Book on Welsh history to be sent to all schools as part of new national curriculum

And about time too!

It needs to be available for purchase for people like me who had no education about the history of Wales.

This should be available to everyone. They did not teach much if anything about Welsh history when I was in school.

A first step in the right direction. Welsh / British history was taught in Wales until relatively recent times. If one could find a school history text book from 100 years ago, you would find a very different account of our nation than the one you see today. Unfortunately,the history of the Cymru was deemed unworthy and was air brushed / deleted to make way for a Germanic version which was required in order foreign royalty could legitimise their claim to the throne. Welsh history was then designated to the realm of myth and legend and this narrative persists to the present via the Welsh tourist board. CADW are also complacent and inept when it comes to preserving native history,as the vast majority of their ancient sites are foreign/ Roman or Norman, or at least that what they claim they are. See CADWs latest news booklet and see that if two stone's are found on on top of another, then it must be Roman Saxon or Norman, it can never be ancient British Cymru.

I hope that in the book they have the true history of the very first train to run on rails was Richard trevethik train that whent from merthy Tydfil to abercynon some 20yrs before Stevenson train and that makes the tunnel in merthy Tydfil the oldest tunnel and also the bridges the oldest in the world that a train whent through and over and they are still there to be seen

I hope it's a book that the English would rather burn than let our children read. I trust it will upset the Dic Sion Dafydds too. Nothing wrong with teaching your children the language of the overlords, but not at the expense of their birthright.

Much overdue.

"History Grounded" by Dr Elin Jones is available to purchase in hard back on amazon for £16.50, so get your copy now.

Finally! I did 'O'level history in the 70's....all about England. I even had to teach myself our anthem.

Sorry but that illustration at the top depicts a wildly disproportionate proportion of POC, and why? Before you call me racist - I'm black and Welsh. I am pleased to be represented in media as being part of the Welsh nation. But the effect for me of these increasingly common pandering approaches to inclusion is embarrassment. It feels unnatural and forced. Diolch

Good! We should follow what the Irish did, a complete embracing of our culture, before the colonialists destroy it for good.

It's taken Welsh Labour 22yrs in government to introduce a Welsh history book to our curriculum? This was only made possible thanks to Plaid Cymru who did similar in 2007 resulting in the 2011 Legislative referenda. Imagine what FM Adam Price and a Plaid Welsh Government could do in government. So much good. Although to be fair it's not Welsh Labour's fault entirely, as any blame lies soley with the English establishment & Westminster who tried their utmost to cleanse Welsh history, language & culture over the centuries & decades when they controlled our education system, or should I refer to it as the re-education system designed to ween the Welsh of their Welshness.

Good news! But I am curious....was this a result of the Lab/Plaid agreement in action? Or was this done off Labours Backs? I wasn't aware that the new agreement was active yet? Anyone know? Diolch!

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Learned Zilch about Wales in school, but libraries full of English pirates and adulterer Kings.

Suggested late(ish) Christmas present for Simon Hart, I suggest. After all ... I am the very model of a modern Viceroy-General I am the very model of a modern Viceroy-General I only have information on matters Better Togetheral, I know nothing of Welsh kings, nor of battles historical Not Glyndŵr nor Llywelyn, in any order categorical. I’m not at all acquainted with matters mathematical, I mis-understand equations, both the simple and quadratical About binominal theorem, I really have no news, With a doleful look about the square of the hypotenuse. I’m hopeless at integral and differential calculus; I dunno scientific names of beings animalculous: ‘Tis only in matters completely Better Togetheral, I am the very model of a modern Viceroy-General. [With acknowledgements] Songs for the New Politics 2013-2021

This is wonderful news. At last a true narrative history for our children. For too long they have had to make do with a trivial and disjointed set of biographical anecdotes ... My only cautionary note is this. Elin Jones's book should not be regarded as the single authoritative history of our country. Any more than John Davies's history. Every historian has their own sometimes quirky way of viewing our past. As Gwyn Alf and Wynford VT would say, the dragon has (more than) two tongues.

Send a copy to the Baron Kinnock of Bedwellty. He didn't think Wales had a history.

Apparently the Celts , who arrived about 850 - 1000 BC hardly made a dent in our gene pool. I am hoping that the information regarding the British Isles during the past 5K years is accurately reflected within this curriculum

Sounds great right up to the blm and that rainbow flag.

For a reliable review of this book try Britain's Hidden History recent video on yt

Just wait for the fireworks when the hijabi on the cover realises that someone's waving an LGBT flag right under her nose. Expect very strong exclamations of "astaghfirullah" or "la samah allah".

This is one view of Welsh history. I’d like to think that students are encouraged to read around their subject - though if they want their A*…? “Funded by Welsh Government” sends a prescriptive chill.