One last plug of my dissertation survey! I’m only 10 responses away from my target. If you support any of Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Man City, Man United, or Spurs and could fill it out I’ll be super grateful! It’ll only take about 4 minutes, thank you forms.office.com/e/Mbbygi52HF

Still deciding on your next step? Discover new opportunities through clearing at Swansea Uni! 🌟 Explore our wide range of course vacancies and find the perfect fit for your future. 👉 swansea.ac.uk/clearing #Clearing #SwanseaUni

Just spent a lovely couple of hours speaking to some of the new students who will be coming to @SwanseaHistory in Sept. Well done to everyone who has a place. If you’re still considering your options why not give our clearing team a call. We’d love to hear from you!

Please join us for our Annual Conference! There will be a variety of papers by experienced and new historians and an opportunity to hear about our latest projects. Programme and booking are available on our website: womensarchivewales.org/en/

Q for the historians: Can anyone recommend publications dealing with the housing of car factory workers in inter war / post war Britain?

It's a tough day for the British steel industry with the confirmation that around 2,500 jobs are to be lost at the Port Talbot works in South Wales. It's just the latest chapter in a long story of decline at the site, according to historian Dr Bleddyn Penny👇

Huge thanks to everyone who attended the workshop for contributors to the Routledge Handbook of Welsh History, held ⁦⁦@SwanseaHistory⁩ yesterday. There was some great discussion and plenty of exciting plans for the future. Watch this space!

Coming soon in Open Access! ‘Welsh Not’ by @martinjohnes is a study of how and why children were punished for speaking Welsh in nineteenth-century Wales, and the role of education in spreading the English language in Wales. For more information, visit: 📕uwp.co.uk/book/welsh-not/

This morning BBC Radio Wales Breakfast with Dot Davies and James Williams comes live from Port Talbot on an historic day. Reaction from Steffan Messenger Huw Thomas Community Union Stephen Kinnock Louise Miskell and those at the heart of the steelworks. 0700-0900 📻 bbc.com/news/articles/…

Very pleased to announce that this year's SWalesRecordSociety volume, edited by Kirsti Bohata, will be published soon: 'The Diary of Amy Dillwyn, 1863-1917'! 😀📚🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

So pleased to see this article, which I co-wrote with two terrific colleagues, out in print. And it’s open access: Art as industrial heritage: deindustrialisation and public sculpture in Britain’s steel-making regions, 1976–2020 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Pls RT: Here we go! Serious Games & Simulations and my #Disability #boardgame Legless in London is available on pre-sale from today! To celebrate Disability History, we are offering a 15% discount on the RRP. To find out more, please visit leglessinlondon.com.

This charter is our link with the Welsh Lordship of Afan, 200 years after the Norman invasion Glamorgan. Granted in 1308 by Lord of Afan Leysan ap Morgan, it is the only local example of a borough being created by a Welsh lord.

Very sad news. I was lucky to have been taught by him - a kind and encouraging teacher who knew how to get the best out of his students. Sincere condolences to his family and friends.

The latest issue of Welsh History Review is out now, featuring some great articles and reviews, including studies of the Russian Flu pandemic, the anti-Jewish Riots of 1911, and Gruffudd ap Llywelyn:

Travelling to Leicester today to contribute to this great looking seminar series…

Pls repost: It's Legless in London launch week!!! Check out the trailer for Serious Games & Simulations new #disability #history role-and-move strategy #boardgame below and join us at Common Meeple #Swansea on Wednesday (26 Feb) from 7pm to play for FREE and enjoy some complementary refreshments

For St David’s Day we present our latest Channel 4 News/BBC News long-distance musical collaboration. Ciaran Jenkins (cello) is in Glasgow and I’m in Moscow (on the piano). Together we play Myfanwy. Ciaran Jenkins BBC News (UK) Channel 4 News BBC Radio 3 BBC Breakfast BBC Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

What a book! My copy arrived yesterday and I am hooked. A must-read for anyone interested in 20C British history.

Joining Vaughan Roderick on #sundaysupplement at 8am BBC Radio Wales tomorrow are Madeleine Moon Deian Hopkin Alex Clegg from Resolution Foundation Rhun ap Iorwerth Plaid Cymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 and James Evans MS Welsh Conservatives 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿. Papers with Lord Davies of Gower Louise Miskell Listen in! bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00…