What could the WRU be thinking to consider Sir Clive Woodward to fill the elite performance directorship role?  This is a man who spent the summer avoiding playing the best of the Welsh team when the Lions hit the road!  His track record with the Lions alone ought to be enough to discourage further attempts […]

The Welsh Conservatives are calling for Welsh to be given ‘official language status’, according to their posting on their website.  In addition to this, they are also pushing for a review of the Welsh Language Act.
“As it stands English is the de facto official language of Wales. Conservatives want to give Welsh that same status, […]

In what turned into a real nail-biter rugby match this past weekend, the Llanelli Scarlets took down Toulouse on their home turf. Vying for the Heinekin Cup, the teams seemed pretty well matched as they took the field on Saturday.
But the French blasted out of the gate scoring their first try minutes after the […]

Anyone in the US or Canada who’s been enjoying free calls over Skype to their friends without Skype will soon be paying for their conversations.  Skype has been running a promotional thing wherein SkypeOut calls to US and Canadian phones have been free.  Starting January 1 they’ll be charged a per minute fee of 2.1 […]

Proving what many already think, CNN shows that Wales is really just part of England!!!
@#!%* - what?!
Reporting on the recent murders in Ipswich, CNN’s website displayed a somewhat interesting map of the UK - hold your breath, bite your lip and take a look!
Link: Story on ‘The Register’
Link: Story on CNN

“Dim Ysmygu” - if you grew up in Wales then you’d know what that means - just like you know what ‘Araf’ and ‘Gwasanaethau’ mean (’Slow’ and ‘Services’ respectively - road signs).
However, as Assembly Member Glyn Davies reports, the Welsh Assembly have decided to implement a new sign reading: ‘Mae ysmygu yn y fangre hon […]

Stumbled across Chris Cowell’s Hike Wales blog recently whilst looking through the blog directory Technorati.
Chris’ blog is primarily about Walking/Hiking (hence the blog title!) and the post which caught my eye was the one about the 5-star Youth Hostel.  Located near Crickhowell within the Brecon Beacons National Park, this impressive stone-built bunkhouse is available from around £18/night.
Link: Hostel site […]

Fancy taking a look at what’s going on in Cardiff right now?!  There are two webcams available which allow you to take control of where the cameras are looking: pan, tilt and zoom to see what’s around.
The first camera is on top of the Cardiff Hilton hotel and the second is on the Cardiff Harbour […]

From my own perspective, absolutely not. But that’s just my opinion. Well, mine and 4 million people across Britain.
The BBC seems to have had some doubts as well and sent a reporter to spend a day in a rural post office and see what goes on there. She gives an interesting perspective on […]

To commemorate a 1976 singing clash between punk rockers the Sex Pistols and local mothers and church groups, a punk rock festival will be held (as it is every year) at a local rugby club. 30 years on, the councillor who organized the protest against the Sex Pistols (and, indeed, led the protestors in […]

Always looking for great Welsh ambassadors, our attention has been drawn to Aled from Radio 1’s Chris Moyles Show.
FW Member Pete-Arr, in the chris moyles podcast post in the Forum, told us about Aled’s recital of the lyrics from a song in the latest podcast - a recital in Welsh. 
Always nice to hear Welsh spoken […]

Don’t watch this if you love iPods! 
Blendtec make high-end blenders and to demonstrate how powerful these appliances are, the man from Blendtec films himself blending everyday objects.  Gizmodo today drew our attention to the blending of an iPod.  Take a look and shed a tear.
Link: WillItBlend.com
Link: Gizmodo
Link: iPod blending