A History of Magic and Witchcraft in Wales: Cunningmen, Cursing Wells, Witches and Warlocks in Wales (History of Wales)
Open Secrets (Free subscription) | yesterday
If you want to make an information request to the EU's directorate-general for employment, its webform asks you to indicate which of the 27 member states you are from. Strangely it also offers you one other option - you can say you come from Wales. Why the employment DG has made this unique concession to Welsh nationalism is not immediately obvious. But this is one of the intriguing minor mysteries...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
A global emergency funding scheme to drastically reduce the destruction of tropical rainforests over the next five years was announced by the Prince of Wales today, with the US pledging $275m (£165m) towards rainforest protection. The plan relies on developed countries paying rainforest nations such as Brazil and Indonesia to reduce rates of deforestation and thereby cut carbon emissions. Currently,...
Online Tattoo Gallery (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
In recent years, Tribal Tattoos have enjoyed a revival. Free Articles The originals go beyond the intertwined stripes of black shapes that are common today. Many of the ancient tattoo patterns have given away to swirls, spikes, knots, and totems that come from the imagination of the creator rather than any of the ancient tribes. The tribal style of tattoos comes from the older tribes such as the Celtics...
Syniadau :: The Blog (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
I've just come across a new blog by Alan Trench called Alan certainly seems well qualified to blog on this subject. Here is how he describes himself: I am an academic, associated with the University of Edinburgh and the Constitution Unit at University College London. I am also a solicitor admitted in England and Wales, now non-practising. My work on devolution has concentrated on intergovernmental...
Banking Times: Daily Banking News (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
The European Commission has formally approved plans for the break up of Lloyds Banking Group. Under a four-year plan, the 43% state-owned Lloyds will sell its TSB, Cheltenham & Gloucester and Intelligent Finance brands. The bank will also dispose of its Lloyds TSB branches in Scotland, plus certain outlets in England and Wales, totalling 600 branches in [...]
icWales (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
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Fijilive (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Argentina have made two changes from the line-up beaten by England at the weekend for Saturday's one-off international against Wales at the Millennium Stadium.Head coach Santiago Phelan has dropped London Irish scrum Alfredo Lalanne to the bench while Toulon lock Esteban Lozada misses out altogether.Lalanne is replaced by Agustin Figuerola, while Bristol forward Mariano Sambucetti moves into the second...
Letchworth Girls' Rugby (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
The draw for next year's World Cup has been releas ed by the IRB : Pool A: New Zealand, Wales, Australia, South Africa Pool B: England, USA, Ireland, Kazakhstan Pool C: France, Canada, Scotland, Sweden So - England will take on the USA, Ireland and Kazakhstan for a place in the final stages? Well, no. Possibly not. Crucially the actual format for the tournament has not yet been published, but whatever...
France24 (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
All Black playmaker Dan Carter was included in a near full-strength New Zealand side unveiled by coach Graham Henry here on Wednesday for this weekend's Twickenham encounter against England. The star fly-half was banned from Saturday's 20-6 win away to Italy in Milan while serving a one-week suspension for a high tackle on Wales replacement scrum-half Martin Roberts during the All Blacks' 19-12 win...
ireland.com (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Argentina coach Santiago Phelan has made two changes from the team beaten by England for Saturday’s Millennium Stadium clash against Wales.
Sify (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) chairman Giles Clarke is confident that Test series between Pakistan and Australia next summer will attract big crowds in England.
Bowie's Blog (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Behold, rich criticism of a vertical command structure from the man whose unflattering book on Prime Minister Martin criticized his office for being horizontal. "Groupthink," he called it. Too much participation from too many people, and too much consensus; the Martin PMO was doomed to failiure in Orwellian terms. "Right Side Up" is actually an insightful book, and as an unrepenting...
Aberystwyth Online Blog (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
I found this fascinating article today: The effects of climate change and how people cope with it are to be recorded around Wales and sent to a United Nations (UN) conference. The "climate hearings" organised by Oxfam begin in Aberystwyth on Wednesday, and are also in Cardiff next Monday and Llangefni on 19 November. at Tuesday, November 17, 2009, Climate change 'hearings' on tour , Archives...
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Twelve sets of Maori remains discovered in boxes in a Welsh museum have been handed back to New Zealand in an emotional ceremony. The National Museum of Wales in Cardiff says it has no idea how it came to have the bones, which...
ireland.com (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Wales coach Warren Gatland has made six changes from the team that edged past Samoa for Saturday’s Millennium Stadium clash against Argentina.
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wellbeingnewseditor | 11/08/2009
Wellbeing Newsline: Northern Ireland > Edited by Nick Adams: A major programme designed to tackle disadvantage among young people and children in the West Belfast and Greater Shankill area of Northern Ireland, was recently unveiled by Deputy First Minister Martin McGuiness MP... Wellbeing Newsline > Magazine > Contributors > World > Europe > United Kingdom > England > Scotland > Northern Ireland >...
wellbeingnewseditor | 10/10/2009
Wellbeing Newsline: World > Edited by Jane Hill: The global economic crisis continues to push millions of the world’s most vulnerable people into poverty, hunger and early death, a recent United Nations [UN] report warns... Wellbeing Newsline > Magazine > Contributors > World > Europe > United Kingdom > England > Scotland > Northern Ireland > Wales > Greater London > Norfolk > Suffolk > Essex > Cambridgeshire...
wellbeingnewseditor | 10/04/2009
Wellbeing Newsline: Europe > Edited by Andy Porter: The deterioration of the human rights situation in Russia, especially the northern Caucasus, was the focus of a public hearing last week which involved Members of the European Parliament [MEPs] and Russian activists... Wellbeing Newsline > Magazine > Contributors > World > Europe > United Kingdom > England > Scotland > Northern Ireland > Wales > Greater...
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