If you feel that you’d like to get away from it all and pop back to August 1839 for a while, I have a number of employment opportunities that you could consider. Some might require a level of experience that […]
The year of 700 A.D. heralded the end of Roman Caerleon, which was destroyed by the Saxons in a sudden attack. Yes, the attack was definitely sudden and it could have been at night because excavations there in 2010 discovered […]
I‘m sure most readers (like me) were taught in Junior School how Britain set a wonderful example to the rest of the world in the 1800s by abolishing the slave trade, then slavery itself, forgetting of course that we helped […]
To resume the history of Caerleon: Aurelius continued to abuse his authority as governor relentlessly …. until the vassal king Athrwys decided to ‘stop the rot’ and end the widespread civil unrest by marching into Caerleon with his own troops […]
There is a river valley in Montgomeryshire. It is like a finger of Englishness poking into the heart of Welsh-speaking Wales. The River Rhiw is 8 miles long and flows east, close to the villages of New Mills, Manafon, and […]
Now I will describe what happened in detail, with more dates. Caerleon was the largest, most powerful and richest of the 4 major cities in Roman Britain. It had a permanently stationed legion (Legio II Augusta) that was based there […]
The headline in the South Wales Evening Post in July 1898, ‘Racing An Express Train.’ does not come anywhere near indicating just how irritated the Cardiff police were becoming with 13 year old John Ring, who was charged with trespassing […]
Everyone is familiar with the Legend of King Arthur, which is a fictitious story that was concocted by the first great French novelist called Chrétien de Troyes in about 1165, who unscrupulously distorted the facts with his ‘poetic licence’ and […]
King Arthur has been a long time study of historian John Griffiths Davies who here gives an introduction to his detailed paper which we will publish over the next 4 weeks. My study deals with some of the important events that occurred […]
In June 1845 there was never any need for you to fight with the receptionist to get an appointment with your doctor. In fact, you didn’t need a doctor at all, just a copy of the newspaper. Let me show […]
In Llanelly (Llanelli) excitement knew no bounds. Charlie Chaplin was appearing in a ‘screaming burlesque on Carmen.’ We are invited to ‘Go and lighten life’s dull cares and see if you can keep a serious face. Charlie’s equipment alone is […]
Consider, if you will, some news from the Welsh courts in April 1893 In Cardiff there may have been some serious crimes indeed, but I want to talk about Catherine Holland, who was sent to gaol for a month, with […]
