Review: ‘Dafydd Elis-Thomas: Nation Builder’ by Aled Eurig
Dafydd Elis-Thomas is one of those national figures who seems to have always been hovering somewhere in the background of my life. Growing up in a Plaid Cymru household, I remember the strange dizziness of it all: holding a genuine affection for the man, even a sense...
Adolygiad: ‘Dafydd Elis-Thomas: Nation Builder’ gan Aled Eurig
Mae Dafydd Elis-Thomas yn un o’r ffigurau cenedlaethol hynny sydd, o edrych yn ôl, fel petai wastad wedi bod yna rhywle yn y cefndir. Mewn modd nid anhebyg i’r ffordd yr oedd rhai yn gweld y Frenhines! Wrth dyfu i fyny mewn cartref Plaid Cymru, rwy’n cofio’r teimlad...
Peter Mandelson and the hunger for fixers
We are living through a deep crisis of leadership. Polls and public mood tell the same story: trust has eroded. People are not just angry, but weary. Not only cynical, but tired of watching the same scandals repeat themselves with different names. When authority feels...
Glanha dy Eglwys, Iesu mawr
Wedi dechrau darllen Cofiant Dafydd Êl. Mae’r bennod gyntaf—sy’n portreadu ei fagwraeth fel “Mab y Pregethwr” yn Llanrwst y 1940au a’r 50au—yn gofnod hynod ddifyr, ac yn bwysig iawn, o’r hen gymuned Gymraeg anghydffurfiol. Fodd bynnag, mae’n ein hatgoffa—yn enwedig...
My grand socio-political theory for 2026
My grand socio-political theory for 2026 is this: the UK’s current political and economic crisis is not primarily about immigration. It’s about the long shadow of empire. For a relatively small island, Britain was for centuries grotesquely wealthy—not through genius...
Manylion hawlfraint
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