Episode 263 – The Worst in the World
Railways crisscrossed across Wales. It was a network designed not for Wales, but through Wales. A network that tied valleys to ports, and po...
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Welsh History Podcast tells the story of Wales from the early stone age to present day.
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Episode 262 - Healing the Valleys, Medicine in Wales
A time before the NHS, before universal care, before the idea that healthcare might be something guaranteed. And yet, in this period, we beg...
Roman Britain Episode 08 - Consilium Imperii
In 41 CE, Rome did something unexpected. It made an emperor out of a man who had spent most of his life being ignored. That man was Claudius...
Episode 261 - 1905, The Season That Made a Nation
By the early twentieth century, rugby was not simply popular in Wales. It was emotional infrastructure. It was civic ritual. And in 1905 a g...
Roman Britain Episode 7 - Britannia Divisa
Because we have so little written history it might seem that Britain was relatively static in the Iron Age. Britain, however, was not frozen...
Episode 260 - Daughters of Cambria: The Welsh Women’s Movement
For centuries, the history of Wales was written as a history of men—of coal miners, ironmasters, and preachers. But by the 1880s, a quiet re...
Freeform Episode 23 - The Return
Jonathan has returned to the UK and talks about what he wants to do now that he has returned. Follow us on social media: Instagram, Bluesky:...
Episode 259 - The National Voice
Between 1900 and 1914, Wales was not simply becoming modern. Wales was arguing about what modernity meant, and whether it had to come at the...
Roman Britain Episode 6 – Forma Imperii
Before Rome ever landed soldiers on British shores in 43 CE, Britain had already been measured, judged, and classified. Not morally, but adm...
Episode 258 - The Horrors of War
This episode we talk about the human cost of the Boer War and give a couple of examples of those who logged their witness of what was being...
Episode 257 - The First Modern British Conflict - The Boer War
Today we turn to a conflict that shaped the final years of the Victorian era and left deep marks on towns and villages across Wales. The Boe...
Roman Britain Episode 5 – Imperium Ante Provinciam
This episode looks at why Britain was left alone, how Roman civil wars reshaped imperial priorities, and why the invasion of Britain under C...
Episode 256 – 1899 The Last Year of a Century
This episode looks at Wales at the end of the 19th century and explores how the country entered the modern age and how world events influenc...
Freeform Episode 22 - Looking Back, Looking Ahead
Jon sits down to talk about some changes coming to the podcast and how the past shapes the future of Welsh History. Follow us on social medi...
Episode 255 - The Turning Century
The last decade of the nineteenth century was a period of immense change across Wales. It was a decade shaped by industry, migration, global...
Roman Britain Episode 4 – Victoria Paratur
This episode we are going to talk about the structures and configuration of the Roman Army that was about to invade Britain in 43 CE. Follow...
Episode 254 - Waves in and out of Wales
In the closing decades of the nineteenth century, Wales was a nation on the move. Between 1880 and 1900, hundreds of thousands of people eit...
Freeform Episode 21 - Holidaze
Rambling around the later half of the year and the holidays that surround it. Follow us on social media: Instagram, Bluesky and Twitter: Wel...
Episode 253 - The Saxon Marcher Town
In this episode we discuss Wrexham and how it was established and how as an industrial town grew from a small market village. Thumbnail: Tur...
Roman Britain Episode 3 – Festina Lente
He came, he saw, he left... but what did Caesars arrival and departure actually influence iron age Britain. Did the Britons actually know ab...
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