Martin Johnes @martinjohnes Twitter profile

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Martin Johnes

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3 years

The Abolish party wanted to get rid of Welsh democracy. In response, Welsh democracy decided to get rid of the Abolish party. #SeneddElection2021

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1939 map of railways in Wales.

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Wales in "The Mercator Atlas of Europe" (1570s).

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Republican placards and the flag of Owain Glyndwr awaiting the arrival of the King at Cardiff castle.

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Martin Johnes

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4 years

Radio Wales says they invited every single Welsh Conservative MP on this morning and they all said no.

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Martin Johnes

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3 years

Five years ago today. Bordeaux and the best day ever.

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The Llaeth, Llath, Llefrith divide. Charted by a linguistic survey in Alan Thomas, The Linguistic Geography of Wales (1973).

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1 year

The most famous postbox in Wales.

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Martin Johnes

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2 months

As the leading provider of news in Wales, the BBC might ask itself if it's partly to blame for this.

BBC Wales News

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2 months

How well-known is Wales' most likely next first minister? Follow live:

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3 years

"Thatcher pays police to starve kids". Miners' children in an unnamed Welsh town August 1984.

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2 years

Most Welsh Twitter storms are overreactions to a nobody saying something stupid. This is different. Erasing Welsh placenames is wrong and should be illegal. It's vandalism on a fragile heritage and culture and the anger is justified.

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Martin Johnes

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5 years

The first march for Welsh independence. Maybe a historic moment in the history of our nation.

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Martin Johnes

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2 years

The new Prince of Wales is president of the English Football Association. I wonder who he'll support at the World Cup.

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2 years

A slightly terrifying, late Victorian, magic-lantern slide of Welsh women.

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Martin Johnes

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4 years

The British nations will be back in the EU within 20 years but probably not as the UK.

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Martin Johnes

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5 years

Last train out of Swansea too full for even guard to fit on. People being offered taxis to get off and let others on. Wales has 5% of UK population and 1% of rail infrastructure spending.

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Martin Johnes

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3 years

It's taking forever but my map of first-hand accounts of the Welsh Not is taking shape. When it's done, you'll be able to click on the points and read a memory of how the WN was used in that place.

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Martin Johnes

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2 years

Just been interviewed for Brazilian radio about Welsh sport, politics and history. The World Cup is putting Wales on the map.

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Martin Johnes

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5 years

The worst type of nationalist is one who thinks his nation is entitled to sovereignty but not others.

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5 years

Nationalism is a divisive and dangerous ideology. Now, more than ever, our United Kingdom needs to stay united. Here’s my piece in today’s Western Mail, setting out why we must make the case for progressive British patriotism, with passion and conviction.

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Martin Johnes

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3 years

After months of a political wrangling, a rare moment of unity in Welsh twitter as everyone joins together in shock on learning that the climate change minister's brother is Aphex Twin.

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Martin Johnes

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2 years

One major step towards strengthening Cymraeg would be to change student funding. Reintroduce much cheaper fees for Welsh students who stay in Wales. Reduce the financial support for Welsh students who go to English universities. Welsh Government is currently funding a braindrain.

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Martin Johnes

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5 years

Whatever you think of Welsh independence, the graphic illustrates the profound economic inequality within the UK.

YesCymru

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5 years

Relative income. For once, red isn't the best look... A better future is possible! #indyWales #Annibyniaeth Map from @thomasforth . Full thread here >

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Martin Johnes

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1 year

Many people were angry about the 1983 law that required the wearing of seatbelts. As this letters shows, the arguments against them seem silly now. People will get used to 20 mph and perhaps then the oppostion might start campaigning on something that actually matters.

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Martin Johnes

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3 months

Out in October. This book explores the exclusion of Welsh from C19th schools and the consequences of this for children, communities and the linguistic future of Wales.

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1 year

The United Kingdom is a state made up of four different nations, each with their own (overlapping) culture. In its very character, the UK is multicultural. If multiculturalism has failed so has the UK.

Disclose.tv

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1 year

NOW - UK Home Secretary: "Multiculturalism has failed."

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Martin Johnes

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4 years

The single biggest threat to the Union is English Conservatives telling Wales and Scotland that their democratic choices don't count.

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2 years

Staying in a hotel in Ruthin that has its own Owain Glyndwr sculpture.

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Martin Johnes

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5 years

An 1870s estimate of the parts of Wales where more than half the population spoke Welsh.

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Martin Johnes

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2 years

My 16 year old daughter is voting today. We should be proud that Wales is extending democracy at a time when the UK goverment is seeking to restrict it through introducing voter ID.

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Martin Johnes

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2 years

In its self-confidence in nationality, heritage, language & diversity, international football is the Wales we'd like to exist. In its economic struggles, lack of direction, unionism, marginalization of Cymraeg & the north, international rugby is the Wales that actually exists.

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Martin Johnes

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6 months

Very sad to hear of the passing of Chris Williams, one of the foremost historians of Wales. He edited Richard Burton's diaries & published groundbreaking work on the Labour Party & other topics. He had a huge professional & personal influence on a generation of Welsh scholars.

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Martin Johnes

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5 years

Already Labour figures are blaming minor parties for not standing aside, while not saying anything about Labour standing in Plaid, LibDem, and Green seats. The sense of entitlement....

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Martin Johnes

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10 months

Drakeford's achievements: getting devolution noticed by the electorate & media; being calm & decent when Westminister was anything but.

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Martin Johnes

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5 years

The Political Aftermath of the Aberfan Disaster

The Political Aftermath of the Aberfan Disaster

Martin Johnes and Iain McLean On Friday, 21 October 1966 a coal tip slid down a mountainside into the mining village of Aberfan in the South Wales valleys. The slide engulfed a farm, around twenty…

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Martin Johnes

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5 years

Whether you want Welsh independence or not, a rise in support for it in Wales can only be good. As Scotland and N Ireland have shown, threatening the union brings concessions and better treatment from Westminster.

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Martin Johnes

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4 years

The UK Government continues to benefit immensely from large sums of funding from Welsh taxes.👍

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Martin Johnes

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5 years

Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

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Martin Johnes

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4 years

We got a puppy.

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Martin Johnes

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4 years

Rather than erase his history, the debate around Picton's statute has done wonders to bring his story to people's attention. The fact that so few knew about him before this debate shows how bad statues are at teaching people history.

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Martin Johnes

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2 years

A story from 1887 about English migrants in the south Wales coalfield.

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Martin Johnes

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5 years

They're singing the English national anthem in Parliament Square. Says it all.

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Martin Johnes

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2 years

As a professional historian, I can officially declare this is the greatest goal in Welsh history.

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6 years ago 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿❤️

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Martin Johnes

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6 months

More religious messaging on a train notice board.

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Martin Johnes

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1 year

One day I'll write an essay about the openings of Welsh history books. This example from 1913 is one of my favourites.

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Martin Johnes

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4 years

It's disappointing to see a member of @YesCymru central committee explaining away Wales' role in Empire by arguing people were following WM orders. If we can't take responsibility for our past, we'll never take responsibility for our future.

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Martin Johnes

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4 years

Oliver Postgate explaining why he chose Wales as the setting for Ivor the Engine.

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Martin Johnes

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4 years

I know the British Museum bought it legally and all that but this really should be in Wales.

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#MuseumsUnlocked #gold Mold Cape in the British Museum

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Martin Johnes

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6 years

"England's Colony? The conquest, assimilation and rebirth of Wales". A new book coming soon.

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Martin Johnes

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3 years

7 percent is not performing strongly.

ITV Wales News

@ITVWales

3 years

And what about the regional list votes? The Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party is continuing to perform strongly, according to the poll. It could be on course to take seats in the very institution it wants to close.

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Martin Johnes

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4 years

Some faces from Cardiff's Butetown. Portraits from Picture Post, 22 April 1950.

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Martin Johnes

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2 years

Percentage of Welsh-speaking children in Pembrokeshire c1952. One small county, one huge cultural divide.

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Martin Johnes

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4 years

A sweet letter from an American girl in 1916 wanting to know what the Welsh flag was and whether she could have one. She knew Wales was a country and did not want a British flag.

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Martin Johnes

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6 years

The episode includes the Welsh Not, Blue Books, Patagonia, Tryweryn, Empire and 1919 race riots.

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6 years

Professor @MartinJohnes looks at how Wales’ relationship with England has shaped both the nation's development, and how Wales sees itself. 📺 Monday, 9pm - @BBCTwo Wales

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4 years

Welsh Tories are quiet today. Must be because chips weren't involved.

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Martin Johnes

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5 years

"It may surprise many people to learn that the Welsh, like the Irish, cling to their nationality, are resolved to maintain it, and as nationality, not as a province of England, demand recognition." Manchester Evening News 1889.

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Martin Johnes

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7 years

A black Welsh speaker in the USA. South Wales Echo 1896.

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Martin Johnes

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3 years

Street art makes life better.

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Martin Johnes

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5 years

Arfon, Ceredigion, Ynys Mon, Carmarthen E, Dwyfor Meirionnydd vote Plaid. Brecon and Radnor vote LibDem. Everywhere else vote Labour. Protect Wales and keep the Conservatives out. #myunsolicitedadvice

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Martin Johnes

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3 years

Welsh history school textbooks from the early and mid 20th century.

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Martin Johnes

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5 years

Pondering how to get from Swansea to Aberystwyth tomorrow.

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Martin Johnes

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5 years

A relatively small shift to to the right should not detract from the fact that once again Wales has not the government it voted for.

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Martin Johnes

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5 years

Watching Michael Sheen on Pointless. My wife appears to be in love with him. She's certainly far happier for him winning than for anything I've ever done.

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Martin Johnes

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2 years

Cymunedau sydd o bwys, nid niferoedd. #census2021

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Martin Johnes

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3 years

Estyn have released a new review into the teaching of Welsh history in schools. Its findings are stark.

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Martin Johnes

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2 years

Welsh Labour blame the UK government for the state Wales is in and act they like can't do anything. The Welsh Conservatives blame the Welsh Government and pretend Westminster has no influence. No one takes responsibility. Then they wonder why people have no faith in politicians.

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Martin Johnes

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1 year

"A manufactured outrage has obscured the importance of national tradition". My reply to those on the right upset about the Bannau Brycheiniog.

The conservative case for 'renaming' the Brecon Beacons

Yesterday, YesCymru, the campaign for Welsh independence, tweeted a compilation of English commentators and outlets getting angry at the decision of Brecon Beacons National Park to drop the English...

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Martin Johnes

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2 years

At the 2021 census, there were only 4 local authority areas in England where no one recorded their main language as Welsh: Darlington, Isles of Scilly, West Devon, and the City of London.

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Martin Johnes

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4 years

On this day in 1997, Wales voted for devolution and became a democratic political unit for the first time in its long history. The material and economic impacts of this have been limited but the cultural, symbolic and psychological change has been immense.

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Martin Johnes

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6 years

Why Wales needs to talk about independence | Martin Johnes

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3 years

Only true if you don't regard Welsh, Scottish and Northern Irish governments as part of British history.

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7 months

Dydd Gwyl Dewi hapus pawb. Happy St David's day everyone.

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Martin Johnes

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2 years

This video tries to hijack Welsh football to make a case for her bid to be PM & claims the Conservatives represent the country's values. In reality the Canton End at the match shown sang "F*** the Tories".

Penny Mordaunt

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Our leadership has to change. It needs to become a little less about the leader and a lot more about the ship. #pm4pm

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Martin Johnes

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4 years

While I have no problem with the principle of a military museum, a rare green space in a multicultural community that has endured more than a century of racism is not the right place for it. I hope Cardiff council do the right thing and reject the application today.

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6 years

To live in Wales is to be conscious At dusk of the spilled blood That went to the making of the wild sky. RS Thomas, Welsh Landscape. #WorldPoetryDay

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Martin Johnes

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5 years

We've made it into Europe in the football, now let's vote in a way that keeps Wales there in every other sphere. Being an independent football nation won't mean much if we decimate our economy and our culture by supporting Brexit.

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Martin Johnes

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5 years

Who needs a safety suit when you have a @spiritof58wales bucket hat.

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5 years

@mikeysmith Yes Mikey @HorsemanCoaches with superhuman drivers who require zero protection against the #Coronavirus collect the Britons evacuated from Wuhan as they arrive in UK at RAF Brize Norton on way to Arrowe Park Hospital on the Wirral where they will be quarantined for 14 days.

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2 years

The band Man's 1972 map of Wales.

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Martin Johnes

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4 years

For decades the Conservative Party put the interests of business before the interests of the wider population. Now they have given up representing either. Never in modern British history have we been governed so badly.

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Martin Johnes

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1 year

The chief inspector for schools in Wales complaining in 1898 about how little children know about Welsh history. 125 years later we're still discussing the same issue.

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Martin Johnes

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2 years

England beat the States tonight and rest loads of players on Tuesday. We sneak a win. Iran and USA draw. We go through on goal difference.

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6 years

Recording some Welsh history podcasts today. Bite-sized discussions of Wales' past with other historians. Big thanks to the BBC for wanting to increase knowledge of Welsh history.

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Martin Johnes

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3 years

Out today. 19 essays reflecting on what it means to be Welsh. Mine looks at the role of history in Wales and Welshness.

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Martin Johnes

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1 year

Today we crown an old man & are a society that can only look backwards for hope. We are asked to pay homage & dissenters are being arrested. The government has abandoned its duty of care towards the young & poor. The coronation is a last gasp of a failing system.

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Martin Johnes

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4 years

Happy Birthday to my daughter Bethan who is 16 today. She's stuck inside but has made herself a giant cake to celebrate. I would tag her but, like all good teenagers, she's blocked her parents.

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5 years

Football analysts doing what our political shows should.

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I'm giving a free talk at 6.45pm tonight at Bridgend library about the history of the Welsh Not. Everyone welcome.

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Martin Johnes

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2 years

I love this from @mikeparkerwales . It's the opening of his essay in the book Welsh Plural.

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Martin Johnes

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4 years

One of my students has written this blog about how Wales and the 84-5 miners' strike inspired an iconic Japanese animated film.

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3 years

A description of Welsh miners from 1893.

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Martin Johnes

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2 years

Sensing a mood shift in last couple of days. Many soft monarchists (the majority of UK population) are starting to feel the media, cancellations, sycophancy & police actions are over the top. This month could secure the future of the monarchy but it could also damage it fatally.

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Martin Johnes

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4 years

About the same as the UK government is spending on refurbishing the Houses of Parliament.

Welsh Conservatives 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@WelshConserv

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💷 #Wales has been supplied with billions of pounds from the UK Government to tackle #COVID19 . 🇬🇧 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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Martin Johnes

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3 years

A classic of Welsh literature. Nice cover too.

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5 years

Imagine how this list would look if Plaid, Lid Dems and Greens had stood together.

Cardiff Council

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5 years

Tonight’s #EuroElections results from #Cardiff are in. They are Brexit Party - 21,077: Lib Dems/Democratiaid Rhyddfrydol - 20,799: Plaid Cymru - 20,047: Labour/Llafur- 17,297: Green/Plaid Werth - 8,405: Con - 6,393: Change Uk - the independent Group 3,204: UKIP - 2,164:

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Martin Johnes

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The Welsh Government has built up a lot of goodwill over Covid but it's in danger of blowing it all with a slow drip of announcements and policy changes that aren't being explained or justified.

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Martin Johnes

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Queen Victoria writing to the President of the Council on Education in 1849 about the teaching of Gaelic and Welsh.

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4 years

It only takes a game of monopoly to expose the limits of a teenage daughter's commitment to Communism.

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As the UK government decides not to devolve its shared prosperity fund, we again see the gap between what it says and what it does. It says it will save the union but is simultaneously taking a hammer to it. You don't fight concerns about centralisation with more centralisation.

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Completely exhausted, a little drunk and ridiculously proud. #wales

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