Tag: British identity
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The Welsh Blood Behind an England Captain, Arthur Owen Jones, and Why His Story Still Matters
There is something quietly extraordinary about the story of Arthur Owen Jones, one of the most gifted cricketers of the Edwardian era, a man who captained England, broke county records, and reshaped the game through sheer athletic intelligence, yet is now far less widely remembered than he deserves. What makes his story even more personal,…
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Why the English and the Welsh Keep Misunderstanding Each Other — And Why It Still Shapes Modern Britain
We talk endlessly about the politics of the Union, the economics of devolution, and the future of the UK. But beneath all of that lies a quieter, deeper truth: The English and the Welsh speak the same language, but not the same culture.And because no one acknowledges this, we constantly misread each other. These aren’t…
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