After the Aberfan Disaster
It has been 60 years since the Aberfan disaster of 1966, but memories of corporate failings and injustice persist.
Wales
Trojan Wales: The Medieval Afterlife of an Ancient Myth
Following its conquest by the English in 1284, medieval Wales needed a new origin story that established its place in Britain. Were the Welsh descended from Troy?
Searching for the Soul of the Beaver
Are beavers beasts or fish? For medieval philosophers, this was an important question with implications for the dining table.
Archdruid William Price Challenges Funerary Rites
There was no law permitting cremation, but there was no law against it either. On 13 January 1884, a Welsh druid took the matter to trial.
The Rebecca Riots: Why Did Wales Rise Up?
Rebecca’s radical rural protests consumed South Wales in the 19th century. Who – or what – was she?
England’s Monasteries: Gone But Not Forgotten
The Dissolution of the Monasteries by Henry VIII is a well-worn tale. Are we getting the whole story?
Bad Dreams
Divining disaster at Aberfan and beyond, in subjects from nocebos to lost cosmonauts.
Welsh Enough
A blend of fatalism and hope in 20th century Wales.
Did Britain Ever Have a Revolutionary Moment?
Four historians consider whether the traditional Whig history of Britain, as one of evolutionary political progress, has ever been challenged by events.
Y Byd Newydd
From Ohio’s farmlands to Pennsylvania’s coalfields: how Welsh is America?