A Creative Manifesto for a Welsh Renaissance |
I’ve managed to steer clear of politics for more than 30 years. A year spent as the president of the student’s union at Hornsey College of Art in the mid-seventies was enough to put me off...
Posted by The Red Dragonhood on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 04:24:00 PST |
Were the ones |
Kelly Jones’ little ditty ’You’re The One (As Long As We Beat The English)’ is not a marching song. It’s a wry comment on our national lack of ambition.Beating the Englis...
Posted by The Red Dragonhood on Fri, 14 Mar 2008 05:22:00 PST |
March |
Lyrics to ’March’ by the Youngblood Brass Band from the album ’Is That A Riot?’"... to gather in us the desire for motion towards...Motion to make that movement vertical... rew...
Posted by The Red Dragonhood on Fri, 14 Mar 2008 03:07:00 PST |
Sunshine |
Unless you’ve been living under a rock in Soar-y-mynydd (apparently the most remote place in Wales), you won’t need me to tell you that our rugby team is on the verge of winning the Six Na...
Posted by The Red Dragonhood on Fri, 14 Mar 2008 04:23:00 PST |
Check out this event: A meeting of minds at the Laugharne Weekend |
Hosted By: The Laugharne Weekend 2008When: 30 Mar 2008, 14:50Where: New Three MarinersVictoria StreetLaugharne, SA334SEUnited KingdomDescription:The Laugharne Weekend 2008 Click Here To View Event...
Posted by The Red Dragonhood on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 02:56:00 PST |
Offensive Welsh Advertising |
An ad for Brecon Five vodka that portrays a team of supposedly vulgar young women from an imaginary 'Valley College of Further Education' in a University Challenge-type TV quiz game being able to corr...
Posted by The Red Dragonhood on Thu, 13 Dec 2007 11:07:00 PST |
Whats in a flag? |
It's hard to see the call last week from Wrexham MP Ian Lucas to include Y Ddraig Goch in the Union Flag as anything other than a pennog goch (red herring).Since hypocrisy, cynicism and downright econ...
Posted by The Red Dragonhood on Mon, 03 Dec 2007 06:00:00 PST |
Enoughs enough! |
The last time I went on a demo before last Monday, the shout was "Margaret Thatcher. Milk Snatcher. Out! Out! Out!" It was either that or "The National Front is a fascist front. Smash the National Fro...
Posted by The Red Dragonhood on Wed, 10 Oct 2007 07:10:00 PST |
Hell in a Hire Car |
Whatever philosophers might postulate, hell is being in a hire car driven by a motorcycle racer. I can vouch for the fact that being taxied round Monza by Eddie Irvine in a Ferrari 360 Modena is hell ...
Posted by The Red Dragonhood on Thu, 20 Sep 2007 03:32:00 PST |
Save the planet, throw another politician on the fire |
The Bush administration finally conceded this week that climate change is a fact despite the public relations campaign funded by Exxon and Philip Morris which would have us believe it's just a loony c...
Posted by The Red Dragonhood on Sun, 16 Sep 2007 11:15:00 PST |
