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Euphemism epidemic
Euphemisms (from the Greek euphēmismos, meaning ‘speaking well’) are words or phrases used as softer or less direct substitutes for expressions deemed to be too harsh, blunt, embarrassing or offensive. …
Pubocalypse 17
BREWDOGWestgate Street‘Craft beer’ pub chain BrewDog, founded by two Scotsmen in 2007, rapidly expanded on the back of provocative attention-seeking, concocted controversies and a self-proclaimed ‘punk’ attitude designed to present …
Jersey Royal blues
A classic example of how corporate capitalism ruins everything it touches is the Jersey Royal potato (Solanum tuberosum ‘International Kidney‘). These early spuds from the largest and southernmost Channel Island …
Victory!
After three days sleeping it off, my hangover has faded and now I’m just about capable of writing the blog of my dreams… The Senedd election was a truly historic …
D-Day
The English fight for power, the Welsh for liberty;Their aim is domination, our aim is to be free.The English way is war, land-grab, greed and hierarchy,While the Welsh value equity …
Songs of rebellion, freedom and hiraeth
Audio & Videos: YouTube (New Free Wales Army; Ivor Emmanuel; Katherine Jenkins; Heather Jones; Côr Meibion Dyffryn Peris; Bwncath; Eleri Llwyd; Plethyn; Richard Burton; Dafydd Iwan; Ar Log)
The choice
Only one issue really matters in the seventh Senedd election on May 7th: stopping the abhorrent Reform UK. I doubt if anyone who reads this blog would fall for Nigel …
Stop the destruction of Wales!
I hold these truths to be self-evident: To destroy the extraordinary beauty of the natural world is to destroy the source of human creativity.Biodiversity and ecological health are prerequisites for …
Michael Sheen: a new Welsh hero
Michael Sheen is an inspiring example to all who care about Wales. With deeds not words the Newport-born, Port Talbot-raised actor is showing the limitless potential of our abused, supressed, …
Anticlimax
Cymru’s 1-1 draw with Northern Ireland in Cardiff this week was an irrelevant friendly between two World Cup play-off semi-final losers that might have been a momentous event had the …