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You couldn’t write this stuff
We lucky Welsh fans alive today are in the midst of the first ever ‘Golden Age’ of Welsh football. Coming hard on the heels of qualification for Euro 2016 and …
On Cummings going
With apologies to E. J. Thribb (aged 17½) So. FarewellThenDominic Cummings. You were de facto Prime Minister Until the lazy philanderer’s latestConquest from the Spectator magazine,Whatsername,Objected to yourGeneralObnoxiousness. You will be …
Waiting for Pennsylvania
How many beans make five? Five. Correct. What weighs more, a ton of feathers or a ton of iron? They weigh the same. Correct. Constantinople is a long word. Spell …
Patti Flynn (1937-2020)
All you need to know about contemporary Cardiff is encapsulated by the 2016 closure of the Butetown History & Arts Centre (BHAC) in Bute Street. Founded by African-American Glenn Jordan …
Place your bets
11.59pm WASHINGTON DC BLEAKNESS STAKES(class x) for billionaire tyrants prize: planet Earth distance: not long going: dirty weather: heating up weights: fixed penalties: rigged draw: biased 1 (1) DUMP TRUCK …
When we win
Two more great results for Wales in the Nations League, a doughty 0-0 draw in Ireland and a well-deserved 1-0 win in Bulgaria with virtually a reserve team, have left …
Cardiff’s lost buildings 3
Board Schools Various locations In 1870 the Liberal government of William Gladstone (1809-1898) passed the Elementary Education Act, the first attempt by the British State to establish a basic public …
Vexation, vexation, vexation
Following on loosely from https://tinyurl.com/yxlda9e5 We’ve got the builders in again, having reluctantly decided to embark on the next phase of renovating this decrepit hovel. This time it’s the ‘utility …
Footie’s back!
International football has tentatively returned in empty stadiums after a six month hiatus. There’s now a huge backlog of fixtures stacked up that must be crammed into the already packed …
Sion Eirian (1954-2020)
Wales feels a poorer, diminished place following the death in June of playwright, poet, novelist and scriptwriter Siôn Eirian. We have been deprived not just of his multi-talented artistry and …
