Tag: Wales

• 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…

  antonydaviesfrsa

  03/12/2025

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  behavioural culture, bilingualism, British culture, British identity, communication styles, cross-border relations, cultural differences, cultural literacy, cultural misunderstanding, Devolution, england, English culture, English history, English identity, English values, history, identity politics, inter-cultural communication, language, National identity, national stereotypes, Offa’s Dyke, Politics, social psychology, soft power, UK nations, Wales, Welsh culture, Welsh diaspora, Welsh history, Welsh identity, Welsh values, Welsh vs English, workplace culture, writing

• William Halse Gatty Jones (1825 – 1897): From Gold-Rush Melbourne to the Hills of Merioneth

  My first cousin four times removed, William Halse Gatty Jones, lived a life that stretched across two hemispheres and mirrored the restless energy of the nineteenth century. Born in London on 8 March 1825, he began as a City solicitor, made his fortune amid the Australian gold rush, and returned to Wales to become a…

  antonydaviesfrsa

  29/09/2025

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  Australian legal history, Borthwnog Estate, City of London history, family history, family history blog, Gatty Jones, Genealogy, Glandwr Hall, history, Jones family history, Law Institute of Victoria, Melbourne gold rush, Merionethshire history, nineteenth century Wales, scotland, Skinners Company, Victorian Legislative Assembly, Victorian Wales, Wales, Welsh ancestors, Welsh diaspora, Welsh emigrants Australia, Welsh genealogy, Welsh landed gentry, William Halse Gatty Jones

• When Firelight Forged a Nation: A Machynlleth Tribute to Owain Glyndŵr

  On a Dark Winter’s Afternoon, Everything Changed On a wind-lashed winter’s afternoon, my Uncle Glyn beckoned me closer to the hearth. His eyes glowed like ember as he whispered, “Owain Glyndŵr was born from these hills—and he swore to shield every farmer, every family.” In that flickering glow, I felt my heartbeat echo Machynlleth’s ancient…

  antonydaviesfrsa

  16/09/2025

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  Cambrian Mountains, Cymru heritage, england, fireside stories, Glyndwr Day, Machynlleth, Medieval Wales, Nation Cymru, Owain Glyndŵr, travel, uk, Wales, Wales culture, Welsh ancestry, Welsh community, Welsh folklore, Welsh heritage events, Welsh heroes, Welsh history, Welsh identity, Welsh independence, Welsh language, Welsh legends, Welsh nationalism, Welsh parliament, Welsh pride, Welsh storytelling, Welsh tourism, Welsh writers

• Yma o Hyd in My Blood: What My DNA Reveals About the Welsh Story

  When we explore family history, we often begin with parish registers, gravestones, and sepia photographs. Yet DNA now allows us to go far deeper, reaching back not hundreds but thousands of years. My own paternal line — the Davies men of Montgomeryshire — has recently been confirmed as belonging to a branch called R-L96. This…

  antonydaviesfrsa

  26/08/2025

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  ancestry, DNA, family history, Genealogy, heritage, history, Wales

• A Decade of Cuts, A Future Betrayed: Why Is Wales Starving Its Own Soul?

  By Antony David Davies FRSA Wales is the land of song. Of poetry and myth. Of harp strings, painted hills, and voices that carry centuries. So why, after a decade of managed decline, is the Welsh Government allowing our culture to be starved of the very funding that sustains it? This is not hyperbole. A…

  antonydaviesfrsa

  02/08/2025

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  Amgueddfa Cymru, Arts Council of Wales, Arts funding, Arts in crisis, Austerity, Austerity in Wales, Cultural funding, Cultural neglect, Cultural policy, Cultural survival, Dal y Mellt, Eisteddfod, Future of Wales, Identity and nationhood, Let Wales rise, Michael Sheen, National identity, National Museum Cardiff, Public services, Public spending cuts, Saving Welsh culture, Senedd, Un Bore Mercher, Wales, Wales culture crisis, Welsh artists, Welsh culture, Welsh Government policy, Welsh heritage, Welsh identity, Welsh language and culture, Welsh literature, Welsh poetry, Welsh theatre

• Keeping the flame: Why I joined the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion — and why it matters for Wales

  Wales is a nation woven together by memory and identity. Its story is told not only through the slate quarries, chapel pulpits, and small farms of our landscape, but also through the societies and institutions that have sustained Welshness far beyond our own borders. One of the most remarkable of these is the Honourable Society…

  antonydaviesfrsa

  16/07/2025

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  belonging, chapels, cultural stewardship, Cymmrodorion, Eisteddfod, family history, memory and identity, Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire, National Library of Wales, Wales, Welsh culture, Welsh diaspora, Welsh identity, Welsh language