January 15, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Michael Sheen is at Peak Welshness, even though he is a bit blurry🏴
March 13, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Michael Sheen is at Peak Welshness, even though he is a bit blurry🏴
Also, I'm not being funny, but I find this way of reducing Scottishness and Welshness to "quirks" actually really fucking offensive.
December 10, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Also, I'm not being funny, but I find this way of reducing Scottishness and Welshness to "quirks" actually really fucking offensive.
Cyhydnos hapus, pawb. (That’s Happy equinox everyone.) Lots more mystical Welshness coming from @wtpress.bsky.social
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September 22, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Cyhydnos hapus, pawb. (That’s Happy equinox everyone.) Lots more mystical Welshness coming from @wtpress.bsky.social
Michael Sheen surely watching Wales V Norway and not his Traitors debut, given his Welshness and all. He's Welsh you know, very Welsh.
October 1, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Michael Sheen surely watching Wales V Norway and not his Traitors debut, given his Welshness and all. He's Welsh you know, very Welsh.
I wrote a piece for DIVA Magazine on Welshness and Queerness (and the overlap- and sometimes lack of overlap)
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How learning about queer icons helped me connect to my Welshness
“Queerness, Welshness, and I seemed like three separate things that would never come together”
diva-magazine.com
May 8, 2026 at 8:40 AM
I wrote a piece for DIVA Magazine on Welshness and Queerness (and the overlap- and sometimes lack of overlap)
diva-magazine.com/2026/05/07/h...
diva-magazine.com/2026/05/07/h...
Merry Christmas from sunny Australia. Couldn’t resist bringing a bit of Welshness to the beach 😜🏖️
#gaybeach #gayspeedos #gaybutt #peachyass
#gaybeach #gayspeedos #gaybutt #peachyass
December 25, 2024 at 12:17 PM
Merry Christmas from sunny Australia. Couldn’t resist bringing a bit of Welshness to the beach 😜🏖️
#gaybeach #gayspeedos #gaybutt #peachyass
#gaybeach #gayspeedos #gaybutt #peachyass
This is how I and my mates define our Welshness. Our Welshness is radical, it's just and it is in direct opposition with those who would turn us against our fellow citizens. Welshness is inclusive. We have a chance to hammer that home, to stand for others in solidarity (and for indy 💪)
In Wales, one of the experts I interviewed told me that there are plenty of Welsh people who define Welshness as *not right-wing*. Remember that this part of the U.K. was dominated by the Liberals throughout the 19th century, and then by Labour during the 20th.
January 13, 2026 at 8:30 PM
This is how I and my mates define our Welshness. Our Welshness is radical, it's just and it is in direct opposition with those who would turn us against our fellow citizens. Welshness is inclusive. We have a chance to hammer that home, to stand for others in solidarity (and for indy 💪)
In Wales, one of the experts I interviewed told me that there are plenty of Welsh people who define Welshness as *not right-wing*. Remember that this part of the U.K. was dominated by the Liberals throughout the 19th century, and then by Labour during the 20th.
January 13, 2026 at 7:32 PM
In Wales, one of the experts I interviewed told me that there are plenty of Welsh people who define Welshness as *not right-wing*. Remember that this part of the U.K. was dominated by the Liberals throughout the 19th century, and then by Labour during the 20th.
Considering turbulent current times, we do consider the issue of Englishness/Britishness and the use of folklore in the book, as well as Welshness and Scottishness.
Publishing today!
From village rituals and fairytales to UFOs and fanfiction, witches, wizards and wickermen, British folklore is a living tradition that continues on.
Available from all good bookshops and online now.
@cerihoulbrook.bsky.social
@odavies9.bsky.social
#folklore #booksky
From village rituals and fairytales to UFOs and fanfiction, witches, wizards and wickermen, British folklore is a living tradition that continues on.
Available from all good bookshops and online now.
@cerihoulbrook.bsky.social
@odavies9.bsky.social
#folklore #booksky
September 23, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Considering turbulent current times, we do consider the issue of Englishness/Britishness and the use of folklore in the book, as well as Welshness and Scottishness.
The curated version of ‘Welshness’, framed through woodland, ritual, and a promise of depth, feels generous and narrowing at the same time. At its core, the problem is this: Welshness is not misunderstood. It is enjoyed in ways that prevent encounter ✍️ Llinos Anwyl
Consuming Welshness: Fetishisation, mysticism, and uninterrupted life
Llinos Anwyl There is a particular way Welshness appears. It tends to arrive as atmosphere. Framed through woodland, ritual, and a promise of depth that never quite reaches the present. Suspended. Thi...
wp.me
January 11, 2026 at 7:38 PM
The curated version of ‘Welshness’, framed through woodland, ritual, and a promise of depth, feels generous and narrowing at the same time. At its core, the problem is this: Welshness is not misunderstood. It is enjoyed in ways that prevent encounter ✍️ Llinos Anwyl
For years, Welshness and queerness felt like separate identities. Emily Garside explains how discovering Wales' queer history finally brought the two together wp.me/p8Mk4U-1lH5
June 6, 2026 at 7:20 PM
For years, Welshness and queerness felt like separate identities. Emily Garside explains how discovering Wales' queer history finally brought the two together wp.me/p8Mk4U-1lH5
Honour (and Welshness) makes me submit Catherine Zeta Jones, 1995-2005.
Catherine Zeta Jones Soft Smile
ALT: Catherine Zeta Jones Soft Smile
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May 12, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Honour (and Welshness) makes me submit Catherine Zeta Jones, 1995-2005.
Gagea bohemica Early Star-of-Bethlehem at Stanner Rocks! A cheery spark of sunshine in the damp grey welshness. All credit to the volunteer site warden who keeps the habitat open for this and the site’s other botanical treasures. #Wildflowerhour
February 15, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Gagea bohemica Early Star-of-Bethlehem at Stanner Rocks! A cheery spark of sunshine in the damp grey welshness. All credit to the volunteer site warden who keeps the habitat open for this and the site’s other botanical treasures. #Wildflowerhour
Hey everyone! Going live on twitch now, doing a binge of all the horror franchises in Funko Fusion, including the best Horror movie ever: The Thing! Would love some of ya to come and join in😈you'll hear my welshness 😝
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October 18, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Hey everyone! Going live on twitch now, doing a binge of all the horror franchises in Funko Fusion, including the best Horror movie ever: The Thing! Would love some of ya to come and join in😈you'll hear my welshness 😝
www.twitch.tv/nostalgia_tw...
www.twitch.tv/nostalgia_tw...
"What do the following people have in common: Anthony Hopkins, Shirely Bassey and Tom Jones? That’s right: all of them have been alive longer than Cardiff’s been their nation’s capital."
Of Cardiff, Welsh history and what it means to be a capital
Of Cardiff, Welsh history and what it means to be a capital
The Audacity of Hope
This week: Andy Burnham’s bringing sunshine back. Also: of Cardiff, Welshness and what it means to be a capital; and a helpful map of accident blackspots.
jonn.substack.com
October 1, 2026 at 10:35 AM
"What do the following people have in common: Anthony Hopkins, Shirely Bassey and Tom Jones? That’s right: all of them have been alive longer than Cardiff’s been their nation’s capital."
Of Cardiff, Welsh history and what it means to be a capital
Of Cardiff, Welsh history and what it means to be a capital
"You sometimes need to talk about what you’d like to do to give you space to actually do it. The first step towards winning an argument is actually being willing to make it."
On the unexpected experience of feeling hope - and impressed by Andy Burnham, of all people
On the unexpected experience of feeling hope - and impressed by Andy Burnham, of all people
The Audacity of Hope
This week: Andy Burnham’s bringing sunshine back. Also: of Cardiff, Welshness and what it means to be a capital; and a helpful map of accident blackspots.
jonn.substack.com
September 30, 2026 at 4:16 PM
"You sometimes need to talk about what you’d like to do to give you space to actually do it. The first step towards winning an argument is actually being willing to make it."
On the unexpected experience of feeling hope - and impressed by Andy Burnham, of all people
On the unexpected experience of feeling hope - and impressed by Andy Burnham, of all people
I find it odd that "Tolkien unequivocally loved Wales and the Welsh" is becoming an article of faith for some when, in the round, his uses of Welshness and Celticity are pretty ambivalent
e.g. the Dunlendings being clear Welsh stand-ins whose resentment of Saxon Rohan makes them side with Mordor
e.g. the Dunlendings being clear Welsh stand-ins whose resentment of Saxon Rohan makes them side with Mordor
A letter from J R R Tolkien is heading to auction next month, which mentions how a charming Welsh town's name provided the inspiration for one of the locations used in the Lord of the Rings
Tolkien letter confirms Welsh town's influence on Lord of the Rings
Nation Cymru staff A typed and signed letter written by J R R Tolkien is heading to auction next month, which mentions how a charming Welsh town’s name provided the inspiration for one of the location...
nation.cymru
June 18, 2026 at 10:03 AM
I find it odd that "Tolkien unequivocally loved Wales and the Welsh" is becoming an article of faith for some when, in the round, his uses of Welshness and Celticity are pretty ambivalent
e.g. the Dunlendings being clear Welsh stand-ins whose resentment of Saxon Rohan makes them side with Mordor
e.g. the Dunlendings being clear Welsh stand-ins whose resentment of Saxon Rohan makes them side with Mordor
I love @gjwilliams92.bsky.social novels - a wonderful blend of history, magick (or is it?) and Welshness. Highly recommended!
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July 29, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I love @gjwilliams92.bsky.social novels - a wonderful blend of history, magick (or is it?) and Welshness. Highly recommended!
Note the Welshness of the name Meriadoc too, for that matter
March 12, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Note the Welshness of the name Meriadoc too, for that matter
OPINION TODAY featured podcast —
I Want My Country Back: @aiannucci.bsky.social and @helenlewis.bsky.social are joined by Phil Wang to discuss Britishness, Englishness, Scottishness, Irishness, Welshness and Malaysianess.
(Strong Message Here)
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I Want My Country Back: @aiannucci.bsky.social and @helenlewis.bsky.social are joined by Phil Wang to discuss Britishness, Englishness, Scottishness, Irishness, Welshness and Malaysianess.
(Strong Message Here)
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May 9, 2025 at 10:17 PM
OPINION TODAY featured podcast —
I Want My Country Back: @aiannucci.bsky.social and @helenlewis.bsky.social are joined by Phil Wang to discuss Britishness, Englishness, Scottishness, Irishness, Welshness and Malaysianess.
(Strong Message Here)
opiniontoday.substack.com/i/163194467/...
I Want My Country Back: @aiannucci.bsky.social and @helenlewis.bsky.social are joined by Phil Wang to discuss Britishness, Englishness, Scottishness, Irishness, Welshness and Malaysianess.
(Strong Message Here)
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Every now and then the absolute Welshness of a new Pennsylvania name will floor me
Pennsylvania voters are receiving fake government letters telling them they have been selected to house refugees. www.inquirer.com/politics/ele...
A Bala Cynwyd woman got a fake letter notifying her she’d have to house migrants under a nonexistent Biden-Harris program
The letter, delivered to a voter in Bala Cynwyd, said it was from the Pennsylvania Congressional Office of Immigrant Affairs. No such office exists.
www.inquirer.com
September 30, 2024 at 1:03 PM
Every now and then the absolute Welshness of a new Pennsylvania name will floor me
They should embrace parochialism. True Welshness is coming from my home town, maybe the Rhondda valley *at a push*. Everyone else is bastard English, wannabe bastard English or not bastard English.
February 27, 2025 at 10:07 AM
They should embrace parochialism. True Welshness is coming from my home town, maybe the Rhondda valley *at a push*. Everyone else is bastard English, wannabe bastard English or not bastard English.