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Nov 29, 2022 · 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. Meanwhile, 18.5% of people selected a “British” only identity – an increase from 16.9% in 2011.
Feb 27, 2024 · In terms of identity, the Welsh consider themselves to be British more than any other nation in the United Kingdom. They have strong historical ties to Britain, with Welsh culture and language predating the English invasion. Welsh people speak a British language known as Welsh, further emphasizing their British connection. Nationality and Identity
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The laws show that 'Welsh' people lived among the West Saxons and that some held considerable wealth. So the term probably meant those who primarily spoke Brittonic or Latin, rather than the people of a separate country. However, the Anglo-Saxons did also call the Welsh 'Britons', particularly in Latin texts such as Bede's Historia Ecclesiastica.
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History helps people feel they belong. This is why people can feel angry when history is reinterpreted or retold in ways that make them feel uncomfortable. And yet that is not always a bad thing, since so many comforting views of the past are deeply flawed. History should not just exist to serve the present, but to challenge it, too. This has all b...
I am a Welsh folk musician, and to be a folk musician means to be constantly in collaboration and conflict with your history, or, as it’s more commonly known, “the tradition”. Musicians everywhere face choices as to whether to embrace, subvert or reject the tradition, but they will always be in a relationship with it. As a Welsh folk musician, the ...
It’s Saturday 14 October 2017 and I’m back in Swansea. It’s evening and I’m staring up at the sign outside a pub in the Killay area of the city. The pub is very familiar, but the sign is not. It’s nondescript, in stark contrast to the sign that hung there years before. I can still picture the old one: a portrait of a young boy with dark brown skin....
One of my closest friends, born and bred in London, has joked for as long as I’ve known her about me not having a Welsh accent. It mirrors a conversation I’ve had hundreds of times. “Really? You don’t sound Welsh,” is about the size of it. Admittedly, I speak very differently to someone with what you might call a stereotypical Welsh accent. I’m not...
Jan 24, 2022 · Union Jack above the Welsh flag. 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”. He said that the country’s history, and the idea that Wales is more ...
Oct 6, 2011 · Meanwhile, only 19% felt "Welsh not British" a fall from 24% in 2007, with 30% feeling equally "Welsh and British". Identity is a subject researchers often investigate‚ but the answer often ...
Mar 1, 2023 · Welsh identity is often simplified by those outside of Wales, our cultural importance reduced by the belief that the Welsh, the English, the entire United Kingdom share the same culture and identity. But this couldn’t be further from the truth. In reality, Welsh identity is as complex as any other. Oftentimes, the added strain of having to ...
