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A PUBLIC heritage event will be held at Canolfan Hermon this Saturday, July 3 - starting 10am. The Song of the Golden Road workshop is the third in a series of walking and talking workshops exploring the life worlds and landscapes of the Preselis. Martin Johnes, Professor of Modern History at Swansea University and author of a number of books on Welsh history including Wales: England's Colony? which was turned into a BBC television series, will lead the workshop. Martin grew up in Hermon and attended Ysgol Hermon. His talk will look the state of the Welsh language in the late 19th cen...

Darren Hughes with his 'Native Places' work, which features a variety of artistic processes. AN ANGLESEY artist has used charcoal and oil paintings to portray the land and shape of the island where he grew up. Darren Hughes’s latest exhibition Native Places approaches the landscape with contemporary realism and honesty with mixed media drawings and drypoint etching prints that feature Bethesda, Pentraeth and the Irish Sea. “The starting point for the whole body of work was a reassessment of my practice around three years ago,” said Mr Hughes, who lives in Bethesda. “It made comp...

The Welsh mountain battle: Why Snowdon should switch to Yr Wyddfa

Comment Wales deserves more respect – its language is as old as the hills and an indelible part of its charm Grumbles about Welsh flight announcements have reignited divisions. But embracing the language is part of the wonder of a holiday here 15 April 2021 • 4:14pm Despite its unique language, many talk about Wales as if it were just an appendage to England Credit: Getty When you cross the Severn Bridge and see the fins of the Brecon Beacons raised in a wave of welcome, it’s a sign you have reached a wilder, more mountainous land. As you cruise on along narrow single-track lanes, tailg...

Jeudi, 18 Février, 2021 - 09:58 As a toddler, I’d sit on dad’s lap as we worked through my picture book, labelling various objects and characters until we reached gwrach (witch), at which point I’d been trained to declare, ‘Mam!’ My family has the freedom to communicate in not one but two languages – English and Welsh. But I was shocked to learn last week that Welsh is still listed as a ‘foreign language’ on the UK Government’s website. Especially since Welsh is one of Britain’s oldest languages, derived from the ancient Brythonic and spoken long before the Roman occupati...