The issue of class in Wales

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

Graham Day connects place, with the notion of difference in contemporary Wales. 

Dave Adamson looks at occupations in Wales. 

What does it mean to be Welsh? The writer Jan Morris said Wales was ‘a distinctly separate and often vehement idea’. But what is that idea? Do you need to understand Welsh to grasp it? How is Wales … different? And is it going to become even more unlike England? Ros Taylor talks ... Show More

This week, Jack shares some interesting facts about Wales. This will help you learn about the country and perhaps will inspire you to support the Dragons in Euro 2025. 

Schools have a different system in every country to in this episode I tried to explain how they work in the UK. 

I’m sure many of you love to visit new places, but what is the best way to travel?Some people love to make their trips as cheap as possible. Others like to book first class flights that can be as expensive as a new car. Today I want to compare budget and luxury travel. In order t ... Show More

A lot of my students tell me that their country is bad at English so I wanted to talk about this topic! 

James Grant, lecturer in philosophy, University of Oxford gives his sixth lecture in the Aesthetics series on the interpretation of literature. 

It’s very kind of you to listen to this podcast. It’s a kind of English lesson, isn’t it? There are different kinds of English lessons out there, but maybe this one is one of a kind.  Kind of. A kind of. The word kind is interesting because it has a number of different meanings a ... Show More

Today, we’re going to talk about some of the people who were really pissing Gildas off. People that drove him so batty that he just couldn’t contain his rage. And since Gildas was Welsh, he was predictably focusing his ire upon the Welsh kings. Though, like I mentioned earlier, t ... Show More

On the weekend podcast, people relearn the ancient tradition of bell ringing; what is the difference between ‘who’s’ and ‘whose’?; banking on something means it will happen; then, ‘Pecos Bill, An American Folk Tale’ on American Stories. 

I want to teach you about a mistake that I often hear students making when speaking. It has to do with the difference between “I like …” and “I’d like …” It’s a very small difference, but it actually changes the meaning of the sentence and the way we use these phrases. Lesson tex ... Show More