… The themes of that drama will not be those of 1913. Man, necessarily, will still be the central figure, but it will be man,…
… The themes of that drama will not be those of 1913. Man, necessarily, will still be the central figure, but it will be man, oftener than not, in his various reactions during these horrible years to disillusionment and chaos in almost every form of life; and let us hope, man emerging triumphant from today's bedlam, his religion restated, his social and other values adequately related to that restatement. In spite of jazz, dog-racing and…
… There has been a rapid increase in the number of Adult Classes in music. The higher ones are organised by the University Colleges, the…
… There has been a rapid increase in the number of Adult Classes in music. The higher ones are organised by the University Colleges, the others by the W.E.A. and by the Council of Music. The work done by these classes is so unostentatious that its leavening influence cannot as yet be estim- ated, but it must be very considerable. Choral Festivals, such as those of Harlech, Newtown, Aberystwyth, The Three Valleys, and others have…
… The Local Eisteddfodau, large and small, are legion. Unfortunately many of them show dis- quieting symptoms of decadence. Wales is like an orchard full…
… The Local Eisteddfodau, large and small, are legion. Unfortunately many of them show dis- quieting symptoms of decadence. Wales is like an orchard full of fruit trees that display abund- ant leafage but little fruit. There are bitter com- plaints of poor programmes, and of deliberate re- petition of hackneyed pieces in order to secure spurious successes. Worse than this, a devast- ating canker has appeared-the "challenge solo." In South Wales this disease is…
… TWENTY years ago we hailed the "Dawn of the Health Age." We were not mistaken, because great things have been done since, but, it…
… TWENTY years ago we hailed the "Dawn of the Health Age." We were not mistaken, because great things have been done since, but, it must be confessed, the dawn has been some- what protracted. Interrupted by the thunder- storm of war, darkened by the fog of industrial de- pression, it is only now brightening into the full light of day. Apart from such indirect measures as housing and re-housing, sanitation, water supply, etc., the…
… the complicated curriculum expected of the wife and mother, and based upon the actual conditions that exist in typical working-class homes. The course, which…
… the complicated curriculum expected of the wife and mother, and based upon the actual conditions that exist in typical working-class homes. The course, which should take at least a year, should include instruction in budgeting, marketing, simple dietetics, cooking, washing, cleaning, and the care of children, and should precede the training for their temporary money-making vocation. How to spend money is at least as important as how to earn money, and in the case…
… amenable to local control, the world is stead- ily shrinking and even in this respect the old barriers are breaking down, as shown by…
… amenable to local control, the world is stead- ily shrinking and even in this respect the old barriers are breaking down, as shown by a na- ional electricity scheme, the formation of a road board, possibly a national housing scheme, cer- tainly by joint water boards, joint sanitary and joint hospital authorities. It may be claimed with some justice that the Welsh National Memorial Association is a not un- worthy prototype of what the…
… profits. It was never a completely happy alliance and, with the very definite advance of Nonconform- ity in Wales during the early years of…
… profits. It was never a completely happy alliance and, with the very definite advance of Nonconform- ity in Wales during the early years of the nine- teenth century, signs of actual separation could be observed and the politics of Wales became more and more, within certain limits, the politics of the Welsh people, and ultimately the expression on the political side of the Welsh Nonconformist con- science, with the Disestablishment and Disendow- ment of…
… its fate had been decided by the earthquake of August of that year, it had become clear that there was no enthusiasm or even…
… its fate had been decided by the earthquake of August of that year, it had become clear that there was no enthusiasm or even decent welcome for it, either among Welsh members or in the country generally. When the campaign for the Bill was reopened, largely in the pages of the "Welsh Outlook" in 1918, the response was chilly. The "Cymru Fydd" movement as such was dead. One thing is certain, that the end…
… It should be remembered that one of the results of the War was the breaking up of the big estates. Previously, tenant farmer and…
… It should be remembered that one of the results of the War was the breaking up of the big estates. Previously, tenant farmer and agricultural lab-- ourer regarded the big land-owner as the tyrant. At last, under very disadvantageous terms, the tenant farmer has become the landowner and every day the gulf between him and his worker is widen- ing. The real landlords of Wales today are the big banks, the nominal owner, in…
… Possibly the lowest point so far reached was registered in the early days of Nov- ember with something like a boycott of Geneva by…
… Possibly the lowest point so far reached was registered in the early days of Nov- ember with something like a boycott of Geneva by the chief delegates of the Great Powers at the Disarmament Conference, a "strike" of the rapporteurs like Dr. Benes and M. Politis, and a threat by Mr. Henderson to let go the Chairman- ship. He was appointed to his high post while yet Foreign Secretary and when he was still…
… ance in which Great Britain took no part. The Conference as a Conference for world security was dead. We shall see more clearly in…
… ance in which Great Britain took no part. The Conference as a Conference for world security was dead. We shall see more clearly in the com- ing years what we only see dimly now, that the issue is much deeper than that of the reduction of armaments. The real issue is the pooling of na- tional sovereignty and some day that problem will be tackled, for as it has been said, "the funda- "mental…
… cottages of the village, and built round three sides of a narrow courtyard. Hens pecked there then, and fishing nets were hung out to…
… cottages of the village, and built round three sides of a narrow courtyard. Hens pecked there then, and fishing nets were hung out to dry, and several families inhabited one wing of the bleak, dilap- idated building. Beyond the village a fragment of wall juts out on one of the rocks. That, and some foundations under the water, are all that is left either of the pier begun in the reign of George I,…
… This cottage was not in Porthdinllaen itself, but by the Bwlch. It and one or two others formed one block, joined at the end…
… This cottage was not in Porthdinllaen itself, but by the Bwlch. It and one or two others formed one block, joined at the end to a tall, narrow house. On the right, miles of coastline sweep outwards to the peaks of the Rivals; on the left, the curve of the bay ends in Porthdinllaen (Point. These buildings were isolated on the wide expanse of empty beach, all built out, in the proper Porthdinllaen fashion,…
… SHAKESPEARE'S WELSH CHARACTERS GENERALISATION about national charac- ter is as impossible as it is futile. The "ordinary man" is the rarest of men and…
… SHAKESPEARE'S WELSH CHARACTERS GENERALISATION about national charac- ter is as impossible as it is futile. The "ordinary man" is the rarest of men and the writer who depicts a character and imagines him to be the typical Frenchman or the typical Spaniard entirely ignores the infinitely subtle, personal qualities that lie beneath the most unlikely exteriors. Nevertheless, certain qualities do appear to be dominant in the people of any given race and these qualities…
… "In faith he is a worthy gentleman, Exceedingly well-read, and profited In strange concealments; valiant as a lion, And wondrous affable; and as bountiful…
… "In faith he is a worthy gentleman, Exceedingly well-read, and profited In strange concealments; valiant as a lion, And wondrous affable; and as bountiful As mines of India." This may or may not be an accurate picture of an historical character. It is at least an attractive picture and those qualities of courage and hon- esty are such as are the common possession of all national heroes. He has however a fault which he…
… one of the most lovable of Shakespeare's humor- ous characters. Again, because (to quote George Saintsburyf) of "the half-patronising, half-apol- ogetic tone adopted towards…
… one of the most lovable of Shakespeare's humor- ous characters. Again, because (to quote George Saintsburyf) of "the half-patronising, half-apol- ogetic tone adopted towards 'Merry Wives' as a farce" any character in the play is considered slight and not worth the consideration given to the people of the more generally lauded plays. In truth, in this play (to quote Saintsbury again) "Everybody is alive and everything is vividly ill- uminated-not with the extra-natural, if…
… THE CATHOLIC MARTYRS OF WALES We regret greatly that owing to the heavy de- mands on our space in this final number of the…
… THE CATHOLIC MARTYRS OF WALES We regret greatly that owing to the heavy de- mands on our space in this final number of the "Welsh Outlook," we have been unable to pub- lish a somewhat lengthy article sent us by Mr. T. P. Ellis in answer to Mr. J. Arthur Price's review (published in our November issue) of Mr. Ellis's book, "The Catholic Martyrs of Wales." We append, however, a letter from Mr. Arthur…
… ROUND TABLE No. 93 December, 1933 The Round Table wants to get Germany and Japan back into the League of Nations, but its ideas…
… ROUND TABLE No. 93 December, 1933 The Round Table wants to get Germany and Japan back into the League of Nations, but its ideas seem to get perilously near the old and worn-out idea of balance of power of which it nevertheless disapproves. It also hopes for oceanic system apart from European affairs. Other subjects treated are Japan's effort for world trade and an important survey of relations of Japan and Aus- tralia. One…
… the country-its greenness in "Green Magic," its autumn gold, hanging, as one remembers, till nearly Christmas, in "Golden Wales," and most vividly of all…
… the country-its greenness in "Green Magic," its autumn gold, hanging, as one remembers, till nearly Christmas, in "Golden Wales," and most vividly of all its blue in "June Sapphire." "Rhiannon's birds are singing, sweeter than nightingales, Blue are the hills as sapphires-the crowded hills of Wales. So thick the lawns with hyacinths, one knows not if the blue Be lakes of water, lakes of flowers, or lakes of morning dew; So paved the woods…
… power when the old Queen died. The Welsh aspects of this revolt, and the part played in it as liaison officer with Wales by…
… power when the old Queen died. The Welsh aspects of this revolt, and the part played in it as liaison officer with Wales by Sir Gelly Meyrick (the "Sir Gilly Merrick" of Mr. Strachey's "Elizabeth and Essex") have, we believe, never been so fully investigated before, and they form a new and interesting postscript to the history of the Welsh struggle for independence. If the dramatic qualities of the story are but imperfectly reflected…
… March." Mr. T. P. Ellis's fine work on the "Welsh Laws," Mr. Thomas Richards' four volumes on the religious history of Wales in the…
… March." Mr. T. P. Ellis's fine work on the "Welsh Laws," Mr. Thomas Richards' four volumes on the religious history of Wales in the early years of Puritanism, and Mr. R. T. Jen- kins' serial studies of centuries in Welsh history, which are appearing periodically from the Uni- versity Press. A mere layman can, at any rate, express the view that, to his mind, the publication of "Cymru'r Oesau Canol" is as important an…
… University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire. COLEC PRIFATHROFAOL DEHEUDIR CYMRU A MYNVVY. THE COLLEGE INCLUDES FACULTIES OF ARTS AND SCIENCE, DEPARTMENTS OF APPLIED…
… University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire. COLEC PRIFATHROFAOL DEHEUDIR CYMRU A MYNVVY. THE COLLEGE INCLUDES FACULTIES OF ARTS AND SCIENCE, DEPARTMENTS OF APPLIED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, MUSIC, AND TEACHERS' TRAINING DEPARTMENTS. Courses of Study in the various Faculties and Departments qualifylfor the Degrees and Diplomas of :he University of Wales, and other Diplomas including College Diplomas in Engineering, Metalliferous Mining, and Metallurgy, and Joint Diplomas in Mechanical Engineering Marine Engineering, and Industrial Chemistry…
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