Kate Celyn
@katecelyn.bsky.social
Writer, editor, photographer, gardener, knitter (LSG), hand spinner and ex-archaeologist in glorious Gwynedd, Cymru / Wales. Proud European 🇪🇺🏴 #FBPE
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Kate Celyn
@katecelyn.bsky.social
· Sep 22
I thought it was about time there was a new intro for me (and Daily #Wales). I’m in Eryri/Snowdonia, and am mildly obsessed with photographing it. Officially, I’m a food & wine editor, but also a spinner and knitter and an ex-archaeologist. I’m centre left and disgusted by the right ✊.
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This week Nathan Gill, Reform UK’s Leader in Wales will be sentenced for 8 charges of Russian bribes.
Here’s Farage calling him an “honest, decent and honourable man”.
Let’s not forget that whilst he was taking the bribes, Farage was making similar pro-Russian speeches in the European Parliament.
Here’s Farage calling him an “honest, decent and honourable man”.
Let’s not forget that whilst he was taking the bribes, Farage was making similar pro-Russian speeches in the European Parliament.
November 16, 2025 at 8:20 AM
This week Nathan Gill, Reform UK’s Leader in Wales will be sentenced for 8 charges of Russian bribes.
Here’s Farage calling him an “honest, decent and honourable man”.
Let’s not forget that whilst he was taking the bribes, Farage was making similar pro-Russian speeches in the European Parliament.
Here’s Farage calling him an “honest, decent and honourable man”.
Let’s not forget that whilst he was taking the bribes, Farage was making similar pro-Russian speeches in the European Parliament.
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#StandingStoneSunday The mighty Devil's Chair entrance stone at Avebury henge, Wiltshire. One of a handful of original stones that was never toppled by villagers
Coming from west Wales, the enormous scale of this monument & its megaliths is always a shock to the system 🤯
📷 My own, Oct 2023
Coming from west Wales, the enormous scale of this monument & its megaliths is always a shock to the system 🤯
📷 My own, Oct 2023
November 16, 2025 at 6:25 AM
#StandingStoneSunday The mighty Devil's Chair entrance stone at Avebury henge, Wiltshire. One of a handful of original stones that was never toppled by villagers
Coming from west Wales, the enormous scale of this monument & its megaliths is always a shock to the system 🤯
📷 My own, Oct 2023
Coming from west Wales, the enormous scale of this monument & its megaliths is always a shock to the system 🤯
📷 My own, Oct 2023
More harking back from Daily #Wales, but today (following a chat with friends yesterday) looking back to the snowy winter of 2010/11. Pretty but a pain in the arse - particularly when falling over.
November 16, 2025 at 6:23 AM
More harking back from Daily #Wales, but today (following a chat with friends yesterday) looking back to the snowy winter of 2010/11. Pretty but a pain in the arse - particularly when falling over.
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Reform Council in Chaos as It Prepares to Slash Scrutiny Committees Following Wave of Councillor Suspensions
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Reform Council in Chaos as It Prepares to Slash Scrutiny Committees Following Wave of Councillor Suspensions
EXCLUSIVE: Reform's flagship Kent administration is planning to shut down multiple council committees as it struggles to fill posts after suspending nine of its own councillors
bylinetimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Reform Council in Chaos as It Prepares to Slash Scrutiny Committees Following Wave of Councillor Suspensions
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Thread…. Grrrrr
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Thread…. Grrrrr
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Two other UKIP MEPs, both of whom - like Nathan Gill - followed Farage into the Brexit Party, accompanied Gill on a trip paid for by pro-Russian interests.
And 6 weeks later echoed Gill's Putin-friendly talking points in Parliament.
What a small world!
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
And 6 weeks later echoed Gill's Putin-friendly talking points in Parliament.
What a small world!
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
October 23, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Two other UKIP MEPs, both of whom - like Nathan Gill - followed Farage into the Brexit Party, accompanied Gill on a trip paid for by pro-Russian interests.
And 6 weeks later echoed Gill's Putin-friendly talking points in Parliament.
What a small world!
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
And 6 weeks later echoed Gill's Putin-friendly talking points in Parliament.
What a small world!
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
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🏴 Cofiwch Aberfan / Remember Aberfan
Fifty-nine years ago today 116 children went to class never to return to their families after a coal spoil tip collapsed and engulfed the school. The tragedy also claimed the lives of 28 adults.
One of the darkest days in Wales’ history. Never forgotten.
Fifty-nine years ago today 116 children went to class never to return to their families after a coal spoil tip collapsed and engulfed the school. The tragedy also claimed the lives of 28 adults.
One of the darkest days in Wales’ history. Never forgotten.
October 21, 2025 at 8:18 AM
🏴 Cofiwch Aberfan / Remember Aberfan
Fifty-nine years ago today 116 children went to class never to return to their families after a coal spoil tip collapsed and engulfed the school. The tragedy also claimed the lives of 28 adults.
One of the darkest days in Wales’ history. Never forgotten.
Fifty-nine years ago today 116 children went to class never to return to their families after a coal spoil tip collapsed and engulfed the school. The tragedy also claimed the lives of 28 adults.
One of the darkest days in Wales’ history. Never forgotten.
Also Daily #Wales.
Heddiw, 1966. Cofiwch Aberfan.
Today, 1966. Remember Aberfan.
An avalanche of coal waste slid down the mountain, burying 18 houses and destroying the school, where the day had just started. 116 children died, as did 28 adults.
Heddiw, 1966. Cofiwch Aberfan.
Today, 1966. Remember Aberfan.
An avalanche of coal waste slid down the mountain, burying 18 houses and destroying the school, where the day had just started. 116 children died, as did 28 adults.
October 21, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Also Daily #Wales.
Heddiw, 1966. Cofiwch Aberfan.
Today, 1966. Remember Aberfan.
An avalanche of coal waste slid down the mountain, burying 18 houses and destroying the school, where the day had just started. 116 children died, as did 28 adults.
Heddiw, 1966. Cofiwch Aberfan.
Today, 1966. Remember Aberfan.
An avalanche of coal waste slid down the mountain, burying 18 houses and destroying the school, where the day had just started. 116 children died, as did 28 adults.
Daily #Wales for a (hopefully) quiet Sunday…
Garden detail from Plas Brondanw, taken a couple of Sundays ago - we were the only visitors. Nice.
Garden detail from Plas Brondanw, taken a couple of Sundays ago - we were the only visitors. Nice.
October 19, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Daily #Wales for a (hopefully) quiet Sunday…
Garden detail from Plas Brondanw, taken a couple of Sundays ago - we were the only visitors. Nice.
Garden detail from Plas Brondanw, taken a couple of Sundays ago - we were the only visitors. Nice.
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Same day. Same plenary session. Same visit to Gill’s office. Same Farage, Same Gill, same wife of sanctioned pro Russian agent.
Six days after the first bribery charge
Six days after the first bribery charge
October 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Same day. Same plenary session. Same visit to Gill’s office. Same Farage, Same Gill, same wife of sanctioned pro Russian agent.
Six days after the first bribery charge
Six days after the first bribery charge
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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson: "This president is unstable, unhinged, a double-minded individual that quite frankly is a threat to our democracy. It's certainly not the first time that Donald Trump has called for the arresting of a Black man unjustly."
October 8, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson: "This president is unstable, unhinged, a double-minded individual that quite frankly is a threat to our democracy. It's certainly not the first time that Donald Trump has called for the arresting of a Black man unjustly."
Daily #Wales spent yesterday with a visitor, playing tourist on the heritage steam train up to Blaenau Ffestiniog. It was fab (and despite the, um, interesting sky it stayed dry).
October 7, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Daily #Wales spent yesterday with a visitor, playing tourist on the heritage steam train up to Blaenau Ffestiniog. It was fab (and despite the, um, interesting sky it stayed dry).