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Erin go Bragh indeed
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n... great news and an intriguing story about a Scots musical genius
‘I never wanted to sing into a vacuum’: Scottish folk pioneer Dick Gaughan’s fight for his lost music
A skilled interpreter and social justice champion, Gaughan is a hero to the likes of Richard Hawley and Billy Bragg. Yet much of his work has been stuck in limbo for decades – until a determined fan s...
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Erin go Bragh indeed
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This week I made a visit to fairyland (actually it is Huelgoat in Brittany, a place famous for its strange rock formations and wild forest).
November 20, 2025 at 9:56 AM
This week I made a visit to fairyland (actually it is Huelgoat in Brittany, a place famous for its strange rock formations and wild forest).
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Despite the chill, we had lovely conversations in Pentre last night.
Er gwaetha’r oerni, cawsom sgyrsiau hyfryd ym Mhentre neithiwr.
Er gwaetha’r oerni, cawsom sgyrsiau hyfryd ym Mhentre neithiwr.
November 20, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Despite the chill, we had lovely conversations in Pentre last night.
Er gwaetha’r oerni, cawsom sgyrsiau hyfryd ym Mhentre neithiwr.
Er gwaetha’r oerni, cawsom sgyrsiau hyfryd ym Mhentre neithiwr.
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Want a breath of fresh air? Join the peatland team!
3 perfect posts to make a positive difference monitoring the success of the peatland restoration programme expanding Wales-wide.
Salary £36,246 - £39,942. Closing 3/12/2025.
Go for it!
swyddi.cyfoethnaturiol.cymru/VacancyInfor...
#GreenJobs #Wales
3 perfect posts to make a positive difference monitoring the success of the peatland restoration programme expanding Wales-wide.
Salary £36,246 - £39,942. Closing 3/12/2025.
Go for it!
swyddi.cyfoethnaturiol.cymru/VacancyInfor...
#GreenJobs #Wales
November 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Want a breath of fresh air? Join the peatland team!
3 perfect posts to make a positive difference monitoring the success of the peatland restoration programme expanding Wales-wide.
Salary £36,246 - £39,942. Closing 3/12/2025.
Go for it!
swyddi.cyfoethnaturiol.cymru/VacancyInfor...
#GreenJobs #Wales
3 perfect posts to make a positive difference monitoring the success of the peatland restoration programme expanding Wales-wide.
Salary £36,246 - £39,942. Closing 3/12/2025.
Go for it!
swyddi.cyfoethnaturiol.cymru/VacancyInfor...
#GreenJobs #Wales
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Parts of Wales have been badly hit by floods over recent weeks.
Unfortunately, such severe weather events are becoming more and more frequent.
Today, @benlake.bsky.social called for a central resilience fund to provide emergency support for any communities affected in future.
Unfortunately, such severe weather events are becoming more and more frequent.
Today, @benlake.bsky.social called for a central resilience fund to provide emergency support for any communities affected in future.
November 19, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Parts of Wales have been badly hit by floods over recent weeks.
Unfortunately, such severe weather events are becoming more and more frequent.
Today, @benlake.bsky.social called for a central resilience fund to provide emergency support for any communities affected in future.
Unfortunately, such severe weather events are becoming more and more frequent.
Today, @benlake.bsky.social called for a central resilience fund to provide emergency support for any communities affected in future.
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Mae rhannau o Gymru wedi cael eu heffeithio’n wael gan lifogydd yn ddiweddar.
Yn anffodus, mae digwyddiadau o'r fath achos tywydd garw yn dod yn fwyfwy aml.
Heddiw, galwodd @benlake.bsky.social am gronfa ganolog i ddarparu cefnogaeth frys i unrhyw gymunedau sy'n cael eu heffeithio yn y dyfodol.
Yn anffodus, mae digwyddiadau o'r fath achos tywydd garw yn dod yn fwyfwy aml.
Heddiw, galwodd @benlake.bsky.social am gronfa ganolog i ddarparu cefnogaeth frys i unrhyw gymunedau sy'n cael eu heffeithio yn y dyfodol.
November 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Mae rhannau o Gymru wedi cael eu heffeithio’n wael gan lifogydd yn ddiweddar.
Yn anffodus, mae digwyddiadau o'r fath achos tywydd garw yn dod yn fwyfwy aml.
Heddiw, galwodd @benlake.bsky.social am gronfa ganolog i ddarparu cefnogaeth frys i unrhyw gymunedau sy'n cael eu heffeithio yn y dyfodol.
Yn anffodus, mae digwyddiadau o'r fath achos tywydd garw yn dod yn fwyfwy aml.
Heddiw, galwodd @benlake.bsky.social am gronfa ganolog i ddarparu cefnogaeth frys i unrhyw gymunedau sy'n cael eu heffeithio yn y dyfodol.
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Labour have given up on Wales.
November 19, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Labour have given up on Wales.
“He had a whole load of ‘lyrics’ on this which are pretty awful. I can remember it verbatim: ‘Gas em all, gas em all, into the chambers they crawl. We’ll gas all the P*ks, and we’ll gas all the Y*ds, and we’ll gas all the c*ons and all their fucking kids.’”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘He used to say things like “Hitler was right”’: Farage faces more allegations of racist behaviour at school
A former friend and others who were at Dulwich college with the now Reform UK leader speak of his behaviour
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:56 PM
“He had a whole load of ‘lyrics’ on this which are pretty awful. I can remember it verbatim: ‘Gas em all, gas em all, into the chambers they crawl. We’ll gas all the P*ks, and we’ll gas all the Y*ds, and we’ll gas all the c*ons and all their fucking kids.’”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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A storm cloud looms over one of the ramparts round the vastest hillfort in #Wales, Penycloddiau, in the Clwydian Range. Taken last summer, I really thought I was going to get heavily p*ssed on, but it passed over and did so on the other side of the hills instead.
#HillfortsWednesday #IronAge
#HillfortsWednesday #IronAge
November 19, 2025 at 10:11 AM
A storm cloud looms over one of the ramparts round the vastest hillfort in #Wales, Penycloddiau, in the Clwydian Range. Taken last summer, I really thought I was going to get heavily p*ssed on, but it passed over and did so on the other side of the hills instead.
#HillfortsWednesday #IronAge
#HillfortsWednesday #IronAge
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Port Talbot tipped for key role as third Celtic Sea wind farm confirmed
Port Talbot has been named among the leading contenders to play a central role in the UK’s latest offshore wind development, after the Crown Estate confirmed global renewables developer Ocean Winds will build the third major…
Port Talbot has been named among the leading contenders to play a central role in the UK’s latest offshore wind development, after the Crown Estate confirmed global renewables developer Ocean Winds will build the third major…
Port Talbot tipped for key role as third Celtic Sea wind farm confirmed
Port Talbot has been named among the leading contenders to play a central role in the UK’s latest offshore wind development, after the Crown Estate confirmed global renewables developer Ocean Winds will build the third major floating wind farm in the Celtic Sea.
swanseabaynews.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Port Talbot tipped for key role as third Celtic Sea wind farm confirmed
Port Talbot has been named among the leading contenders to play a central role in the UK’s latest offshore wind development, after the Crown Estate confirmed global renewables developer Ocean Winds will build the third major…
Port Talbot has been named among the leading contenders to play a central role in the UK’s latest offshore wind development, after the Crown Estate confirmed global renewables developer Ocean Winds will build the third major…
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www.tenby-today.co.uk/news/politics/plaid-cymru-urges-uk-labour-to-u-turn-on-inheritance-tax-changes-for-welsh-farmers-852138
November 19, 2025 at 1:24 PM
www.tenby-today.co.uk/news/politics/plaid-cymru-urges-uk-labour-to-u-turn-on-inheritance-tax-changes-for-welsh-farmers-852138
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Another excellent Led by Donkeys video, this time about BBC impartiality.
November 19, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Another excellent Led by Donkeys video, this time about BBC impartiality.
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#WyrdWednesday
In Welsh mythology, white is traditionally the colour of the beasts of Annwn, the Otherworld.
It is the colour of Rhiannon's magical steed, the enchanted boar tracked by Pryderi and Manawydan, and the white-furred, red-eared Cŵn Annwn, dubbed "Hell Hounds" by Christian storytellers.
In Welsh mythology, white is traditionally the colour of the beasts of Annwn, the Otherworld.
It is the colour of Rhiannon's magical steed, the enchanted boar tracked by Pryderi and Manawydan, and the white-furred, red-eared Cŵn Annwn, dubbed "Hell Hounds" by Christian storytellers.
November 19, 2025 at 1:55 PM
#WyrdWednesday
In Welsh mythology, white is traditionally the colour of the beasts of Annwn, the Otherworld.
It is the colour of Rhiannon's magical steed, the enchanted boar tracked by Pryderi and Manawydan, and the white-furred, red-eared Cŵn Annwn, dubbed "Hell Hounds" by Christian storytellers.
In Welsh mythology, white is traditionally the colour of the beasts of Annwn, the Otherworld.
It is the colour of Rhiannon's magical steed, the enchanted boar tracked by Pryderi and Manawydan, and the white-furred, red-eared Cŵn Annwn, dubbed "Hell Hounds" by Christian storytellers.
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Mae San Steffan yn dal i wrthod rhoi £4BN i Gymru o HS2.
Gyda'r arian hwn, gallai ein system drafnidiaeth a'n cymunedau elwa'n economaidd - drwy gysylltu'n cenedl o'r de i'r gogledd, o'r dwyrain i'r gorllewin.
Byddai llywodraeth Plaid Cymru yn gweithio dros Gymru gyfan.
Gyda'r arian hwn, gallai ein system drafnidiaeth a'n cymunedau elwa'n economaidd - drwy gysylltu'n cenedl o'r de i'r gogledd, o'r dwyrain i'r gorllewin.
Byddai llywodraeth Plaid Cymru yn gweithio dros Gymru gyfan.
November 19, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Mae San Steffan yn dal i wrthod rhoi £4BN i Gymru o HS2.
Gyda'r arian hwn, gallai ein system drafnidiaeth a'n cymunedau elwa'n economaidd - drwy gysylltu'n cenedl o'r de i'r gogledd, o'r dwyrain i'r gorllewin.
Byddai llywodraeth Plaid Cymru yn gweithio dros Gymru gyfan.
Gyda'r arian hwn, gallai ein system drafnidiaeth a'n cymunedau elwa'n economaidd - drwy gysylltu'n cenedl o'r de i'r gogledd, o'r dwyrain i'r gorllewin.
Byddai llywodraeth Plaid Cymru yn gweithio dros Gymru gyfan.
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Good to have NPAP’s Jake White and @natreswales.bsky.social Duncan Dumbreck introducing NRW River Restoration Seminar delegates to the river restoration & peatland work in the Teifi catchment yesterday. This followed a day of focusing on catchment-scale working.
#4AfonLife #4RiversLife
#4AfonLife #4RiversLife
November 19, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Good to have NPAP’s Jake White and @natreswales.bsky.social Duncan Dumbreck introducing NRW River Restoration Seminar delegates to the river restoration & peatland work in the Teifi catchment yesterday. This followed a day of focusing on catchment-scale working.
#4AfonLife #4RiversLife
#4AfonLife #4RiversLife
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Mae gofynion Plaid Cymru o Gyllideb Hydref Llywodraeth yn glir - mae angen sicrhau tegwch i Gymru.
Ond mae Llywodraeth Lafur Cymru wedi gwrthod ein galwadau. Maen nhw wedi rhoi'r gorau i sefyll cornel Cymru. ❌
Dim ond Plaid Cymru sydd yn sefyll fyny dros ein cymunedau. 🏴💚
Ond mae Llywodraeth Lafur Cymru wedi gwrthod ein galwadau. Maen nhw wedi rhoi'r gorau i sefyll cornel Cymru. ❌
Dim ond Plaid Cymru sydd yn sefyll fyny dros ein cymunedau. 🏴💚
November 19, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Mae gofynion Plaid Cymru o Gyllideb Hydref Llywodraeth yn glir - mae angen sicrhau tegwch i Gymru.
Ond mae Llywodraeth Lafur Cymru wedi gwrthod ein galwadau. Maen nhw wedi rhoi'r gorau i sefyll cornel Cymru. ❌
Dim ond Plaid Cymru sydd yn sefyll fyny dros ein cymunedau. 🏴💚
Ond mae Llywodraeth Lafur Cymru wedi gwrthod ein galwadau. Maen nhw wedi rhoi'r gorau i sefyll cornel Cymru. ❌
Dim ond Plaid Cymru sydd yn sefyll fyny dros ein cymunedau. 🏴💚
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Plaid Cymru's demands of the UK Government's Autumn Statement are clear - we need a budget that delivers for Wales.
Meanwhile, the Labour Welsh Government have rejected our calls. They've truly given up.
Only Plaid Cymru stands up for our communities. 🏴💚
Meanwhile, the Labour Welsh Government have rejected our calls. They've truly given up.
Only Plaid Cymru stands up for our communities. 🏴💚
November 19, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Plaid Cymru's demands of the UK Government's Autumn Statement are clear - we need a budget that delivers for Wales.
Meanwhile, the Labour Welsh Government have rejected our calls. They've truly given up.
Only Plaid Cymru stands up for our communities. 🏴💚
Meanwhile, the Labour Welsh Government have rejected our calls. They've truly given up.
Only Plaid Cymru stands up for our communities. 🏴💚
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Westminster continues to deny Wales £4BN from HS2.
With this funding, we could unlock our economic potential by investing properly in our transport network - connecting communities from north to south, east to west.
Plaid Cymru will be a government that works for the whole of Wales.
With this funding, we could unlock our economic potential by investing properly in our transport network - connecting communities from north to south, east to west.
Plaid Cymru will be a government that works for the whole of Wales.
November 19, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Westminster continues to deny Wales £4BN from HS2.
With this funding, we could unlock our economic potential by investing properly in our transport network - connecting communities from north to south, east to west.
Plaid Cymru will be a government that works for the whole of Wales.
With this funding, we could unlock our economic potential by investing properly in our transport network - connecting communities from north to south, east to west.
Plaid Cymru will be a government that works for the whole of Wales.
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"cantiori hic iacit venedotis cive fuit [c]onsobrino ma[g]li magistrati"
('Cantiori here lies, of Gwynedd a citizen he was, a cousin of Maglus the magistrate')
Still fascinated by the 6th-cent. Cantiorix Inscription, from sub-Roman north Wales, bearing the first mention of the Kingdom of Gwynedd.
('Cantiori here lies, of Gwynedd a citizen he was, a cousin of Maglus the magistrate')
Still fascinated by the 6th-cent. Cantiorix Inscription, from sub-Roman north Wales, bearing the first mention of the Kingdom of Gwynedd.
November 18, 2025 at 8:28 PM
"cantiori hic iacit venedotis cive fuit [c]onsobrino ma[g]li magistrati"
('Cantiori here lies, of Gwynedd a citizen he was, a cousin of Maglus the magistrate')
Still fascinated by the 6th-cent. Cantiorix Inscription, from sub-Roman north Wales, bearing the first mention of the Kingdom of Gwynedd.
('Cantiori here lies, of Gwynedd a citizen he was, a cousin of Maglus the magistrate')
Still fascinated by the 6th-cent. Cantiorix Inscription, from sub-Roman north Wales, bearing the first mention of the Kingdom of Gwynedd.
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This is I think #WildCabbagr growing on #Tenby coast, relic of long distance #sailing when #PickledCabbage was fed to #sailors to prevent #scurvy
November 18, 2025 at 9:17 PM
This is I think #WildCabbagr growing on #Tenby coast, relic of long distance #sailing when #PickledCabbage was fed to #sailors to prevent #scurvy
Clearly Reform don't want the public knowing this...
A Reform UK barrister has tried to bully NationCymru after we named the party’s director of communications as implicated in the events that led to the proposed suspension of Reform MS Laura Anne Jones from the Senedd ✍️Martin Shipton
Reform UK barrister tries to bully NationCymru into removing top party official's name from story
Martin Shipton A Reform UK barrister has tried to bully NationCymru after we named the party’s director of communications as implicated in the events that led to the proposed suspension of Reform MS L...
wp.me
November 19, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Clearly Reform don't want the public knowing this...
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It's true 💯 - we're all only here for #HillfortsWednesday 🥳🛖
The remarkable Pentre Camp near Llanfair Caereinion in north Powys is highly concentric with 3 lines of defence: perhaps for prestige or to mark it as a special locale..? 🤔
📷 Mobile phone during #RCAHMW aerial photography, May 2025
The remarkable Pentre Camp near Llanfair Caereinion in north Powys is highly concentric with 3 lines of defence: perhaps for prestige or to mark it as a special locale..? 🤔
📷 Mobile phone during #RCAHMW aerial photography, May 2025
November 19, 2025 at 6:21 AM
It's true 💯 - we're all only here for #HillfortsWednesday 🥳🛖
The remarkable Pentre Camp near Llanfair Caereinion in north Powys is highly concentric with 3 lines of defence: perhaps for prestige or to mark it as a special locale..? 🤔
📷 Mobile phone during #RCAHMW aerial photography, May 2025
The remarkable Pentre Camp near Llanfair Caereinion in north Powys is highly concentric with 3 lines of defence: perhaps for prestige or to mark it as a special locale..? 🤔
📷 Mobile phone during #RCAHMW aerial photography, May 2025
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This is one of monumental entrances to the Iron Age oppidum near Huelgoat in Brittany that is known as the Camp d'Artus, the 'Camp of Arthur'. The defences make use of natural rock formations, but also consisted of a man-made ramparts. #HillfortsWednesday
November 19, 2025 at 8:38 AM
This is one of monumental entrances to the Iron Age oppidum near Huelgoat in Brittany that is known as the Camp d'Artus, the 'Camp of Arthur'. The defences make use of natural rock formations, but also consisted of a man-made ramparts. #HillfortsWednesday
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Ultra-processed food is linked to harm in every major human organ, a new study finds - and the UK consumes more than any other European country.
Five times more than Portugal!
Labour's manifesto promised a clampdown on ultra-processed food and takeaways.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Five times more than Portugal!
Labour's manifesto promised a clampdown on ultra-processed food and takeaways.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
November 19, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Ultra-processed food is linked to harm in every major human organ, a new study finds - and the UK consumes more than any other European country.
Five times more than Portugal!
Labour's manifesto promised a clampdown on ultra-processed food and takeaways.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Five times more than Portugal!
Labour's manifesto promised a clampdown on ultra-processed food and takeaways.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Labour promised Wales so much - but the reality couldn't be more different. 🤯
Only Plaid Cymru stands up for Wales and is demanding a fair Autumn Budget for our communities. 🏴👇
Only Plaid Cymru stands up for Wales and is demanding a fair Autumn Budget for our communities. 🏴👇
November 19, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Labour promised Wales so much - but the reality couldn't be more different. 🤯
Only Plaid Cymru stands up for Wales and is demanding a fair Autumn Budget for our communities. 🏴👇
Only Plaid Cymru stands up for Wales and is demanding a fair Autumn Budget for our communities. 🏴👇