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Martin Johnes @martinjohnes.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

It's difficult to take seriously an anonymous source that seems to believe Russell Group status is anything more than a marketing tool. All universities undertake cutting edge research.

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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 10/10/2026

New research has revealed that Wales’ historic buildings, monuments and heritage sites contribute more than £738 million to the economy each year and support nearly 18,000 jobs across the country wp.me/p8Mk4U-1uMO

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Nathen Amin ✒️📚 @nathenamin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

#OTD 1401, Henry IV had a wine-loving Welsh landowner put to death in Llandovery. This is the story of how (allegedly) one brave man 'willingly preferred death to treachery’, for which he is commemorated today with a haunting statue. Read now on 'Hiraeth' nathenamin.substack.com/p/the-wine-l...

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The Wine-Loving Martyr of Llandovery Who 'Preferred Death to Treachery'

Croeso (or Welcome), to another edition of ‘A Chronicle of Dragons & Cats’, and thank you for reading!

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Golwg360 @golwg.360.cymru · 07/10/2026

‘Mythau a chamddealltwriaeth’ yn gallu llenwi bylchau yn hanes Cymru, meddai hanesydd Dywed Martin Johnes bod gwahaniaethau yn yr hyn sy’n cael ei ddysgu rhwng ysgolion yn gallu gadael plant heb wybodaeth gyffredin am hanes eu gwlad ✍️ Llinos Dafydd

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‘Mythau a chamddealltwriaeth’ yn gallu llenwi bylchau yn hanes Cymru, meddai hanesydd

Dywed Martin Johnes bod gwahaniaethau yn yr hyn sy’n cael ei ddysgu rhwng ysgolion yn gallu gadael plant heb wybodaeth gyffredin am hanes eu gwlad

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Martin Johnes @martinjohnes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Would be transformational for Cymru Prem though. The problems would be in the big all seater stadia.

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Martin Johnes @martinjohnes.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The Penny Illustrated in 1891 summing up what it thought was the popular view of Cardiff.

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Martin Johnes @martinjohnes.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

New book! A history of modern Wales for children 9+. By me & @darrenchetty.bsky.social. Pictures by Matt Abbott. eincymru.my.canva.site/home

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Our Wales: A People's History

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Martin Johnes @martinjohnes.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

New book! A history of modern Wales for children 9+. By me & @darrenchetty.bsky.social. Pictures by Matt Abbott. eincymru.my.canva.site/home

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Our Wales: A People's History

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The ability of the richest & most powerful men in the world to position themselves against "the elite" - a category that excludes the world's richest man, its biggest media magnates, the UK's richest party & the biggest donors in UK history - may be the most effective lie in modern political history

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Martin Johnes @martinjohnes.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

The mechanics here are quite difficult to get your head round, but the Welsh Government and the HE review should be all over it. Wales appears to be being denied substantial sums because of accounting rules.

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Martin Johnes @martinjohnes.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

A phenomenal waste of time and money at a time of crisis in the sector. Just carry on using the existing QR formula and save millions.

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Martin Johnes @martinjohnes.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Important message that students should not be forgotten in the forthcoming university review. I also hope that someone on the review actually teaches in a university.

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Martin Johnes @martinjohnes.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Maybe I should have said 35 but point stands.

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Martin Johnes @martinjohnes.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

A particular problem in Welsh history. Is there anyone under 40 teaching Welsh history in a university on a permanent contract?

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Martin Johnes @martinjohnes.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

In same survey Welsh speakers were three times more likely than non Welsh speakers to want England to do badly.

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Martin Johnes @martinjohnes.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

In a 2026 yougov survey 14% of adults in Wales said they wanted England to do badly. 37% said they would be supporting England or wanted them to do well. 36 percent said they didn't mind.

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Martin Johnes @martinjohnes.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Good luck with whatever the future holds.

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Skinheads and punk rockers, 1983, Merthyr Tydfil, photo by Walter Waygood, Welsh photographer.

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Martin Johnes @martinjohnes.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Welsh HE needs radically restructuring but I'm not sure downgrading a key part of the nation's research and development capabilities are an answer to anything.

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Martin Johnes @martinjohnes.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

The Scottish Clearances: A History of the Dispossessed 1600-1900 by T.M. Devine

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Martin Johnes @martinjohnes.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Had a great day at the National Army Museum. A fantastic museum and archive.

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George Eaton @georgeeaton.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Why is the universities crisis being ignored? Essential piece by @gsoh31.bsky.social for Arguably on the “grim dribbling away of one of Britain's great triumphs and economic advantages” – and why so few politicians seem to care. www.arguably.uk/p/the-quiet-...

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The quiet collapse of British universities

One of our great triumphs and economic advantages is fading away

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Martin Johnes @martinjohnes.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

The Monumental Welsh Women group deserve great credit for what they have achieved in the last few years. Statues matter.

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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 05/06/2026

🧵/ How Wales voted at the 2026 Senedd election: our new study based on reanalysing the data behind our successful pre-election MRP identifies the key demographic and political divides behind the new Welsh party system yougov.com/en-gb/articl...

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

'Too many children leave school with "at best limited knowledge and understanding of the history of their own nation," many of Wales' leading academics write in an open letter to the Welsh Government.' Letter in full available at end of article. 1/3

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Leading academics write open letter with challenge to Wales on our history

Several of Wales' most prominent historians are urging the Welsh Government to act

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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 03/06/2026

Three leading Welsh academics, supported by Welsh historians, educationalists and public figures have written an open letter to the Welsh Government's new Minister of Education calling for Welsh history to have a more prominent place in the Welsh school curriculum

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Academics call for Welsh history to have 'greater prominence' in school curriculum

Stephen Price Three leading Welsh academics, supported by Welsh historians, educationalists and individuals prominent in public life in Wales have written an open letter to the Welsh Government’s new ...

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Martin Johnes @martinjohnes.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Very sorry to hear of the passing of Prof Huw Bowen. Huw was a leading historian of the East India Company and a champion of the discipline more broadly, especially in Wales. He was a huge personal and professional influence on many of us.

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Townscape, painting by Yorkshire artist Clare Shotter.

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Martin Johnes @martinjohnes.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

If you don't know her, try Barbara Pym. She's wonderful.

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Martin Johnes @martinjohnes.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Beautiful day in Swansea but there's hardly any students around. We need to offer students the opportunity to do 2 year degrees. Long summers work for some students but not all. Reduce student debt by letting students study through the summer if they want to

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Martin Johnes @martinjohnes.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

They're only 1.50 per day though. I'm a big fan of them.

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Martin Johnes @martinjohnes.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Just marked a dissertation on Attlee. A nice reminder that what you do in office ultimately matters far more than public perceptions of your personality or style. Labour's problem isn't that its leader isnt appealing. The problem is the lack of action.

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Martin Johnes @martinjohnes.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Listening to someone from Reform talk about how he stood for the Senedd because of all the scandals in politics. Pity the interviewer never pointed out a previous Welsh Reform leader is in prison for taking Russian bribes.

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Martin Johnes @martinjohnes.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Carmarthen result shows stupidity of new system. Plaid 43% means 3 seats. Reform 32% means 3 seats.

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Martin Johnes @martinjohnes.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

8 May 1945 Europe celebrated VE day and the defeat of fascism. They also remembered the millions of lives lost in that war. 81 years on a chunk of the electorate seem to have forgotten what the politics of hate and grievance can lead to.

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Martin Johnes @martinjohnes.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

The bookies at least are certain.

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

One way to interpret these data (there are alternative interpretations) is that universities, financially desperate to raise NSS scores & (in England) ditto TEF scores, are so desperate to please students by dropping deadlines & attendance requirements that they are lowering their employability. 1/2

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Employers fear graduates lack adaptability as AI reshapes work

Concerns that UK universities not preparing students adequately as annual survey shows big rise in performance-related issues among recent hires

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BLPublishing @blpublishing.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Next preview! New ‘Gilded Nightmare’ Shadows Over Cymru: Uncanny Stories of the Welsh Weird. Edited by Aaron Worth. Surely one of the prettiest jackets yet! & check out that contents list. Publishing 26/05.

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Martin Johnes @martinjohnes.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Cardiff Waterstones, Thursday at 7pm: I'm interviewing Will Hayward about his new book about the economic and political problems Wales faces. www.waterstones.com/events/who-c...

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Martin Johnes @martinjohnes.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Nice reminder of pitfalls in the digitisation of historical documents.

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Martin Johnes @martinjohnes.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Do councils tell people when their application to be on the electoral register has been processed? I've spoken to a number of students who registered but have no idea if they are actually able to vote.

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