Was the 2011 census showing a decline in the Welsh Language a blip or was it a return to the long term decline that we saw throughout most of the twentieth century? Between 1901 and 1981 the number of…

 Friday 7th December 2012 saw the first ever Robert Owen Awards which were held in Aberdare Hall, Cardiff. The awards, set up in the name of the founding father of the co-operative movement, Robert Owen, were launched to celebrate the…

Will IPads, netbooks, Kindles and e-books be the death of the public library? That was the question explored by Prof. Sir Deian Hopkin, President of the National Library of Wales, at the Bevan Foundation’s annual lecture last Friday. The rapid…

This is the first time we’ve posted a sort-of restaurant review on this blog – and we’re doing it because Tapestri, in Swansea,  not only serves some superb food but is also a social enterprise. Tapestri is one of many…

(From Left to right Marlene Hobsbawm, Tristram Hunt MP, Eric Hobsbawm and Hywel Francis MP at the life-time award ceremony in Parliament in June 2011) Eric Hobsbawm: 1917-2012 Eric Hobsbawm, Britain’s most eminent historian and a proud founder member of the Bevan…