19th century Welshman, John Williams

An introduction to this album of Beginners’ Welsh lessons. 

Jen Llewelyn, author of ‘Welsh in a Year’, talks about her experiences. 

People introduce themselves and their family. 

The evolution of Aristotelian philosophy from John Mair in the late 15th century to John Case in the late 16th century. 

In Welsh history, the period that lies between the medieval era of resistance to English occupation, and the rapid industrialisation of the 18th and 19th centuries, is often forgotten. Yet, there was much more going on in Wales in the early modern period than might initially meet ... Show More

By William Shakespeare 

Mes chers camarades, bien le bonjour ! Imaginez Londres sous la neige : nous sommes en décembre 1794, c’est l’époque des fêtes. Et un fiston va offrir à son papa le plus beau cadeau de Noël qu’il ait pu rêver… En voilà, une histoire qui démarre bien ! Nous sommes dans la demeure ... Show More

George Washington Williams was one of the first people to publicly describe the atrocities being carried out in the Congo Free State under King Leopold II of Belgium. But so much happened in his life before that. Research: Berry, Dorothy. “George Washington Williams’ History of t ... Show More

By William J. Harris 

Gareth Williams, professor of history at the University of Glamorgan, discusses issues in Welsh life, paying particular attention to rugby. 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the origin of this personification of the English everyman and his development as both British and Britain in the following centuries. He first appeared along with Lewis Baboon (French) and Nicholas Frog (Dutch) in 1712 in a pamphlet that satirised ... Show More

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas of William Morris, known in his lifetime for his poetry and then his contribution to the Arts and Crafts movement, and increasingly for his political activism. He felt the world had given in to drudgery and ugliness and he found inspirati ... Show More