Americymru
Graduate of UCC and former teacher, critter of the Beacons and denizen of darkest Caerdydd. I am a 49 year old Welsh ex-pat currently residing in Portland Oregon. My hobbies include but are not limited to:- Standing at a window gazing vaguely into space. Sitting self-absorbed for hours on a crumbling armchair, Wales, Linux, Welsh History, Literature, Politics, Philosophy etc.
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AmeriCymru
http://americymru.blogspot.com/
This is the blog of the AmeriCymru online community. AmeriCymru is a social network for the Welsh, Welsh ex-pats, persons of Welsh descent and Cymruphiles all over the world.
Most of the material on this blog has appeared on our sister site and it is reproduced here for two reasons. Firstly we recognize that some people would rather access our material without the necessity of joining or searching a large social network. We believe that individual posts on this blog are more readily searchable and browsable. Secondly this site acts as an archive and backup for the many interviews and reviews which have appeared on the social site.
AmeriCymru also supports and in some cases sponsors Welsh events in the USA.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 101 )
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Welsh Double Agent Arthur Owens - An Interview With Madoc Roberts, Author of...
Snow SNOW is the codename assigned to Arthur Owens, one of the most important British spies of the Second World War. Described by MI5 as a typical 'Welsh... Read more
Posted on 14 December 2011 CULTURE -
West End Star, John Owen Jones Is Latest Addition To Llangollen 2012 Lineup
John Owen Jones Les Miserables and Phantom of the Opera star John Owen-Jones is the latest big name star to join the 2012 Llangollen International Musical... Read more
Posted on 06 December 2011 CULTURE -
Alun Wyn Jones’s World Cup Year
“If there is an image that captures how the passion of Welsh rugby and the pride of Welsh identity cannot be separated, it is Alun Wyn Jones singing the nationa... Read more
Posted on 16 November 2011 CULTURE -
A Message From The 'Meriwether Lewis Memorial Eisteddfod Foundation' ( Please...
Hello, We're sending this to everyone in our address book and if this isn't of interest to you or you can't remember who the heck we are or why we'd be writing... Read more
Posted on 09 November 2011 CULTURE -
Interview With Dave Lewis - Welsh Author of 'Ctrl-Alt-Delete' - "...good Old...
"Dave Lewis is a writer and poet based in Pontypridd, south Wales. He also lectures IT Photography, designs web sites and is a keen photographer. He has alway... Read more
Posted on 03 November 2011 CULTURE -
An Interview With Sarah Woodbury - King Arthur, Time Travel And Medieval Mystery
Sarah Woodbury "With two historian parents, Sarah couldn’t help but develop an interest in the past. She went on to get more than enough education herself (in... Read more
Posted on 01 November 2011 CULTURE -
Made in Wales - Halen Môn
Reproduced with kind permission of Cymru Culture Magazine Neither of us can quite remember how we first came to hear of Halen Môn. But we'd definitely heard of... Read more
Posted on 27 October 2011 CULTURE -
An Interview With Welsh Writer Lloyd Jones - Electric Sheep And A Small Mouse
AmeriCymru: Hi Lloyd and many thanks for agreeing to be interviewed by AmeriCymru. You have recently finished your second Welsh language novel Y Daith Care to... Read more
Posted on 21 October 2011 CULTURE -
'Random Walk' – the Debut Novel of Dancer-turned-writer, Alexandra Claire
Random Walk It is 2035, and as lives collide, choices have to be made between the real and the virtual worlds. “Brave New World meets Big Brother meets The... Read more
Posted on 14 October 2011 CULTURE -
An Interview With Welsh Writer Brian John - Author of 'On Angel Mountain'
Brian John AmeriCymru: Hi Brian, and many thanks for agreeing to be interviewed by AmeriCymru. You have been both a field scientist and a Geography lecturer in... Read more
Posted on 13 October 2011 CULTURE -
Seren Books is 30 Years OId!
Seren News - September 2011 Seren is 30 years old! Seren is celebrating 30 years of publishing this year and what better way to mark the occasion than a good ol... Read more
Posted on 16 September 2011 CULTURE -
As the Welsh Team Are in New Zealand Battling for the Rugby World Cup, the...
Rugby Zombies 2 Following his sensational win against Aberscary RFC, things should be going better for arwel. But at the start of the sequel to The Rugby... Read more
Posted on 15 September 2011 CULTURE -
Centenary of a Welsh Great’s Birth Celebrated with Two New Books - Pennar Davies
November 12, 2011 marks the the centenary of the birth of one of the great figures in twentieth-century Wales. Pennar Davies was a coal miner’s son, who was bor... Read more
Posted on 14 September 2011 CULTURE -
An Interview With Chris Chandler - "America's Best Kept Secret" On Stage at the...
Chris Chandler with Paul Benoit AmeriCymru: Hi Chris and many thanks for agreeing to be interviewed by AmeriCymru. How would you describe your stage... Read more
Posted on 14 September 2011 CULTURE -
Llangollen Eisteddfod Appoints New Music Director
Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod are pleased to announce that they have appointed Eilir Owen Griffiths, the highly successful conductor and... Read more
Posted on 14 September 2011 CULTURE -
The Fron in New York - Welsh Choir Survives Earthquake and Hurricane Irene to...
Click above to visit the Fron Choir's New York visit photo album. AmeriCymru spoke to David Thomas Jones , the Press and Publicity officer of the Fron Choir... Read more
Posted on 12 September 2011 CULTURE -
Peter Freeman - On Stage At The West Coast Eisteddfod
Peter Freeman This is the latest in an occasional series highlighting performers and contestants at the September 2011 'West Coast Eisteddfod- Welsh Festival... Read more
Posted on 11 September 2011 CULTURE -
Merrill Shindler, Famous Food Critic in Los Angeles, Spotlights the 2011 West...
Merrill Shindler Merrill Shindler will be spotlighting the 2011 West Coast Eisteddfod: Welsh Festival of Arts on his Saturday night radio program 'Feed Your... Read more
Posted on 26 August 2011 CULTURE -
Welsh Diaspora Research - Please Help!!!
AmeriCymru recently received the following communication from Joseph Alajemba at the Welsh Centre for International Affairs:- I am writing to you as the Diaspor... Read more
Posted on 25 August 2011 CULTURE -
New Book Celebrating 130 Years of Welsh Rugby Internationals
The man recognised as Wales’s “foremost rugby statistician and historian” is publishing a new book about every game Wales have ever played to celebrate the 130... Read more
Posted on 25 August 2011 CULTURE