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Family Fund 50th anniversary media pack Contents:   Introduction – Timeline –  Get involved – Snapshot Of Family Life Today – Parenting in the current climate –  Family Stories   Introduction    50 years...

The Boca Raton Museum of Art’s online initiatives have become a mainstay for art lovers to enjoy from the comfort and safety of their...

The day the Second World War ended in Europe was one of unbridled celebration in Britain. But have you forgotten what you learned at school about...

The Boca Raton Museum of Art's online initiatives have become a mainstay for art lovers to enjoy from the comfort and safety of their...

© John H. Griffith-Davies, 2020. Everyone is familiar with the Legend of King Arthur, which is a fictitious story that was concocted by the first...

Did you know that Llanelli once was a centre of entertainment? From the late 1800s to the early part of the 1900s, there were...

Artifacts from Liberation (14 April 2020 – Jerusalem) In the months leading up to the end of World War II, conditions in Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp...

A researcher from the University of York has developed an interactive map detailing every air raid across the UK during the Second World War. Bombing...

3rd September marks 80 years since WWII began, yet less than half of the British public are able to identify the significance of the...

The Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority will be celebrating the Year of Discovery at the Pembrokeshire County Show from 13-15 August, showcasing the area’s...

Wales plays host to an array of music, art and literature festivals every summer — and this August, a celebration of heritage has joined...

Did you watch the Sky TV drama Chernobyl? Would you like to experience through the lens of a local photographer the desolate reality of...

Plans unveiled for brand-new celebration of heritage this summer  Wales plays host to an array of music, art and literature festivals every summer — and...

Tuesday (18 June) The Open University in Wales (OU) hosted a special reception to celebrate its 50thyear, bringing together OU alumni, AMs, stakeholders and...

Hidden in the soil: Digging reveals new insights of long-lost site in Bryn Celli Ddu landscape    Tomorrow (8 June) Archaeologists will return to uncover a...

COLONIALISM AND HOW IT RELATES TO WALES. Jurgen Osterhammel (born 1952) is a distinguished German Historian who has studied colonialism extensively.  In his book entitled...

Conference: A Celebration of the Women of Middleton and the estates of Wales As part of it's multi-million-pound heritage restoration project, the National Botanic Garden...

The Rebecca Riots During the middle 19th century, Wales was in deep economic depression. To make matters worse, the population had soared despite the high...

Wales - Country or Principality? In 2017, I was giving a talk on a subject of local history to Llanelli Probus and during my presentation...

Visitors flock to special exhibition of ‘the man who ended the war’ A special exhibition to honour the achievements of former Glamorgan and Neath policeman,...

  The Black History Wales wide network acknowledge and celebrate 100 significant African/African Caribbean’s, as our Icons of Black Wales. The 11th Year Anniversary of Black...

Parc Howard - A Short History by Philip Thomas                                  ...

A Flight Into Welsh History By Philip Thomas Amelia Earhart On Monday the 18th of June, I was interviewed by a ‘Good Morning Wales’ presenter on BBC...