This is the story of the single greatest political grievance in modern Welsh history, the one that ran deeper and lasted longer than almost any other. It is a story with riots and troops in it, with a great mocking poem, with a bill that took eight years and a constitutional revolution to pass, and with a victory that arrived, with terrible timing, in the very week the world went to war.

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On a warm Saturday afternoon in August 1911, in a tinplate town in Carmarthenshire, a nervous magistrate mumbled the words of the Riot Act to a crowd that could barely hear him, a major of the Worcestershire Regiment gave an order, and soldiers of the British Army fired live rounds into the back gardens of an ordinary Welsh street.

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With the arrival of the Romans comes the establishment of a new trade centre and importantly the flood of the symbols of their version of civilization changing the makeup of south eastern Britain.

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Every town in Wales had one. You knew where it was. You knew what it was for. And you spent your whole life hoping you would never have to walk through its gate. Follow us on social media: Instagram, Bluesky: @Welshhistorypod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/welshhistorypodcast Please consider becoming a supporter at: http://patreon.com/WelshHistory Music: Celtic Impulse - Celtic by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100297Artist: http://incompetech.com/ © 2026 Evergreen Podcasts

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With a new century comes the true professional game that is at the centre of Wales even today and the first Welsh superstar.

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In this episodes it is a tale of two versions of the man. First, we will follow the real Caratacus through his war, his defeat, his betrayal, and the extraordinary scene of his speech before an emperor. In the second, we will follow his afterlife, the long tail of tradition, poetry, painting, music, and outright invention that his name dragged behind it down the centuries. Follow us on social media: Instagram, Bluesky: @Welshhistorypod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/welshhistorypodcast Please consider becoming a supporter at: http://patreon.com/WelshHistory Music: Celtic Impulse - Celtic by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100297Artist: http://incompetech.com/ © 2026 Evergreen Podcasts

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A special episode where I sit down with Charlie Leah, author of Last Man Standing: Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn, Prince of Powys about the life of Gruffydd and his desire to clear his name from accusations of history.

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This episode I talk about the remarkable and controversial life of David Lloyd George. Follow us on social media: Instagram, Bluesky: @Welshhistorypod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/welshhistorypodcast Please consider becoming a supporter at: http://patreon.com/WelshHistory Music: Celtic Impulse - Celtic by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100297Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Thumbnail photos: Photo of Keir Hardie by George Charles Beresford, sepia-toned platinotype print, 1905 © 2026 Evergreen Podcasts

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