I'm interviewing Will about the book at Swansea Waterstones on 22 April and Cardiff Waterstones on 30 April.

Just finished this by @willhaycardiff.bsky.social It's passionate, lively, informed and provocative. Wales needs radical change and this book explains why.

Nice 1914 addition to my collection of Welsh history school books.

no one likes historians because every time someone says “oh this is unheard of”

historians are all like “well actually”

and fundamentally it just doesn’t sound as impressive if you have to say
“in these slightly precedented times”

Has anyone written anything on how devolving UKRI funding would work in practice?

History: AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership Studentship in History with Museum Wales (RS949) - Swansea University We offer a wide range of funded and fully funded research scholarships in all subject areas. Explore your options and apply now.

Fully-funded AHRC PhD scholarship at Swansea: the history of the Anti-Apartheid Movement in Wales, 1945-1994.
www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate...

Rhondda Valley, south Wales, 1957, photo by Philip Jones Griffiths.

Why not ask the council or local people for a comment? There is no evidence that the objectors represent the people of Cardiff.

I agree. I've got a kids book coming out later this year which, I fear, meets your definition of dry social history. My next kids book will be telling Welsh history as a series of stories. It will be loosely inspired by the kind of historical writing found in Victorian children books.

Young people leave school knowing little about the story of Wales "It remains the case that most pupils in Wales will leave school with limited knowledge of the history of their own nation and its place in the wider UK and world"

"Young people leave school knowing little about the story of Wales". Article in the Western Mail by myself and David Eagan calling for a new approach to Welsh history in the Curriculum for Wales.
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/educati...

I'm interviewing Will about his new Welsh politics book
at Swansea Waterstones on 22 April.

Gutted but at least there's no moral dilemma about whether to visit Trump's America this summer.

Saw the Cross of Conbelin today. A thousand years old and stunning.

Peter was a great historian, great company, and possibly the only person ever to be simultaneously a season-ticket holder at Cardiff City and Swansea City.

Britain’s Labour Party stares into the abyss in its Welsh heartland In the old coalfields of south Wales, Britain’s center-left establishment faces being crushed by a nationalist left and populist right. POLITICO went to find out why.

www.politico.eu/article/uk-b...

I have nothing to otter but blood, toil, tears and sweat.

Man at a bus stop with a teddy bear, Cardiff, 1973, photo by David Hurn, Magnum agency photographer.

We’re hosting a postgraduate conference on Welsh history with colleagues at Cardiff University. Featuring presentations, workshops, and space to share ideas about researching the Welsh past.

📲 Sign up via the QR code!

Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus – Happy Saint David’s Day! But who was Saint David, what is a Welsh costume, and why do we love leeks?

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Meanwhile, if you want to learn about St David's Day, Welsh traditions, how we celebrate our patron saint's day both now and in the past and, of course, about Dewi Sant himself, I wrote this lengthy article last year.

nathenamin.substack.com/p/dydd-gwyl-...

If we want Welsh history taught properly, we must make it compulsory Martin Johnes, Professor of Welsh history at Swansea University. In 1907, the first step towards the devolution of education was taken with the creation of a Welsh Board of Education to oversee school...

A piece by me on why the Curriculum for Wales needs to change if we want more Welsh history to be taight in our schools.
nation.cymru/opinion/if-w...

If we want Welsh history taught properly, we must make it compulsory Martin Johnes, Professor of Welsh history at Swansea University. In 1907, the first step towards the devolution of education was taken with the creation of a Welsh Board of Education to oversee school...

A piece by me on why the Curriculum for Wales needs to change if we want more Welsh history to be taight in our schools.
nation.cymru/opinion/if-w...

Details of a conference for Welsh history postgraduate students in Swansea on 18 May.

An event to bring together current, recent and future Welsh History postgrads in Swansea. Any queries just let me know! Signup here: forms.office.com/e/jBcZ05m2TR

PhD Studentship: History: Serious about Play: Childhood, Play and Policymaking in Wales, 1945 to the Present at Swansea University jobs.ac.uk are now advertising a PhD Studentship: History: Serious about Play: Childhood, Play and Policymaking in Wales, 1945 to the Present. Discover exciting PhD opportunities on jobs.ac.uk.

Fully-funded AHRC PhD studenship at Swansea on Childhood, Play & Policymaking in Wales, 1945 to the present
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQM758/p...

Details of a conference for Welsh history postgraduate students in Swansea on 18 May.

An event to bring together current, recent and future Welsh History postgrads in Swansea. Any queries just let me know! Signup here: forms.office.com/e/jBcZ05m2TR

I'm speaking at this charity event in Cardiff about how to write history.

Today i examined a brilliant PhD on Welsh fishing heritage, chatted to tutees about skills & their futures, looked over illustrations for a kids book I've written, & plotted research ideas with colleagues. Unis are rubbish places to work at the moment but there are good days.

In the 17th and 18th centuries combing your hair with your hand was called using a Welsh comb, presumably a prejorative reference to Welsh poverty. greensdictofslang.com/entry/v3qaxka

Workers’ Cafe, Salford, 1957, photo by Neil Libbert.

Maliphant Street, Hafod, Swansea (study), 1956-7, painting by George Little, 1927–2017 (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / The National Library of Wales).

There are 3 fully-funded AHRC PhD studentships in Welsh History coming up at Swansea. Topics:
play since 1945; anti-apartheid movement; Patagonia. All include placements with external bodies. Feel free to contact me if you're interested.