Comprising much of South Wales, from Cardiff to Swansea and the Valleys, Glamorganshire was one of the thirteen historic counties of Wales and a former administrative county. Its County Hall was the Edwardian 'Glamorgan Building', situated in what is now Cardiff’s Civic Centre in Cathay’s Park. The building has long since been sold to Cardiff University and is currently residence to the School of Social Sciences and the School of Planning and Geography. I have come here today

The 20th of October 1831 was a bleak and dismal day for Britain. It brought from the near continent the harbinger of death, through the port of Sunderland, the first reported case of Cholera. Cholera had been known for many years and had been an enemy of the Indian army before the English army of occupation had arrived. Yet it had never reached the shores of Britain and it was assumed by those in power that the Channel would act as a barrier and keep our land free of this sco

For several generations of Europeans, having experienced such a prolonged period of peace and integration, the Middle-East is currently witness to a degree of war and chaos that is difficult to comprehend. Syria is currently embroiled in its fifth year of civil war, a conflict of such complexity that a resolution is nowhere to be seen. The refugee crisis that has led so many people to seek sanctuary within the European Union (EU) has led to very little practical solution and

On Thursday 06/10/2016 Alun Cairns appeared on the BBC's Question Time, where he portrayed Wales and its people as xenophobic and unwelcoming to migrants, particularly in regards to English influence. The following weekend people from across Wales took to social media to criticise Mr Cairns. An apology has been unforthcoming but the hashtag #WeAreWales, and its welsh language equivalent #NiYwGymru, formed the basis of an assertion from the people of Wales, a demand that we be

Welcome to Wales in BLOGlet Form, an online directory to wales-themed blogs. I hope you like it and that you find what you are looking for. The site is structured like an online magazine, and I have tried to keep it as visually appealing as possible, despite my limited skills base in web design. My hope is that this site can help towards an increase in conversation about and understanding of Wales both within Wales and beyond. As someone who has done a degree of travelling ov