Why you shouldn’t believe everything you hear about Wales
I really laughed when I saw this for the first, second and third time!
I really laughed when I saw this for the first, second and third time!
I’ve just spent a weekend in West Wales and heard a lot of people talking about a proposal to regenerate part of Aberystwyth. It involves the compulsory purchase of 15 surviving, and therefore probably reasonably successful, small businesses and their premises so that they can be bundled in with the empty Woolworths and converted into…
This wonderful piece from Yes Prime Minister, was right at the time it was written: Jim Hacker: “Don’t tell me about the press. I know exactly who reads the papers: – The Daily Mirror is read by people who think they run the country; – The Guardian is read by people who think they ought…
Clearing out a few cupboards this weekend uncovered this old photo of the London County Council run “Welsh Class” in HungerfordRoad School, probably around 1963. I wonder where they all are now. You probably couldn’t call it the Welsh Class now, would infringe some law or other I’m sure.
Image by Getty Images via Daylife What a day: Cardiff was hosting the first ever Ashes Test match outside England and Australia. And what a great job was done by everyone at Sophia Gardens. The ground looked fantastic, the welcome was warm and friendly and the opening ceremony had a few new twists. A band…
Cavalry charges: that’s how it used to be in the good old days! But then came the Tank: dirty, ugly, noisy and of course terribly effective in battle. So the horses moved from the battlefield to other parts of the Army. So it must be a bit of a surprise to find that the British Army still…
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