Jasmine Donahaye We are to have a statue of a woman in Wales at last – not a sovereign, or a symbolic or legendary woman, but a real woman, Betty Campbell, who we should look up to, both physically and metaphorically. Not to be outdone by a woman, there’s now […]
Ifan Morgan Jones The ‘Cofiwch Dryweryn’ (Remember Tryweryn) wall has been defaced – with the word ‘Elvis’. There is probably some symbolism here regarding Anglo-American culture subsuming the Welsh, as well as a lack of knowledge and respect for Welsh history. But this isn’t the first time the wall has […]
Stuart Stanton Anyone who follows this website closely will already know that Newport played a key part in the development not just of the Welsh language but Wales’ present-day identity. The very physical presences of Caerleon, the Great War Memorial, St. Woolos Cathedral and the Westgate Hotel stand as monumental […]
Nation.Cymru is a news website by the people of Wales, for the people of Wales. Thanks to donations from our readers, and funding by the Welsh Books Council, we will soon be able to invest in more investigative journalism. So what would you like to see us cover on the site? […]
Gareth Ceidiog Hughes Music is cultural power. It has the power to move, to inspire, to elicit emotions, to shape our perceptions. In the parlance of geopolitics, it is referred to as “soft power”. Hard power is a proverbial big pointy stick. Military might is raw hard power. Soft power […]
Hannah Woodward Wales is a talented country and we have throughout history produced an array of gifted people. It is a country of musicians, teachers, doctors, nurses, architects, broadcasters – just to name a few – many of which are celebrated around the world. Despite this talent, Wales’ best and […]
Liz Saville Roberts MP, Leader of Plaid Cymru Westminster Group The Brexiteers’ Modest Proposal to the problem of Ireland is Swiftean in its grotesquery, its historical ignorance and its single 360 degree all-encompassing blind spot. In June 2016, the Prime Minister herself, in a last-ditch attempt to win the referendum, […]
Siân Gwenllian, Plaid Cymru AM for Arfon Yesterday, the Welsh Government published details of new legislation which is intended to transform the way education is taught in our schools and to raise standards. Today, Kirsty Williams, the Education Minister, will make a statement on the floor of the Senedd entitled […]
Leanne Wood, Plaid Cymru Rhondda AM Research findings released by the Wales Governance Centre last week show that Wales has the highest incarceration rate in western Europe. This should be a source of national shame. We lock up more people than England despite having a lower crime rate, and women, Black, […]
Jill Evans, Plaid Cymru Member of the European Parliament Hywel Williams, Plaid Cymru MP and the party’s Brexit Spokesperson The worst inequality in Europe is between London and Wales. This is what the group of European regional and local governments known as the Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions (CPMR) concluded this week. […]
