Cambria Magazine - Winter 2007

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i-Cambria The online magazine that celebrates all things Welsh! Winter 2007

FEATURES

THE BOUNDLESS LOVE OF A GREAT WELSH HEART
FFARWEL - RAY GRAVELL
Jon Gower pays a personal tribute to one of Wales’s most iconic heroes, international Rugby player, broadcaster, actor, family man and passionate patriot Ray Gravell, whose passing was mourned by an entire nation.

THE MAN WHO FLEW IN FROM THE WEST
Cambria meets Aer Arann’s Padraig O’Ceidigh
Aer Arann stepped into the breach taking up many of the routes following the failure of Air Wales. Cambria talks to its dynamic, inspirational CEO Padraig O’Ceidigh, a man as enthusiastic about rural regeneration and the Irish language as he is about flying.

NATURALIST IOLO WILLIAMS
Cambria sees another side to television personality and Wales’s best-loved naturalist Iolo Williams as he prepares for a gruelling march through the Patagonian Andes to raise money for Mencap Wales, his favourite charity, accompanied by an intrepid Rhobert ap Steffan, Cambria’s Research Editor.

ARTICLES

Roy Noble:Councillor-Power
Lynette Roberts: Rediscovering a Modern Classic
Patrick Thomas: Carolling Restored: The return of the Welsh Christmas

DEPARTMENTS

Travel:
Tony Curtis, Jan Morris on Venice
Literature
Robert Nisbet on Narberth; Essays and Reviews
Poetry
John Tripp, Gillian Clarke, Kathleen Gray
Art
The brave, bold colour of artist Helen Elliot
Opera
Norma Lord on the WNO’s La Cenerentola
Theatre
David Adams on how the London Olympics are robbing Welsh arts
Gardens
Caroline Palmer on the Georgian Group Architectural Awards
Diary
Idris R. Jones casts an eye over contemporary Wales
Days out
Great holiday things to do around Wales
Motoring
John A. Edwards on a new Renault and an Indian icon
Food
Dorothy Davies on Christmas tips
Plus:
Cambria’s hotel and restaurant review
Photofeature by John Keates: Narberth in colour

New articles...

The man who flew in from the West

Cambria meets Aer Arann’s Padraig O’Ceidigh

Aer Arann stepped into the breach taking up many of the routes following the failure of Air Wales. Cambria talks to its dynamic, inspirational CEO Padraig O’Ceidigh, a man as enthusiastic about rural regeneration and the Irish language as he is about flying.

For a man brought up as a first-language Gaelic speaker who struggled to learn English in the often unsympathetic United Kingdom of the 1950s, Padraig O’Ceidigh, founder o...
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Sion Jobbins Opinion

England's steadily emerging identity will lead to the Scandanavianisation rather than the Balkanisation of the British Isles.

I had a novel experience watching the 2007 Rugby World Cup a few months ago. For the first time ever I wasn't supporting ATBE (any team but England). Whilst I didn't rush out to buy a Cross of Saint George flag, I'd go as far as saying that I would have been quite glad had the English retained the Webb Ellis Trophy.
I've traditionally taken the ATBE po...
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Is it all rosy in the Coalition Garden?

The first four months have been too little to judge the strength of the Labour-Plaid coalition in Cardiff Bay. But it has been just enough for First Minister Rhodri Morgan to wonder aloud whether the coalition is strong enough to last.
When senior figures in Plaid start mouthing similar concerns about the ability of their One Wales deal with Labour to see out the year - never mind the four years it was signed for - perhaps the peaceful agreements which have characterised the months since July ar...
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OPINION

By Gareth ap Sion
OWN GOAL FOR PEOPLE'S ARISTO IN BOURNEMOUTH - BEACH DEMO DRAMA!

So the headline of the Sun of Wales - if such existed -might justifiably have shrieked on a sunny day in September this year, when, as an embittered former employee of the Allied Steel and Wire plant in Cardiff in 2002, was cast on a communal Welsh scrapheap as the direct result of New Labour's neglect and obduracy, my system received a welcome boost.
Erstwhile Labour leader and 'socialist peer' Lord...
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Letters to the Editor
10 YEARS OF CAMBRIA EDITOR Llongyfarchiadau - congratulations! CAMBRIA has made a significant contribution to building our sense of nationhood over the past ten years. Rhodri Glyn Thomas AM Minister for Heritage Y Senedd Caerdydd Read More >>

Christmas Welsh Kitchen

Winter salad

INGREDIENTS
A head of broccoli
2 or 3 of the best tomatoes you can buy
1 /4 of a red onion
Juice of 1 /2 a lemon
Calon Lan Camelina oil

METHOD
Discard an inch off the bottom of the stalk, cut the rest into florets (not too small), peel any stalk and slice into batons about the size of your little finger. Put in a saucepan, pour over boiling water, salt, bring back to the boil quickly and simmer for 4-5 minutes. Meanwhile slice the red onion (if you don't like onion make sure you cut it ...
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Upcoming Events

Abergavenny Football Abergavenny will be celebrating the 100th anniversary of its football club on 25th May. The stadium is part of the community fabric, not only for football - bring a picnic to this family event, enjoy amongst a host of others Owen Money, 'Elvis' and the Mafia, the Beaufort Male Choir, music, dance and entertainment. Gates open at 4 pm. Funds raised will be donated to Wales Air Ambulance, In the Pink and Long Town Mountain Rescue. For more information, tickets or to support call 01873 855353.