Belgian refugee musicians in mid-Wales during the First World War
When Germany invaded Belgium in 1914, more than a million Belgians fled their homes and around 100,000 sought refuge in Britain. The Davies family of Llandinam assisted several families to
Computational Aerodynamics at Swansea University and the Land Speed Record
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STUDYING WALES TODAY: A MICROCOSMOPOLITAN APPROACH
Drawing on Michael Cronin’s model of ‘microcosmopolitanism’ and its appreciation of the complexity and diversity of small nations, in this lecture Professor Wynn Thomas champions the importance of ‘studying Wales
Studying Wales Today: A Microcosmopolitan Approach
Gan ddefnyddio model Michael Cronin o ‘microcosmopolitaniaeth’ a’i werthfawrogiad o gymhlethdod ac amrywiaeth cenhedloedd bychan, yn y ddarlith hon mae’r Athro Wynn Thomas yn pleidio achos pwysigrwydd ‘astudio Cymru heddiw’,
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
Darlith cyfrwng Cymraeg a gafodd ei thraddodi yn yr Eisteddfod Genedlaethol yn y Fenni, dydd Llun, 1 Awst 2016, gan y Dr Celyn Gurden-Williams ar destun yr Arglwyddes Llanofer (1802
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
