Stephen Price

Abergavenny

Senior Reporter at Nation.Cymru

Articles

Jon Gower toasts the success of Yr Hen Iaith

1 week ago | nation.cymru | Stephen Price

Feature 21 Jun 2025 Jon GowerI have nursed a secret ambition for many a long moon, namely to return to university to study Welsh literature. I even thought about the dynamics of a writer, long in the tooth mixing with undergraduates and duly put out feelers among academics I knew. Even though I’ve written a good many books in Cymraeg I’ve often felt myself to be deficient when it comes to knowing about our literary history.
Young, diverse filmmakers from Cardiff to shine in London

1 week ago | nation.cymru | Stephen Price

Culture 21 Jun 2025 Ten young people from Cardiff, with diverse ethnic minority backgrounds including Nigerian, Pakistani, Egyptian and Bangladeshi, are heading to London this month to attend the Into Film Awards 2025, after their film Animated Voices received a Best Animation nomination.
Seaside town's phone coverage to finally leave 'Victorian ages'

1 week ago | nation.cymru | Stephen Price

News 21 Jun 2025 Richard Evans, Local Democracy ReporterPlans to install mobile phone antennas on the roof of Venue Cymru have been approved, despite objections from planning officers. The application, submitted by Cornerstone, was granted conditional planning permission at a meeting held at the council’s Coed Pella HQ this week. The telecoms company sought permission to install six new antennas on two steel frames on the roof of the council-owned Venue Cymru building in Llandudno.
Coastal county records decline in children’s swimming lessons

1 week ago | nation.cymru | Stephen Price

News 21 Jun 2025 Dale Spridgeon, Local Democracy ReporterA county “surrounded by water” has seen a “consistent drop” in the number of children learning how to swim. Councillors on Anglesey are “looking into” why less youngsters are learning the vital skill. During a meeting on Tuesday, June 17, councillors heard there had been a drop in the number of kids taking part in the Nofio Môn Swimming programme.
Major new exhibition of Gwen John’s work to open at National Museum Cardiff

1 week ago | nation.cymru | Stephen Price

Culture 21 Jun 2025 Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales has announced the first major retrospective in over forty years dedicated to one of Wales’ most accomplished artists, Gwen John. Gwen John: Strange Beauties will open on 7 February 2026 and will place the artist centre stage in the year that will mark 150 years since her birth.
Taffia and the illusion of Welsh privilege

1 week ago | nation.cymru | Stephen Price

Opinion 21 Jun 2025 Stephen PriceA memory from 2022 popped up on my Facebook recently, detailing a Conservative Senedd Member’s warning that there is a danger of Wales creating a “two-tier society” that “excludes those who do not speak Welsh”. Joel James MS, the Senedd Member for South Wales Central, said that supporting the Welsh language and Welsh heritage was “one of many priorities to the Welsh Conservatives”.
Heuldro’r Haf: Summer Solstice marked today

1 week ago | nation.cymru | Stephen Price

Feature 21 Jun 2025 Stephen PriceGet ready for the inevitable ’days will start getting shorter soon’ comments as we celebrate the longest day and summer solstice, or heuldro’r haf in Welsh, today. The summer solstice marks the period in which we will see the longest number of daylight hours of the year, and took place at 03.42 BST in the UK when the sun was at its highest position in the sky.
Disappointment as air ambulance campaigners lose high court judicial review over ‘life-risking’ service closure

1 week ago | nation.cymru | Stephen Price

News 20 Jun 2025 Dale Spridgeon Local Democracy ReporterLocals and politicians fighting to save life-saving air ambulance services from closing say the’ fight is not over’ after losing a judicial review in the High Court. The announcement which affects Caernarfon and Welshpool’s services on Thursday, followed a ruling by a judge in Cardiff, was met with bitter disappointment by campaigners, MPs and MSs in North Wales.
Council leadership shake-up could save £100k

1 week ago | nation.cymru | Stephen Price

News 20 Jun 2025 Twm Owen Local Democracy ReporterA shake-up of senior leadership intended to save a council £100,000 is to be discussed by councillors. As part of the reshuffle a number of council services will move into different directorates, or divisions, with one new directorate created and two abolished.
Historic vote brings assisted dying closer to becoming law in Wales and England

1 week ago | nation.cymru | Stephen Price

Assisted dying is a step closer to being made legal in Wales and England after the proposed legislation cleared the House of Commons in a historic vote. A majority of MPs backed a Bill that would allow terminally ill adults with a life expectancy of less than six months to end their lives. Despite warnings from opponents around the safety of a Bill they argued has been rushed through, the proposed legislation took another step in the parliamentary process.