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Jan 24, 2022 · Most Welsh people still feel “some kind of Britishness”, a historian has said. Professor Martin Johnes of Swansea University has argued that this is despite the idea of Wales being a country, and not part of the UK being “very strong”.
Mar 6, 2022 · Rugby, rolling hills, castles, coal and choirs - these are some of the images often associated with Wales and the Welsh. But what are the experiences of Welsh people who have plural...
- Who Decides What Is Welsh?
- The Complexities of History
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In primary school the teacher asked the class to draw a poster for St David’s Day, depicting everything that made up our Welsh identities. So I took my pencils and crayons and drew everything I knew about Wales. I sketched big bursting daffodils across rolling hills, a badly drawn dragon flying through the skies alongside rugby balls and little Wel...
I find it shocking that historical injustices such as the “colonial diktat” the Treason of the Blue Books in 1847, the drowning of Capel Celyn in the Tryweryn Valley to provide water to England, and the Henry VIII Act of Unionincorporating Wales into England, to name a few, are not apparently taught to Welsh school children. These are crucial histo...
I have always been passionate about being Welsh, the identity strongly enforced by the community by which I was surrounded. But all this new information created an entirely new level of passion I felt about getting others to take that identity seriously. This proved to be much more difficult than I expected as, in common with many younger Welsh peo...
Nov 29, 2022 · Picture by Lluniau Lleucu. There has been a slight decrease in those saying that they are Welsh-only in Wales between 2011 and 2021, the new census results reveal. 55.2% of people selected a “Welsh” only identity in Wales in 2021, a decrease from 57.5% in 2011.
Jun 3, 2018 · While 61% of people who describe themselves as white are proud to declare their English identity, among ethnic minorities it is just 32%. British identity is strongly felt by three-quarters of...
Mar 7, 2019 · BBC. Eadyth has Bajan heritage and moved to Wales as a child. How Welsh are you? And what does it feel like? In BBC Cymru Wales' annual St David's Day poll, almost half of those born in Wales...
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Sep 29, 2016 · Nearly eight in ten (78%) Welsh people compared to 71% of Scots say having two parents from their country secures you their nationality, as do 61% of Welsh compared to 50% of Scots for one parent. Welsh people are also more accepting of those who consider themselves to be Welsh – 42% of Welsh people say considering yourself makes you Welsh ...
