Seems Mr. Bob Dewey of the Wrexham planning dept. has put his foot in more than a bit of bother with his comments regarding the Welsh identity of Rhostyllen. Mr. Dewey contends that the guideline put forth by the Wrexham Council which reads: ‘no new development should have an adverse affect on Welsh identity […]

Google celebrates Saint David with their latest logo:

Link: Google (UK)
Link: Google in Welsh

Happy St David’s day!
Have a great day of celebration whether you’re in Wales or not.
Link: St. David on Wikipedia
Link: St David’s Day on Wikipedia
Link: St David’s Day on Google
Link: St. David’s Day in Cardiff
Link: Try the Newsround St. David quiz!
Link: Read an article from the New York Times about St. David’s day - March 1st, […]

Admittedly, I’m a foreigner in Wales myself and so I’m probably not in a position to criticise, but I’m also a die-hard Welsh rugby fan. To my mind there is no other nation with the calliper of players that consistently come out of Wales. And to be quite frank, with the next Six […]

Wales has its fair share of strangely named towns and cities, the famous Llanfair PG to Cardiff’s Splot. Now you can find out all about these and more with the newly published The Dictionary Of Place-Names Of Walesfrom Gomer Press.
For example, the story behind Maenclochog, meaning “rocks sounding like a bell”, is thanks to […]

I can’t figure this out. I spent the afternoon listening to the Ospreys vs. London Irish on S4C. A fairly good game for a slaughter and the commentary was all in Welsh. Mind you, I don’t understand a whole lot of Welsh yet, but I did manage to get a bit of […]

Diolch yn fawr, Dave. Anghofiais i’r cyswllt.
I guess what really toasts my cookie about this can be found in remarks made by Mr. Collins who, according to the South Wales Echo reporter David James (quoting James here) “Mr Collins argued that teaching Welsh in under-privileged areas only distracted from subjects that might help pupils […]

There’s been a lot of discussion of late relating to Mr. Collin’s remark regarding Welsh as being a brain dead language. And I admit, I’m tired and have had a couple of whiskys nawr. But I will say that sober or not, I think his opinion in this case should have been kept […]

I love that man! He uses Welsh whenever possible and coming from someone in his position, that goes a long way toward promoting the language.
Last night I was watching Chef Robert Irvine pull off another miracle Dinner Impossible. I love to watch Robert. The first time you see him you expect he’ll […]

A new section of ForumWales was launched yesterday: Music.ForumWales (http://Music.ForumWales.com).
The new section has been created to help promote Welsh music. Music.ForumWales offers bands and event organisers free promotion via the blog format. All they have to do is get in touch. Our first band listed is The Shamoncies so nip over […]

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 […]