Tag: Welsh diaspora

• 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 the Last Prince Hid in Our Hills: A Family Legend That Still Haunts Wales

  By Antony David Davies FRSA High in the forgotten uplands of Montgomeryshire, where bracken folds over ancient sheep paths and the hills roll unbroken into silence, there stands a farmhouse my family still speaks of in reverent tones. Its name is Esgair Llywelyn — Llywelyn’s Ridge. Even now, the place endures. Weathered, empty, but defiantly…

  antonydaviesfrsa

  29/07/2025

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  Aberedw, Antony David Davies, Builth, Cilmeri 1282, Cultural survival, Dulas Valley, Dyfi Valley, Edward I, Elinor Bennett, Esgair Llywelyn, family history, Family legend, Forgotten voices, FRSA, Heritage preservation, Hidden history, Historical memory, Historical storytelling, Identity and place, Legacy of the past, Llanwrin, Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, Lost Wales, Machynlleth, Medieval Wales, Mid Wales, Montgomeryshire, National memory, Nonconformist Wales, Owain Glyndŵr, Powys heritage, Prince of Wales, Resistance and survival, Rural Wales, Welsh ancestry, Welsh culture, Welsh diaspora, Welsh history, Welsh identity, Welsh legends, Welsh nationalism, Welsh rebellion, Welsh storytelling

• 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…

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  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