Category: Wales
TO THE TOP OF THE WORLD
What links the conquest of Mount Everest and the small town of Llangollen in north Wales? A faded entry from…
THE CURSE OF BRYN ESTYN
“O, what a tangled web we weave when we practice to deceive” It has been 34 years since I spent…
THE LLYWEL STONE
On any given afternoon in the British Museum, tourists walk casually by some of the greatest collections of artifacts from…
TALK IS CHEAP
I get asked now and again, “why don’t you write more about child abuse?” The answer is simple. Almost everywhere…
ALL ROADS LEAD TO AFRICA
After 4.5 billion years of life, the arrival of genetically modified organisms is being promoted as a “second genesis” in…
THE MERTHYR RISING
By the year 1829, a depression had set in the Welsh iron industry which was to last for three long…
ABOMI-NATION
I feel angry today. I listened to a Radio Interview on the Victoria Derbyshire Show on Radio 5, which featured…
