Ben Gwalchmai When he echoed the words of Raymond Williams, ‘Who speaks for Wales?’ Michael Sheen may have spoken to you. He definitely spoke, not just to me, but to my area. When we talk about Wales, what’s the first place that comes to most people’s minds? Would it be […]
Year: 2017
Just say no: Why the Welsh national movement should shun Pepe the Frog
Dylan Llŷr Welsh nationalism has long had to fight off false and lazy insinuations that it is linked to fascism. Indeed, Professor Richard Wyn Jones has written a whole book on the history of this malicious tactic, and why the accusation is baseless. But Welsh nationalists still need to be […]
Cwestiynau i’r Cymro
Ifan Morgan Jones Bydd y Cymro yn cael ei atgyfodi ym mis Mawrth 2018, wedi i’r Cyngor Llyfrau gefnogi cais Cyfeillion y Cymro a darparu £13,500 i’w ail-sefydlu. Fe fydd yna £18,000 ychwanegol ar ôl mis Mawrth i gadw’r papur ar ei draed am flwyddyn arall. Trosglwyddiad yw hwn o’r […]
Westminster has written off rural Wales – here’s how we can boost our countryside economy
Bydd y Cymro yn dychwelyd yn fuan
Wyn Williams Mae’n bleser gallu cyhoeddi bod cais Cyfeillion y Cymro am arian cyhoeddus ar gyfer ail-lansio Y Cymro wedi bod yn lwyddiant. Bydd datganiad llawn i ddilyn ar y cyd gyda Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru. Mae’n braf cael blogio am hyn fan hyn gan fod y gwefan wedi bod yn […]
Health experts demand Welsh services to protect ‘most vulnerable’
A group of health professionals have called for clear rights for patients to receive services in Welsh from primary care providers like GPs and pharmacists in an open letter to the Welsh Government. The letter to Minister Eluned Morgan, signed by over thirty health practitioners, comes as officials prepare […]
Wales was neglected by the Budget – so we need the power to invest in our own country
Leanne Wood, Leader of Plaid Cymru Buried beneath the downwards forecasts in the Chancellor’s Autumn budget was the usual promise to rebalance the British economy so that it works for all parts of the UK. This is a commitment we often look out for in Wales, refusing to surrender our […]
New political movement launched with the aim of ‘building a better Wales’
A new political movement has launched promising to hold the Welsh Government to account and pull the country away from “reactionary politics, conflict and environmental catastrophe”. The 1911 Group is a collective of activists, academics, and workers who are “deeply concerned” about the direction in which Welsh society is heading. […]
Fix room for drug addicts in Wales ‘would save lives’ claims PCC
Chris Demaude A room in the north of Wales where people would be able to take drugs without fear of prosecution would ‘save lives’ according to the Police and Crime Commissioner for the area, Arfon Jones. Speaking to Nation.Cymru, Arfon Jones argued that people needed to be allowed to take […]
I didn’t bother learning Welsh at school – this is how we could change that for others
Bethan Phillips A lot has been written on this site about the Welsh language, particularly regarding the Welsh Government’s ambitious target of 1 million speakers by 2050. I thought I might be able to offer a different perspective – I don’t come from a Welshspeaking background and didn’t bother learning the language to a high standard at […]