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What has the small nation of Wales given to the wide world?
Well, to name but a few examples: the NHS, magical drama, mail order, sleeping bags, the basis of the internet, the ‘Town of Books’, the first powered flight, presidents, prime ministers and Nobel prize-winners.
People of Welsh heritage have helped shape the culture and constitution of the United States; they have enriched British culture in innumerable ways through writing, acting, painting, poetry, singing and architecture; they have amassed a fantastic range of sporting achievements; and they made their own unique mark on history.
Welsh history deserves to be rewritten in a manner that highlights and celebrates its achievements both past and present. The 100 reasons in this book do just that. They are pathfinders to a confident tomorrow – as the Royal Badge of Wales reads in translation: ‘The Red Dragon points the way’.
‘Chris and Virginia Butler's new books aims to bring some of the most fascinating, important and surprisign and surprising facts about Wales to light.’
South Wales Echo,
11th June, 2024 in History, Local & Family History
Our national history helps shape our personal identity, but history does not accrete like permanent stratigraphic layers. Serendipitous research can sometimes shatter received assumptions, and we may find that we are not quite the product of a past that was taught to us. Chris Bu…
17th March, 2020 in History, Local & Family History
St Davids Cathedral is one of the UK’s most famous cathedrals, right at the heart of its smallest city, but did you know it’s the resting place for some of Welsh history’s most well-known figures? St David Stained glass window of St David in Castell Coch The son of St Non and a p…
14th September, 2018 in History, Local & Family History
Like King Arthur, Welsh hero Owain Glyndŵr is rumoured to be awaiting the call to return to Wales and liberate his people. Despite being offered a pardon from King Henry V of England more than once and large rewards being offered for his whereabouts, Glyndŵr never surrendered to…
30th November, 2017 in History
Llywelyn the Last was born into the Royal family of Wales as the grandson of Llywelyn the Great. Wales had been unified under his grandfather so just how did Wales come under English control within one generation? When Llywelyn the Great died, his eldest legitimate son by his Que…
6th July, 2016 in Local & Family History
Wales is perhaps best known for its fierce patriotism, its breath-taking coastlines, its melodic male voice choirs, and now, its European Championship-storming football team. And for a country that’s just over 8000 square miles in area and where sheep outnumber humans four to one…
