Norena Shopland This autumn, the William Morris Gallery in London presents Earthly Paradise: Radical Living in the UK, a “major touring exhibition that explores the people and places that have helped ...

Nation Cymru staff A UK-wide charity is set to open a new animal sanctuary in Wales, providing a forever home for elderly and medically dependent pets whose owners can no longer care for them due to i...

Amelia Jones Michael Sheen’s long-awaited documentary investigating historic allegations of toxic chemical contamination in Wales will finally reach television screens later this month. Buried, a two-...

Emily Price  An investigation by Nation.Cymru has found that Reform politicians in Wales are regularly interacting with far-right social media accounts, including amplifying disturbing content and pos...

Desmond Clifford Just a few weeks ago I visited Dublin for Bloomsday, the day commemorating the action of James Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’ (16 June 1904). I went to the city’s oldest theatre, the Smock Alley T...

Desmond Cliffford Just a few weeks ago I visited Dublin for Bloomsday, the day commemorating the action of James Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’ (16 June 1904). I went to the city’s oldest theatre, the Smock Alley ...

Desmond Clifford Just a few weeks ago I visited Dublin for Bloomsday, the day commemorating the action of James Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’ (16 June 1904). I went to the city’s oldest theatre, the Smock Alley T...

Nation.Cymru staff Nearly two-thirds of people across the UK support banning foreign ownership of national media organisations, according to a new opinion poll. The YouGov survey, commissioned by the ...

Josie Clarke, Press Association Consumer Affairs Correspondent Removing VAT from electricity bills from October is a “positive statement of intent” but “does not address the scale of what households a...

Today on the site I”m pleased to welcome Norena Shopland, author of My Love All Love Excels, the biography of Katherine Philips: the seventeenth-century Welsh poet whose love for two women do…

Jonathan Bunn, Press Association Political Reporter Concerns surrounding Nigel Farage’s undeclared £5 million donation have gained widespread traction with voters, with polling suggesting the affair i...

Nation Cymru staff The National Youth Theatre of Wales (NYTW) is launching a year-long anniversary campaign celebrating fifty years of ambitious theatre-making, creativity and opportunity for young pe...

David Hughes and David Lynch, Press Association Chancellor Rachel Reeves said she would agree to Nigel Farage’s request to quit as an MP so he can “spend the summer arguing with a bin”. Reform UK lead...

Mauricio Pochettino's United States exit the World Cup as they are well-beaten by Belgium, who set up a quarter-final tie with Spain.

Nation.Cymru Staff Hundreds of people dressed as the Merched Becca will march through a Welsh village this month to celebrate one of the leading figures of the Rebecca Riots. On Saturday 11 July 2026,...

Nation Cymru staff A petition has launched calling to ‘use Cymru not Wales as the official name for our nation, along with one name only for our place names’ to ‘reset, rebrand and renew our nation’. ...

An evening of history and dramatic performance with Historian Norena Shopland and what we will call her ‘Society of Friends’.

An evening of history and dramatic performance with Historian Norena Shopland and what we will call her ‘Society of Friends’.

Norena Shopland Being a writer of Welsh history is both very satisfying and very frustrating. But I should confess at the outset that I have more or less given up writing about men. So many people do ...

Norena Shopland When the 15th Archbishop of Wales was enthroned in 2025 at Newport Cathedral it made worldwide headlines – for the Most Reverend Cherry Vann is the first gay archbishop in the world.  ...