Places are limited on Saturday, and going fast, so turn up early! @irisprize.org @parthianbooks.bsky.social
Norena Shopland
@norenashopland.bsky.social
Writer/historian on LGBTQ+ history in Wales, and Welsh history
Ended my weekend of madly dashing around the country at the @amc-waw.bsky.social conference, which is always enjoyable! Thanks to @saracorreia.bsky.social for playing Katherine so brilliantly!
If you haven't heard Katherine's story yet, here's another chance. It'll blow you away! @irisprize.org @parthianbooks.bsky.social
Did you know that a Farage Reform govt intends to scrap the NHS? The private health care system he wants to introduce would cost you £10,000s, like the US, where getting ill can bankrupt you. #ReformUK #Labour #GreenParty #Newcastle #SAFC� #NUFC
My rare and large collection of the Ladies of Llangollen has toddled off to London to be part of an exhibition on Radical Living. They'll return to Tŷ Pawb Wrexham next year before wandering off to Scotland @nation.cymru @thisislisapower.bsky.social nation.cymru/feature/rare...
Rare Welsh collection on display in London
Norena Shopland This autumn, the William Morris Gallery in London presents Earthly Paradise: Radical Living in the UK, a “major touring exhibition that explores the people and places that have helped ...
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Are you worried about protecting YOUR vote? Here are things you can do to help - you don't have to be a lawyer. We can all play a part. volunteerblue.org/action-recip...
An actual cartoon from Dutch cartoonist Siegfried Woldhek.
I know I've posted this many times - needs to flood the media until election day.
If you fancy popping into Amgueddfa Torfaen Museum this afternoon at 2pm for a free talk on the most amazing women you'll hear about for a long time, would love to see you
If you haven't heard Katherine Philips' story about the women she loved, you really should! It's amazing! Join us if you can on Saturday @parthianbooks.bsky.social
if you're free folks this Saturday, pop along to this fascinating early lesbian story and enjoy the loves and heartaches of Katherine. It will make you laugh; it will make you cry!
If those in the Swansea area fancy chatting about all things writing, do pop along to this, it should be fun!
If you're free on Sunday in Swansea and fancy chatting about books and publishing, pop along to this
If you're free on Sunday 30th near Swansea, lots of info on writing and getting published. Free event.
Had a fab evening with the Llanelli Book Club - they've fallen in love with Katherine Philips! @parthianbooks.bsky.social
If you're not busy this evening with solar eclipses and heat waves, there's always this:
A UK-wide charity is set to open a new animal sanctuary in Wales, providing a forever home for elderly and medically dependent pets whose owners can no longer care for them due to illness, disability or sudden passing
Charity plans 23-hectare 'retirement home for pets' in Welsh countryside
Nation Cymru staff A UK-wide charity is set to open a new animal sanctuary in Wales, providing a forever home for elderly and medically dependent pets whose owners can no longer care for them due to i...
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Michael Sheen's long-awaited documentary investigating historic allegations of toxic chemical contamination in Wales will finally reach television screens later this month
Michael Sheen's latest documentary arrives on screens this August
Amelia Jones Michael Sheen’s long-awaited documentary investigating historic allegations of toxic chemical contamination in Wales will finally reach television screens later this month. Buried, a two-...
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An investigation by Nation Cymru has found that Reform politicians in Wales are regularly interacting with far-right social media accounts, including amplifying disturbing content and posts that target a prominent female Plaid Cymru figure with abuse ✍️Emily Price
Investigation: Reform figures in Wales linked to far-right social media networks
Emily Price An investigation by Nation.Cymru has found that Reform politicians in Wales are regularly interacting with far-right social media accounts, including amplifying disturbing content and pos...
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Hard to keep track of the number of times he's declared victory in his illegal war-of-choice. #86-47
This book is packed with interest... Norena Shopland has produced a gripping biography. The strength of feelings in Katherine’s relationships with women is revelatory @pinknews.bsky.social @divamag.bsky.social @parthianbooks.bsky.social @martinanav.bsky.social nation.cymru/culture/book...
Book review: My Love all love excels by Norena Shopland
Desmond Clifford Just a few weeks ago I visited Dublin for Bloomsday, the day commemorating the action of James Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’ (16 June 1904). I went to the city’s oldest theatre, the Smock Alley T...
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This book is packed with interest and Katherine’s writing is only the half of it. Norena Shopland has produced a gripping biography which effortlessly encompasses civil war politics in Wales and the social isolation of the English-speaking gentry ✍️ Desmond Clifford
Book review: My Love all love excels by Norena Shopland
Desmond Cliffford Just a few weeks ago I visited Dublin for Bloomsday, the day commemorating the action of James Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’ (16 June 1904). I went to the city’s oldest theatre, the Smock Alley ...
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Many thanks to Desmond Clifford for his lovely review in @nation.cymru Cymru: "This book is packed with interest... I wasn’t entirely expecting to enjoy a biography of a minor seventeenth century poet, but this book is gripping." @parthianbooks.bsky.social nation.cymru/culture/book...
Book review: My Love all love excels by Norena Shopland
Desmond Clifford Just a few weeks ago I visited Dublin for Bloomsday, the day commemorating the action of James Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’ (16 June 1904). I went to the city’s oldest theatre, the Smock Alley T...
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Nearly two-thirds of people across the UK support banning foreign ownership of national media organisations, according to a new opinion poll
Majority support banning foreign ownership of UK media, survey finds
Nation.Cymru staff Nearly two-thirds of people across the UK support banning foreign ownership of national media organisations, according to a new opinion poll. The YouGov survey, commissioned by the ...
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Removing VAT from electricity bills from October is a ‘positive statement of intent’ but ‘does not address the scale of what households are facing’, experts have said
Energy VAT cut ‘does not address scale of what households are facing’
Josie Clarke, Press Association Consumer Affairs Correspondent Removing VAT from electricity bills from October is a “positive statement of intent” but “does not address the scale of what households a...
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Many thanks to @lgbtqreads.bsky.social for publishing my essay on Katherine Philips, the 17th-century woman who loved women @parthianbooks.bsky.social #LGBT lgbtqreads.com/2026/07/16/o...
Out in the 17th Century: a Guest Post by My Love All Love Excels Author Norena Shopland
Today on the site I”m pleased to welcome Norena Shopland, author of My Love All Love Excels, the biography of Katherine Philips: the seventeenth-century Welsh poet whose love for two women do…
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Concerns surrounding Nigel Farage’s undeclared £5 million donation have gained widespread traction with voters, with polling suggesting the affair is widely viewed as reflecting negatively on the Reform UK leader
Poll suggests donation furore could be widely damaging for Nigel Farage
Jonathan Bunn, Press Association Political Reporter Concerns surrounding Nigel Farage’s undeclared £5 million donation have gained widespread traction with voters, with polling suggesting the affair i...
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"Farage is quite literally the establishment he claims to be fighting" via Jack Dart & Reform Watch
