How Welsh nationalism shaped the King
Royal Mail needs a history lesson. In preparation for this weekend it has dedicated four special post-boxes emblazoned with a…
The backlash to ‘renaming’ the Brecon Beacons is a gift to nationalists
‘As tedious as a tired horse…worse than a smoky house’ was how Shakespeare’s Hotspur described Wales’s national hero, Owain Glyndŵr.…
We don’t need Westminster: An interview with Wales’s ‘radical’ Archbishop
Andrew John is a ‘radical’, not a politician – or so he claims. The Archbishop of Wales stated his mission…
Welsh rugby is on the brink of collapse
Rugby is a gladiatorial game – as Wales’s Six Nations match today against Ireland will surely prove. But even the greatest…
How William can win over the Welsh
‘The demands on a Prince of Wales have altered,’ 20-year-old Charles said at his Caernarfon investiture in 1969, with some…
Interview: Rowan Williams on Wales, independence and the King Lear of Westminster
Rowan Williams is no stranger to politics. As Archbishop of Canterbury he was as comfortable criticising Tony Blair over Iraq…
It’s time to upgrade the office of the Welsh first minister
Some of the most revealing detail from newly released 1997 government files relate to Welsh constitutional affairs. The Home Office…
Welsh independence faces an existential crisis
Wales has never embraced the notion of independence and perhaps never will. So it was unsurprising that YesCymru, a grassroots…
King of Fortress Wales: an interview with Mark Drakeford
Mark Drakeford sits opposite me in a small conference room on the third floor of Cathays Park, the nucleus of…
Welsh Labour proves again it's a distinctive, winning brand
After the news of a Tory landslide in Hartlepool was announced early Friday morning, senior Welsh Labour figures were worried.…
Number 10 should fear a Welsh nationalist coalition
As Disraeli’s famous maxim goes: England does not love coalitions. In Wales, by contrast, we can’t get enough of them.…
Is Welsh devo-scepticism beginning to unravel?
Calls to abolish the Welsh parliament are nothing new: Wales rejected devolution in 1979 and voted only by the smallest…
