martinjohnes.bsky.social
Historian at Swansea Uni. Books include: Aberfan, Wales since 1939, England's Colony?, Welsh Not, Christmas & the British, History of Sport in Wales.
👤 Joined on 10 November 2024
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@martinjohnes.bsky.socialCan we please not do this @nation.cymru The "cross party group" isn't real
Show PostAfter the Aberfan Disaster www.historytoday.com/archive/hist... Article in @historytoday.com by @martinjohnes.bsky.social and @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Emeritus Fellow @iainsmcl.bsky.social
Show PostYou do see the contingency of Timeless National Tradition in passionate arguments about 'the letter "V" not being in the Welsh alphabet' if you've read any Welsh pre-1588. The Welsh linguistic/historic patriot's argument in the 18th/19th centuries was "bring back our Vs"!!
Show PostNew research has revealed that Wales’ historic buildings, monuments and heritage sites contribute more than £738 million to the economy each year and support nearly 18,000 jobs across the country wp.me/p8Mk4U-1uMO
Show Post#OTD 1401, Henry IV had a wine-loving Welsh landowner put to death in Llandovery. This is the story of how (allegedly) one brave man 'willingly preferred death to treachery’, for which he is commemorated today with a haunting statue. Read now on 'Hiraeth' nathenamin.substack.com/p/the-wine-l...
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