incapable of fulfilling their civil society role

'Some colleagues were told that offering to teach in Kazakhstan might save their jobs. Apparently the university will decimate itself in Cardiff and rebuild itself in Astana.'

Neuadd y Ddinas, Caerdydd

Kamala was right. And it only took him less than 30 days to roll over for Putin.

Naoise Dolan: More support and less plámás for the Irish language will help it to flourish www.independent.ie/opinion/naoi...

Cofio darllen colofn wythnosol Bridget Jones @the-independent.com - cydiodd yn y zeitgeist a phenrhyddid y 90au. Mae na reswm da pam fod Bridget dal yn boblogaidd ac mae'r ffilm newydd yn annisgwyl o ddirdynnol, bach fel Up gan Disney Pixar. Adolygiadau gen i heddiw ar @s4c.cymru a @BBCRadioCymru 🎬

Popcorn yn barod? Gyda seremoni gwobrau ffilm @baftaofficial.bsky.social penwythnos ma, dyma rannu fy marn ar yr holl enwebiadau, a datgan fy hoff ffilm o 2024! @golwg.cymru 🎬

Some politicians - not enough - have hinterlands. Dafydd Elis-Thomas went a step further. His hinterland was at the front and centre of everything he did and stood for ✍️ Martin Shipton wp.me/p8Mk4U-V18

Yn 5 mlwydd oed yn 1983 dwi'n cofio 'rock-star' yn cyrraedd y tŷ. Trwy waith Dad efo'r Blaid a Radical Wales roedd na wastad fynd a dod. Ond yn hwyr un noson adeg ymgyrch yr etholiad, cyrhaeddodd Dafydd Elis-Thomas i neud galwad ffôn. Sôn am gynnwrf! Diolch amdano.❤️ at y teulu Xx

You said it, Irving #Severance

At Cardiff UCU we’ll continue to make the case that Cardiff Uni’s cuts are both cruel *and* unnecessary. There *is* money in the bank to fund a more cautious, and less damaging recovery that doesn’t destroy our members’ lives. ITV Wales reported this well on Friday. 👇✊ youtu.be/CkzBA1oq74A?...

Ang a bang.... Mrs Cobel listening to Love Spreads by The Stone Roses on cassette in her ancient VW?? She's quite possibly the most heartless corporate villain in tv history... and yet... if she's into Second Coming, then all of a sudden she commands my utmost admirarion #Severance

Ymysg y ffilmiau dan sylw gen i heddiw ar 'Prynhawn Da' @s4c.cymru; ffilm wych gyda Matthew Rhys yn dathlu 50 mlwyddiant y gyfres #SaturdayNightLive, a chomedi hollol honco gydag un o sêr mawr y gyfres wallgo honno, Will Ferrell. Croeso cynnes i chi ymuno â mi 🎬 #SaturdayNight #YoureCordiallyInvited

It’s chiselled in stone in the main college “nerth gwlad ei gwybodaeth [a nation’s strength is in its learning]” Wales grows weaker every day.

Ar Ddiwrnod Cofio'r Holocost, adolygiad dwy ffilm berthnasol, a gwahanol iawn. Gwrandewch ar raglen Bore Cothi 27/01/25 ar BBC Radio Cymru @bbcsounds.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...

Jyst meddwl pa mor ffodus oeddwn i i gael John Hefin fel Athro Ffilm yn Aber. O'n i eisioes yn ffan enfawr oTwin Peaks yn mynd i'r coleg, ond pan welais i Blue Velvet ... wel... Be alla i ddweud? Unwaith i chi weld ffilm gan David Lynch fydd bywyd byth yr un fath. A hynny mewn ffordd dda x

You've got to admire how Liz Truss' strategy to stop people from talking about how she crashed the economy has involved purposefully generating an entirely new news cycle about how she crashed the economy

A masterclass in tv review-writing, I relished every sentence. This is a very bad ITV drama, and not in a good way either; kudos to Rachel Aroesti @theguardian for putting me out of my misery....

Adolygiadau lu gen i ar raglen #BoreCothi gyda Heledd Cynwal, a phob ffilm tro ma ar ddechrau'r flwyddyn newydd yn cynnig adloniant o'r radd flaenaf (Ie, hyd yn oed yr un gyda'r mwnci... ) 🎬 @BBCRadioCymru www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

'Blwyddyn newydd dda i chi, ac i bawb sydd yn y tŷ; dyna yw nymuniad i, blwyddyn newydd dda i chi!' ✨ 💙 🥂 Xx

Nadolig Llawen! Diolch i bob cyfranwr a darllenwr Amser Nadolig, ac i bawb sydd wedi mwynhau. Dwi'n edmygu traddodiad Jólabókaflóðið (Llif o Lyfrau) Gwlad yr Iâ yn fawr, sy'n digwydd ar Noswyl Nadolig ers 1944; yr arfer o gyfnewid neu roi llyfr yn anrheg, gan annog pawb i swatio a darllen. Be well?

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