| 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... Read More >> |
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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... Read More >> |
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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... Read More >> |
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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... Read More >> |
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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 >> |
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| 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 ... Read More >> |
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| Contents of the current issue |
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 ... Read More >> |
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