Australia says majority of 470-strong beached whale pod has died
Sydney, AustraliaReuters The majority of a 470-strong pod of pilot whales found stranded off Australia’s remote southern coast has died, officials said on Wednesday, as rescuers struggled in freezing waters and fading light to free those still alive. The group, which is the biggest beaching in the country’s modern history, were first spotted a wide […]
STRANGESIGHTS: WHEN READING THE FINE PRINT BRINGS A REWARD; WALES OWES ENGLAND SOME LAND?; AND, TELEGRAM FINALLY ARRIVES – 50 YEARS LATE
DAVID ADAMS writes about the odder side of life…
Sharp rise in deaths of homeless people in England and Wales, official data shows
Thomson Reuters Foundation The number of people who died while homeless in England and Wales climbed nearly a quarter in five years, according to the first official data, which was published on Thursday. The Office for National Statistics, a government agency, said 597 homeless people died last year, a rise from 482 who died in 2013. […]
ESSAY: 10 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE REAL ST PATRICK
As St Patrick’s Day is marked around the world, history professor LISA BITEL, in an essay first published on The Conversation, looks at the life of St Patrick…
ESSAY: WAS ST PATRICK WELSH? AN EXPERT REVIEWS THE EVIDENCE
In an article first published on The Conversation, SIMON RODWAY, lecturer in Celtic Studies at Aberystwyth University in Wales, looks at whether St Patrick was, as many believe, was Welsh…
ESSAY: HOW THE WELSH OUTSIDE WALES KEPT ST DAVID’S DAY ALIVE
UK academic KATHRYN HURLOCK reflects on how it was the Welsh who had left their homeland who kept St David’s Day – marked on 1st March – alive…
Saints of Past Ages: St David
With St David’s Day having just been celebrated in Wales and many other places around the world, DAVID ADAMS takes a look at the life of Wales’ most famous saint…