Did you know that the Studio Ghibli & Hayao Miyazaki movie, Howl’s Moving Castle, was based on the Welsh Diana Wynne Jones novel of the same name? In the novel, one of…
Category: Welsh Histories
Julius Caesar & His Comments on Ancient Britons
It is sometimes fun to imagine what Ancient Britain was like when the entire island was roamed by those who spoke the Common Brittonic language, an ancestor of the present-day Welsh language….
Guto Nyth Brân: Fastest Man in 18th Century?
Here’s a post about Griffith Morgan, perhaps better known as Guto Nyth Brân (Guto, being the shortened version of Griffith, and Nyth Brân (English ‘crows nest’) being his parent’s farm near Porth,…
19th Century Wales & the Rebecca Riots
In the 19th century, between the years 1839 and 1843, rural Cymru saw a series of protests known as Terfysgoedd Beca (the “Rebecca Riots”). These protests were characterised by peasants disguising themselves…
Gwynfor Evans’ Lasting Legacy: S4C
Gwynfor Evans (1 September 1912 – 21 April 2005) was a Welsh politician who championed the cause of Welsh cultural heritage, which culminated in the birth of the Welsh language television channel,…