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Welsh rebels with a cause
RICHARD MURGATROYD recommends a book that charts engagingly the Welsh struggle for sovereignty in the latter 20th century
(Middle) Tree stumps exposed by low water level of the Llyn Celyn reservoir; (right) Protests at the official opening of Llyn Celyn on October 21 1965
[(L to R) Oosoom/CC / Geoff Charles/CC]
BENJAMIN POTHIER suggests that Palaeolithic cave paintings in Spain point to the ceremonial use of hallucinogenic flora
The bard confirms that the right has a humour bypass, and replays the English Revolution on period instruments
MARIA DUARTE and ANDY HEDGECOCK review Sunny Dancer, Tony, Songs of Forgotten Trees, and The End of Oak Street
JOHN GREEN relishes a powerful and moving drama that explores the lived realities of west London’s Punjabi community
MARTIN HALL welcomes a plea for greater compassion between believer and non-believer via the framework of philosophical enquiry
Hands off Wales: Nationhood and Militancy
by Wyn Thomas
Y Lolfa £19.99
WHEN I mentioned to my Welsh partner that I was reviewing a book about how Welsh nationalists violently opposed the flooding of the Tryweryn valley in the 1960s to make a reservoir, she shouted “Liverpool! Get your hands off our water!”
While she was joking — I think — the people and organisations described in detail by Wyn Thomas certainly weren’t. Behind the campaign lay a strongly held sense that England had not only sought to suppress Welsh nationhood, but was now also stealing Welsh resources like water, land and homes.
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