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Wales least affordable part of Britain for first-time buyers Wales is the most difficult part of Britain for first-time buyers to buy a home, a new report finds.

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Read my review of James Wright’s hugely vital work, ‘Historic Building Mythbusting’, over on my newsletter now. And then order your copy immediately afterwards 📚

Poster for the advertised archaeology day

Very pleased to be talking at this event next month about Druids 🧙 & Castell Nadolig 🛖

🎫 Tickets are now live for the #Heneb & #RoyalCommission 2025 Archaeology Day!

📆 Friday 7th March
🕒 10.00 - 16.15
📍 Y Drwm, National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth
🖥️ In person and online

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Adnabod Cymeriad: Owen Shiers Ar Ddydd Miwsig Cymru mae’r Garthen yn dathlu Cynefin – Owen Shiers

📸 Adnabod Cymeriad: Owen Shiers

Ar Ddydd Miwsig Cymru mae’r Garthen yn dathlu Cynefin – Owen Shiers

✍️ Y Garthen

A bit of wisdom from the great Welsh poet Dylan Thomas for these days of having to fight the status quo and not accepting the new normal because we are told to.

Petition: Enable Cardiff University to keep the Nursing degree course Cardiff University’s intention to cut the nursing degree programme is a huge loss to the future of nursing and the NHS. The loss in staff will have a significant impact on current students' studies. I...

Cardiff University’s proposal to cut its nursing degree programme would be a huge loss to the future of nursing and the NHS.

Please sign and share the petition to urge Cardiff University to reconsider the decision: petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/24...

Raising a flag: Cynefin's tender, brave and beautiful new album, Shimli Stephen Price Folk musician, Cynefin, has released his second album Shimli, a poetic, forceful and bar-raising work on the themes of language, agriculture and loss that was formed through conversation...

The year is young, but if Shimli is a taste of things to come, Welsh folk music's revival offers hope, and indeed seeds, for a Welsh language revival, despite any talk of decay and displacement wp.me/p8Mk4U-UGo

Cynefin: Shimli review | Jude Rogers's folk album of the month Singer Owen Shiers combines traditional ballads, musical settings of poems, and originals built on stories collected from rural west Walians, all sung in Welsh

So I woke up to this, this morning. Slightly surreal, but really lovely none the less.

Felly, deffrais i hwn y bore yma. Bach yn swreal, ond yn hyfryd iawn serch hynny.

Thanks - diolch o galon @juderogers.bsky.social for the kind words / Am y geiriau caredig!

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Today is Dydd Santes Dwynwen (St Dwynwen’s Day), the Welsh equivalent of St Valentine’s Day.

Dwynwen was a 5th century Welsh princess, and we have many accounts of her life passed through oral tradition, and later writings.

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Our new signs to help spot birds,flowers,plants on the banks of the Teifi at Llandysul #teifi #plants #birds #nature #flowers #biodiversity #llandysul #cymru

Digwyddiad yn Llandre, Ceredigion:
'𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗴𝗹𝘂 𝗘𝗻𝘄𝗮𝘂 𝗟𝗹𝗲𝗼𝗲𝗱𝗱 𝗖𝘆𝗺𝗿𝘂'
James January-McCann, Swyddog Enwau Llefydd, Comisiwn Henebion Cymru
Nos Iau, 30 Ionawr, 7:30yh, yng Nghapel Bethlehem, Llandre, Ceredigion.
Am ddim i aelodau Cymdeithas Treftadaeth Llandre, £2 i bawb arall.

Mae Cymdeithas Enwau Lleoedd Cymru wedi cyrraedd yr Awyr Las #Cymraeg

Mae cyfle i'ch plentyn dderbyn £3000 yn y brifysgol os ydyn nhw am fynd i brifysgol yng Nghymru fis Medi ac am astudio o leiaf 66% o'u cwrs yn Gymraeg!

🗓️24/01/25 DYDDIAD CAU CEISIADAU

Mae'r wybodaeth i gyd yma ac ar ein gwefan ni 👇

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#prifysgol #ysgoloriaeth

Penwythnos Garddio Llandysul 2025

🎪 Penwythnos Garddio Llandysul 2025
📍 Neuadd Tysul, Heol Newydd, Llandysul
📆 13 Chwefror – 16 Chwefror

“Americans are being buried under an avalanche of misinformation enabling the abuse of power. The free press is crumbling. Editors are disappearing. Social media is giving up on fact-checking. The truth is smothered by lies told for power and profit”
President Joe Biden

In blue writing on a white background, the words ‘THOUGHTFUL TUESDAY: PACK YOUR PENCILS’ appear. The BALH logo is in white in the top right corner

This Thoughtful Tuesday, we want you to remember to always read with a pen/pencil/laptop as you won’t always remember where you got information from!

#WeAreLocalHistory #LocalHistoryForAll #FamilyHistory #HistoryTips #LocalHistory #ResearchTools

Taith Gerdded Gylchol

🎟 Taith Gerdded Gylchol
📍 Maes Parcio Mart, Castellnewydd Emlyn
📆 10:00, 26 Ionawr

Y Talawrn

📚 Y Talawrn
📍 Festri Capel Bryngwenith,, Henllan
📆 19:00, 4 Chwefror

Clwb darllen i bawb sy’n caru llyfrau

📚 Clwb darllen i bawb sy’n caru llyfrau
📆 19:00, 5 Mawrth

YouTube video by Cynefin Why have oats disappeared from Wales? - Song Stories Pt.1

Why have oats disappeared from Wales? - Song Stories
Really interesting video by @cynefinmusic.bsky.social
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Christmas Eve breaking through #llandysul #cymru @grimartgroup.bsky.social

Awesome photos of Llandysul, diolch Robert!

It also makes it harder for them to ban books.

Destroy the myth that libraries are no longer relevant. If you use your library, please share. Picture of library aisle filled with books.

@goodwilllibrarian.bsky.social

As I have somehow surpassed 7k followers on here I thought it might be nice to do a giveaway: All 7 of my books to one lovely winner. Just share and like to be in with a chance! 😁📚

Poster Gig Blaendyffryn

Casgliad o Ffansîns Rhys William.
Cafodd y digwyddiad yma ei gynnal yn Neuadd Blaen Dyffryn yn Llandysul ar 20 Medi 1985, wedi ei drefnu gan Gymdeithas yr Iaith a Chlwb Ffermwyr Ifanc Pontsian.
#Disco
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Diwydiant Gwlân Cymru Hanes gwlân Cymreig yn yr archifau   #ArchwiliwchEichArchif #Fasiwn

Hanes Melinau gwlan Cymru
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Last weekends adventure near Wales most remote chapel - Soar y Mynydd, didn’t go as planned. Huge thanks to Brecon MRT of volunteers for braving the conditions to rescue me. Please donate to keep this service running! www.breconmrt.co.uk/call-out/0

#CambrianMountains #Abergwesyn #MoutainRescue

Sut'mae/Hello BlueSky! 👋

We're the Cambrian Archaeological Association, joining this platform to spread news, events, grant information and prizes. Do give us a follow👏

...and for #HillfortsWednesday, a splendid hike by CAA members up Foel Trigarn hillfort🛖in the Preseli Hills, Sept 2021