Don’t forget to complete the Welsh Identity Questionnaire to help Siaron with her MA studies.
If you’re Welsh, or you’re not but you do live in Wales, please help! If you’re Welsh but live abroad, please also help!
Please email your completed questionnaire directly to Siaron: siaron [at] su-ma.com
Link: Welsh Identity Questionnaire

Take a look at the photo here. Is it from the film version of the Lord of the Rings? No, it’s not! It’s actually a family home which has been built in Pembrokeshire. After four months of hard work and around £3,000, the family had an environmentally friendly home in this […]

It’s the final round of the 2007 Welsh Blog Awards.
ForumWales is up for an award for the Best Online Community.
Please vote for us!
You’ll need to email your votes in to the organisers or vote via the Facebook group Yr Academi (registered members).
Thanks for your support!
[Update] You need to vote in […]

If you live in Wales, whether you were born here or not, please spare ten minutes of your time to complete the following questionnaire.
[Update] Also, if you are Welsh and live abroad, please complete the questionnaire!
The questionnaire is posted here on behalf of Siaron Hughes, a Welsh graphic designer who is studying for her MA.
Please […]

The team over at Wales1000Things have just added a rating system to their site so you can vote for your favourite Wales photo/video.
If you’re looking for the current top 10, then click here. The current number 1 is not only a great pic from Wales but also a bit of an optical illusion!
Now, if […]

We hear a lot in the Forum about people wanting to move to Wales, but there are some that move away, leaving our little country behind.
One such person is Natalie who moved to the US after meeting her husband-to-be on the Internet. Her blog will keep you up to date with her life out […]

A firm in Port Talbot has found a way to deal with the tons of used tyres that heretofore have found their way into gardens, empty lots and the bottom of gullies. The company uses liquid nitrogen to freeze the rubber and then, when brittle, smashes them into tiny bits for reuse. […]

Over at The Distracted Housewife, Cath shares with us her love of cooking. Cath provides the recipes currently being ‘tested’ in her Aberystwyth kitchen and also photographs of the finished meals (no, not empty plates, the pre-eating photographs). Her latest posting gives us the recipe for sponge cakes.
Hmm, I think I’ll keep an eye […]

What? Paper? Made of poo?
Paper made with the poo from sheep? Our national animal?!
Yes. That’s correct. Paper which is made of sheep poo. Creative Paper Wales, which is apparently the only craft paper mill in Wales, makes paper from the “super-fresh” poo generated by sheep from Snowdonia. After […]

The beauty of a site like YouTube is that you can find some true gems (amongst all the rubbish). Take a look, for example, at the video below of the Mumbles Train compliled and posted by YouTube user wildben. Apparently, back in 1807, the first railroad car was pulled between Swansea and Mumbles.

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Your long journey finally reaches it end. The miles of rugged Welsh hillside now stretch behind you. The climb up Snowdon has been a long and arduous one. But it’s time to jump of the train and grab a cup of tea. (Not sure why people insist on still walking up!) But […]

One of our members brought to light the fact that the National Botanic Gardens of Wales is in the running for the Best Environment Project! Why not give them your support as well. Heck, I’d vote for them just because they’re Welsh - it’s an added bonus that they have done such an […]