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Welsh History

Co-creating new pasts and new futures: the Roman ‘Diff Fusion Project

Posted on 5 February 2024 by Keir Waddington

CAER Heritage Centre launch with community members and First Minister Mark Drakeford Hello, I’m Dave Wyatt and I have a slightly unusual role because I am a Reader in Civic […]

Cymro a’i Geiniog / A Welsh King and his Coin

Posted on 2 November 2023 by Keir Waddington

Doedd brenhinoedd y Cymry ddim yn rhai i roi eu henwau ar geiniogau – fel arfer. Mae un eithriad: ceiniog sy’n dwyn yr enw Hoƿæl Rex. Hywel ap Cadell (Hywel […]

Fire, News and Slate: The Story of the ‘Hamburg Bluchers’

Fire, News and Slate: The Story of the ‘Hamburg Bluchers’

Posted on 26 October 2023 by Keir Waddington

Porthmadog Museum in north Wales displays a pair of heavy work boots called ‘Blutsiars Hambro’ or ‘Hamburg Bluchers’, their heavy wooden soles matched with rough leather and metal buckles. The […]