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 to Swansea University professor Martin Johnes and Plaid Cymru Senedd member H ... Show More
Sep 2024
North Sea Oil: Hit the gas
In 1969, three kilometres under the North Sea, drillers found something that would change Britain completely. It would transform us into an oil-producing nation, fuel Thatcherism in the 1980s, feed resentment in Scotland — and yet all of it happened largely out of sight of most B ... Show More
43m 6s
Jul 2013
91 – WelshCast Part Four: Three Kings of Wales Who Really Annoyed Gildas
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
28m 18s
Sep 2024
187. The Birth of Britain
With the accession of James I and VI in 1603, Scotland was assimilated into the composite monarchy of the United Kingdom. James, an eccentric, insecure and rambling figure, preoccupied with witches, was himself an alien in his new English court. Even at this stage though, it seem ... Show More
53m 12s