Category Archives: books

Datblygu gyda Datblygu

I need to set myself some new challenges with my Welsh learning. The next will be book-related. That means picking one up and reading it. But it needs to be a good one with the right level of challenge. (Previous posts about learning Welsh)
Rhaid i mi fendio her newydd yn fy anturiaethau Cymraeg.
Dw i’n teimlo [...]

A Useful Fiction by Patrick Hannan

Sometimes I feel as if I’m always playing catch-up.
This book “A Useful Fiction“, which came out last year, has just brought me reasonably up-to-date with devolution of the United Kingdom, particularly some of the finer details which I’d missed.
It has many good insights into the idea of Britain and its democracy, or rather democracies. The [...]

Where is my mind? (Books, blogs and networks)

One of my new year’s resolutions is to read more books.
Like old books, unfashionable novels and books which challenge my assumptions.
The benefits of books are clearer, now that we also consume digital text and hypertext. I’m not talking about how the smell of the paper is wonderful or anything like that. It’s about the relationship [...]