The Brecon Beacons National Park is now officially only known by its native Welsh name.
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The mountain range in south Wales is now officially only known by its native Welsh-language name
Around 400 local children have been involved in this archaeological project in Cardiff, Wales.
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Since 2011, professional and amateur archaeologists in Cardiff have been unearthing prehistoric artefacts. But last summer, they began to discover something even more extraordinary.
Hundreds of thousands of hours of broadcasting history are available for the first time.
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The Wales Broadcast Archive in Aberystwyth brings together the archives of the BBC, ITV and S4C under one roof.
A scale model of a statue dedicated to Lady Rhondda has been revealed by the sculptor, Jane Robbins.
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Lady Rhondda was a suffragette, a business leader and an editor. A statue of her is expected to be revealed in Newport, south Wales, next year.
Gareth Jones was a reporter from Barry in south Wales.
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Gareth Jones reported on Moscow’s genocide against the Ukrainian people in the 1930s. His story holds lessons and an example for those reporting on the latest conflict.
A stone statue of Dewi Sant inside St Davids Cathedral in Pembrokeshire.
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Much of what we know about the life of the sixth century monk, St David, comes from medieval texts written several centuries later.
The late Yvonne Fox dressed as legendary pitchforked Welshwoman, Jemima Nicholas.
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The last invasion of Britain involved bungled military plans, sozzled soldiers and a legendary Welshwoman wielding a pitchfork.
BBC Wales sports presenter Catrin Heledd.
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The BBC is celebrating 100 years of broadcasting in Wales.
An artistic impression of how the Newport Medieval ship may have looked .
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The Newport medieval ship is the most complete section of a 15th-century European vessel discovered to date.
The Welsh name Yr Wyddfa is now used for the mountain instead of Snowdon by the national park authority.
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Welsh place names often reflect local legends, fauna and topography. The coining of English names to replace them has sparked an ongoing campaign to protect them.
Human remains dating back more than 30,000 years were found at Paviland cave in Gower.
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It’s been 200 years since the discovery of one of the oldest human burial sites in western Europe on the Gower peninsula in south Wales.
The children of Cwm Gwaun go door to door singing and collecting calennig in 1961.
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Britain may have ditched the Roman calendar in 1752 but Cwm Gwaun continues to cling on to its old traditions.
Prince William has been given the title of Prince of Wales.
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The title was last held by a Welshman in the 1400s.
Dragon at Caerphilly Castle in Wales.
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From Merlin to the country’s red dragon, there are a lot of legends and magic to promote to international tourists.
Brandon Stark’s story extends far beyond the world of Westeros.
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The original origins of some key characters names might give hints to their fates in Game of Thrones.
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Cwtch, drive and brammer are all commonly thought of as Welsh dialect terms, but they have actually come from all over the world.
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From speaking out over domestic abuse in medieval times to telling the realities of war, these female poets present a very different version of Welsh life.
Sending my love.
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Stacks of treasured love letters can tell the intimate stories of war.
Female workers at HM munitions factory in Queensferry, north Wales, c.1915.
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Wartime employment gains were merely on loan for women in Wales.
Abraham Ortelius’s 1570 world map.
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Humphrey Llwyd quite literally put Wales on the map.