Ashley Drake

‘This biography of Eddie Thomas is a thoroughly deserved tribute to a very special man.’
John H. Stracey

The first biography of champion boxer and world renowned trainer, Merthyr’s Eddie Thomas .

Out 3 Sept 2026 (pbk & ebk)
Pre-order here: st-davids-press.wales

OUT SUMMER 2026 IN PBK & EBK

One Party State - Martin Shipton's explosive new investigation into 100 years of Labour dominance in Wales can be ordered now from welsh-academic-press.wales

Radcliffe is worth £30B and became an immigrant in Monaco to save himself £4B in tax. He now pays £0 tax but complains about immigrants to the UK who paid @ £20-25B in tax (2024-25).
Immigrants' taxes pay for doctors, nurses, teachers, police, soldiers and pensions, while he pays for nothing.

From Blair to Putin to Starmer: PR chief Tim Allan’s CV Former New Labour spin-doctor has faced criticism over his choice of clients, including Russia’s government

a reminder that Tim Allan, who quit Starmer's Downing St today, previously spun for....not only Kazakhstan and Qatar but also Vladimir Putin’s government

www.ft.com/content/a0a8...

Mississipi judge travels 4,000 miles to sit Welsh-language exam A US judge travels more than 4,000 miles after teaching himself Welsh.

"I have always had an interest in learning other languages", he said, explaining Welsh appealed to him because it is spoken by choice rather than necessity ... Nobody's required to do it, but they do out of love for their culture, and that was really attractive to me."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

In other news, I was inadvertently racist at school, I inadvertently lied about my house purchase to avoid tax and inadvertently led a party that was infiltrated by Russia.

How Neo-Nazis Posing as 'Ordinary Parents' Embedded Themselves in Anti-Immigrant Protests A year long investigation by Katherine Denkinson exposes the Neo-Nazi and far-right extremists operating openly inside anti-immigration protests

📌 ICYMI — How Neo-Nazis Posing as ‘Ordinary Parents’ Embedded Themselves in Anti-Immigrant Protests

A year long investigation by Katherine Denkinson exposes the Neo-Nazi…

https://bylinetimes.com/2026/01/19/how-neo-nazis-posing-as-ordinary-parents-embedded-themselves-in-anti-immigrant-protests/

In an era of great power rivalry, Canada is choosing to be principled and pragmatic. To name reality, to act together, and to build what we claim to believe in.

Air pollution may be linked to increased risk of motor neurone disease, our new study indicates A new study from Sweden links long-term air pollution exposure to higher risk of motor neurone disease and faster progression.

A new study from Sweden links long-term air pollution exposure to higher risk of motor neurone disease and faster progression.

Bloomberg terminal graph showing sharp spike in yield on US 30 ye Treasuries, suggesting the mad orange fuck might be sawing off the branch he is sitting on.

🚨BREAKING: Danish pension fund AkademikerPension announces it is exiting US Treasuries.

US yields spike upwards AGAIN.

This could be happening.

Some perspective: The S&P opened down -1.3% on Trump's Greenland saber-rattling. That's $750 billion of wealth destroyed -- roughly equal to estimates of the value of Greenland.

And so ~in dollar terms~ his shenanigans have already cost the US one Greenland, and we've got nothing to show for it.

The Prime Minister of Belgium speaks:

In Scotland, the SNP & the Greens don't get corporate donations & are massively out-spent by anti-indy parties who do receive them. The media is overwhelmingly anti-independence, yet Scots keep electing a pro-indy majority to Holyrood. Just think what we could achieve with a level playing field.

Wales and Internationalism Graham Davies Ten years ago I took a train from Valencia, a vibrant Spanish city on the coast, to Teruel, a town high in the Aragon region and famous for its Mudejar architecture and its delicious Mag...

“You are history. You are legend. You are the heroic example of democracy’s solidarity and universality…we shall not forget you; and, when the olive tree of peace is in flower, entwined with the victory laurels of the Republic of Spain — come back.”
¡No pasarán!

nation.cymru/opinion/wale...

BREAKING: Explosive new poll for ITV Cymru Wales puts Plaid Cymru surging ahead of Reform UK in May’s Welsh elections.

Plaid 37%
Reform 23%
Greens 13%
Labour 10%
Tories 10%
Lib Dems 5%

Plaid could form majority with Greens on this basis, with Labour out of govt for first time since devolution.

Anhygoel 🤯
🗳 Llywodraeth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Plaid / Gwyrdd

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 47% = Plaid / Green 😲

Caerffili 2-0 Farage
#HopeNotHate
#NoPasarán
❤🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Labour - the party's over

📣 Now available globally in paperback & ebook 📣
Four classic titles for students of #ScandinavianStudies #NordicStudies & #MedievalLiterature

@oxscandistudies.bsky.social @apardjon1.bsky.social
@sagathingpodcast.bsky.social @loremyth.bsky.social
@northerntapestry.bsky.social

🎉 Published Today 🎉
New paperback & ebook editions of
The Saga of Hávarður of Ísafjörður
www.welsh-academic-press.wales

Available globally via #Ingram #IPS #LightningSource

#NordicStudies #IcelandicSagas #ScandinavianStudies

Published today! Allan heddiw!
Comprehensive explanations of the names of 900 towns, villages and hamlets - from Aberangell to Ystumgynon - in the historic Welsh county of Montgomeryshire / Sir Trefaldwyn.
➡️ www.welsh-academic-press.wales

@placenames.bsky.social @englishplacenames.bsky.social

🏉OFFLOADING - TACKLING MY TRUTH🏉
The powerful and deeply personal memoir of former Wales and Lions rugby international Dafydd James who poignantly and courageously reveals the human cost of his sporting success.

Available in pbk from @swanseastones.bsky.social from 30 Sept

Snubbed Leicester legend was 'the best coach England never had' Leicester and English rugby greats come together to celebrate Chalkie White in Martin Whitcombe's biography about the Tigers legend.

Snubbed Leicester legend was 'the best coach England never had'
The first biography of 'Chalkie' White - Out 25 Sept in pb & ebk
www.rugbypass.com/news/preview...

OTD: 8 September 1936.
Lewis Valentine, Saunders Lewis & DJ Williams, leaders of Plaid Genedlaethol Cymru, now @plaidcymru.bsky.social burnt down the partly-built RAF bombing school at #Penyberth and changed the course of Welsh history.
Now available in pbk & ebk:
www.welsh-academic-press.wales

📚Out 23 October📚
Over 900 place-names explained, from Aberangell to Ystumgynon.
Order now: www.welsh-academic-press.wales

Hungary banned anything that “promotes homosexuality,” which means Pride.

However, today over 500,000 people in Budapest told the government to fuck off. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Cracking #WalesCast interview with @emyrlewis.bsky.social outlining how the UK Parliament (& UK Govt behind the scenes) has AGAIN created convoluted legislation to specifically avoid giving the Welsh Parliament the right to legislate on important domestic matters - here assisted dying:

#Senedd26

June 23 is St John’s Eve — Midsummer Night.
In Welsh folklore, it was a night to beware the Cŵn Annwn —ghostly hounds from the Otherworld — who roam the lonely roads and byways of Wales in eerie procession.
Listen carefully, they might be closer than you think...
#Wales #Folklore