Owain Glyndŵr Day marked across Wales today
https://nation.cymru/feature/owain-glyndwr-day-marked-across-wales-today/
Stephen Price People across Wales are marking Owain Glyndŵr Day today – a celebration of Owain Glyndŵr, the last native Prince of Wales and founder of the first Welsh parliament. On 16 September every year, thousands in Wales celebrate the life and legacy of the “rebel” Prince of Wales. Owain ap Gruffydd (c. 1359 – c. 1415), commonly known as Owain […]
Bid for Colwyn Bay statue honouring Monty Python star wins A-list backing
https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/bid-colwyn-bay-statue-honouring-29872635
Sir Michael Palin and Terry Gilliam launched the £120,000 appeal on Thursday for a bronze statue of Terry Jones as a naked organist
How we made Welsh horror The Feast: “I was trying to craft something specifically not English”
How we made Welsh horror The Feast: “I was trying to craft something specifically not English”
https://www.bfi.org.uk/interviews/feast-lee-haven-jones
Director Lee Haven Jones discusses the challenges of making his culturally specific Welsh-language horror The Feast.
The historic Welsh monuments you can access for free in September
https://nation.cymru/news/the-historic-welsh-monuments-you-can-access-for-free-in-september/
Cadw is offering free access to historic Welsh monuments throughout September with the return of the Open Doors festival. The annual event gives free access to some of Wales’ most extraordinary and treasured historical locations including castles, churches, clock towers and ancient burial chambers Throughout September, more than 200 historic landmarks will host a range […]
Postcard finally arrives in Swansea 121 years after it was first sent
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gqzp2ejlzo
The card was addressed to a Miss Lydia Davies, who lived at the address when it was sent in 1903.
Welsh 20mph speed limit forces junior cycle race to shorten and reroute
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/aug/23/welsh-20mph-speed-limit-forces-junior-cycle-race-to-shorten-and-reroute
Three of five stages of Junior Tour of Wales changed as support vehicles would not have kept up with cyclists
Excavation unearths a thousand years of history
https://nation.cymru/news/excavation-unearths-a-thousand-years-of-history/
A piece of the jigsaw puzzle that could unlock 1,000 years of history at a north Wales heritage site has been unearthed – suggesting that local Britons may have lived ‘in harmony’ with the Romans. An excavation has led to the discovery of a horse bridle mount dating back to the late Iron Age at the Greenfield Valley Heritage Park […]
Schoolgirl's dinosaur footprint find on Vale of Glamorgan beach
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c049pe7gx6do
Experts think 10-year-old Tegan uncovered prints of a huge herbivore from the late triassic period.
Tata Steel: £13.5m to help firms hit by Port Talbot job losses
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c624rz52v4yo
First cash from fund for workers and firms affected by Port Talbot restructuring plans released.
Gaming: Fantasy video game based on Welsh myth launches
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crkmd5pnklgo
Tales of the Mabinogion, from the makers of Assassin's Creed, is inspired by Welsh folklore.