William R Grove: The Fuel Cell and the Hydrogen Economy
William Robert Grove (1811-1896) was a physical scientist who is known as “the father of the fuel cell”. His pioneering research on fuel cell technology and on the conservation of
The history and future of the Dictionary of Welsh Biography
In this lecture, Professor Dafydd Johnston, Director of the Universty of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, and a Co-Editor of the Dictionary, traces the history of the
YR Arglwyddes Llanofer: y bersonoliaeth tu ôl I’R prosiect
A Welsh-language lecture given at the National Eisteddfod in Abergavenny on Monday, 1 August 2016 by Dr Celyn Gurden-Williams on the subject of Lady Llanover (1802 – 1896), one of
Caerfyrddin 1966: etholiad i newid gwleidyddiaeth Prydain?
A Welsh-language lecture by the author and journalist, Rhys Evans, on the circumstances and significance of the election in the 1966 Carmarthen by-election of Gwynfor Evans, the first Plaid Cymru
The Mills Family of Llanidloes: An extraordinary musical legacy
The Annual June Gruffydd Memorial Lecture, organised in association with the Montgomeryshire Society. The lecture focuses on the three generations of the renowned Mills Family of Llanidloes, who spanned the nineteenth century,
The Ancient Britons: Sociability, Pageantry and Patriotism in the First London Welsh Society
The Most Honourable and Loyal Society of Ancient Britons, founded in London in 1715, was a complex and multi-faceted patriotic phenomenon. It was simultaneously a mouthpiece for royalist propaganda and
Wales and the Magna Carta
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Love, Money and Art: The Davies Sisters and a Fortune for Wales
Gwenda Sippings, Chair of the Society’s Council in the chair About the Lecture Gwendoline Davies (1882-1951) and Margaret Davies (1884-1963) were the granddaughters of the nineteenth century industrialist, David Davies
Wales and Agincourt
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Richard Wilson: A Tercentenary Re-Examination
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John Brett in Wales
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