Tag: Welsh nationalism
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Finding a Home in My Own Country: Why I’m Backing Plaid Cymru
By Antony David Davies FRSA My family is woven into the fabric of modern Wales. One ancestor, John Davies of Tal-y-bont, was known across the 19th century as “Apostol y Plant”—the Children’s Apostle—for his tireless work nurturing the nation’s youth. More recently, my cousin, the Reverend Trevor Owen Davies, was a leader in the Calvinistic…
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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…
Antony David Davies FRSA FRAS AFRHistS MCMI MIoL 