Rachel Morris

1 month ago | bylines.cymru | Rachel Morris

Is digital news less harmful than print? Can Bylines Cymru reduce our carbon footprint in response to the climate crisis? While there may not be easy answers, it's truly worth seeking them. And it's not just about our website - we use social media to drive traffic to it, and a complex web of apps, storage, communications, and other digital tools, supported by the Bylines Network, to run it and to grow our readership and writership.

2 months ago | bylines.cymru | Rachel Morris

The Bylines Cymru community has debated when austerity actually began in the UK. In 2008? During the Thatcher era that planted the seeds of feral 'neoliberalism'? For the purposes of our February-long Austerity Project, we'll start from its formal 2010 introduction by Prime Minister David Cameron, his Chancellor George Osborne, and their coalition with Nick Clegg's Liberal Democrats. The outcomes of their programme continue to resound through lives and communities today, every day.

Jun 3, 2024 | bylines.cymru | Rachel Morris

Mar 17, 2024 | bylines.cymru | Rachel Morris

Peasant Woman: Well, I didn't vote for you. King Arthur: You don't vote for kings. Peasant Woman: Well, how'd you become king, then? King Arthur: The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite, held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifying by divine providence that I, Arthur, was to carry Excalibur. That is why I am your king. Dennis: Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.

Jan 28, 2024 | bylines.cymru | Rachel Morris

It feels very 2024 that what may be one of the worst electoral scandals in British history still slinks by with barely a blink from the electorate or fourth estate. People - and non-people? - living abroad can join the Conservative Party and vote in its leadership election. They helped hand the highest power in the land to Johnson, Truss, and Sunak, while the vast majority of us who actually live here had no say whatsoever.