Amy Nicholass says that, "Living in rural Wales is really special, with so much nature and strong communities doing great things to support each other. But Welsh Government could be doing so much more to support small businesses, farmers and families to thrive where they want to live. Poor rural public transport is an absolute bugbear of mine that I want to sort out".

Amy is first on the list for Wales Green Party in the constituency of Ceredigion Penfro. She hopes to be elected to the Senedd at the elections taking place on 7th May 2026. In this conversation we explore the pull of wildlife in Cymru, poor public transport, sustainable food, Green politics and more.

Simon Hobson is a co-founder of New Wales and an active member of the Welsh diaspora.

Full episode on the @Cymru Newydd YouTube channel.

For more information, head to: new.wales

Instagram: @new_wales

Bluesky: @newwales.bsky.social

LinkedIn: @https://www.linkedin.com/company/new-wales

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Episode 33 of Blueprint Cymru: Senedd 2026.

Recorded on 24 February 2026.

Producer and Editor: Simon Hobson

Assistance producers: Gwern Gwynfil, David Hannington-Smith

Graphic designer: Nigel Cousins

Head of content: Gwern Gwynfil

Executive Producer: Simon Hobson

Music licenced from Envato

Cymru Newydd Cyf. (New Wales Ltd.)‬

Dr. Gareth Evans is a Lecturer in Law at Swansea University/Prifysgol Abertawe. He joins Blueprint Cymru to dig into law, power and where the real limit of Welsh self-government lie. We also discuss the history of Welsh Liberal MPs in the C18th and C19th and, the legal direction the Senedd may take after the 7th May 2026 Senedd election.

Simon Hobson is a co-founder of New Wales and an active member of the Welsh diaspora.

Full episode on the @Cymru Newydd YouTube channel.

For more information, head to: new.wales

Instagram: @new_wales

Bluesky: @newwales.bsky.social

LinkedIn: @https://www.linkedin.com/company/new-wales

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Episode 32 of Blueprint Cymru. Recorded on 12 February 2026

Producer and Editor: Simon Hobson

Assistance producers: Gwern Gwynfil, David Hannington-Smith

Graphic designer: Nigel Cousins

Head of content: Gwern Gwynfil

Executive Producer: Simon Hobson

Music licenced from Envato

Cymru Newydd Cyf. (New Wales Ltd.)‬

Simon Hobson looks at the opportunities ahead for Wales in the 2026, and talks about how this begins with the May 7th Senedd election.

For more information, head to: new.wales

Instagram: @new_wales

Bluesky: @newwales.bsky.social

LinkedIn: @https://www.linkedin.com/company/new-wales

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Episode 1 of Blueprint Cymru - series 2. Recorded on 29 January 2026

Producer and Editor: Simon Hobson

Assistance producers: Gwern Gwynfil, David Hannington-Smith

Graphic designer: Nigel Cousins

Head of content: Gwern Gwynfil

Executive Producer: Simon Hobson

Music licenced from Envato

Cymru Newydd Cyf. (New Wales Ltd.)‬

Sam Parry is a lecturer and researcher at Cardiff Metropolitan University, recently completing a PhD on the interplay of longue durée history, political economy, world-systems analysis, and nationalism. His work explores why regions like Wales face economic challenges within larger states, and how geography, history, and institutions shape outcomes over time.

For more information, head to: new.wales

Instagram: @new_wales

Bluesky: @newwales.bsky.social

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This is an edited version of episode 14 of Blueprint Cymru, recorded on 11 August 2025

Producer and Editor: Dylan Yeomans

Assistance producers: Gwern Gwynfil, David Hannington-Smith

Graphic designer: Nigel Cousins

Head of content: Gwern Gwynfil

Executive Producer: Simon Hobson

Music licenced from Envato

Cymru Newydd Cyf. (New Wales Ltd.)‬

Nadolig Llawen from New Wales.

We look forward to continuing, in 2026 and beyond, the conversation of how we work to build a future for Cymru.

Happy Christmas!

For more information, head to: new.wales

Instagram: @new_wales

Bluesky: @newwales.bsky.social

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This is of Blueprint Cymru, is an original recording from New Wales for Christmas 2025, written and recorded on 12 December 2025

Produced and Edited: Dylan Yeomans and Simon Hobson

Assistance producers: Gwern Gwynfil, David Hannington-Smith

Graphic designer: Nigel Cousins

Head of content: Gwern Gwynfil

Executive Producer: Simon Hobson

Music licenced from Envato (licence number/code: 8EY3ZKRNG5).

Cymru Newydd Cyf. (New Wales Ltd.)‬

If Wales wants change, it has to hear some home truths. What really lands with Welsh audiences? And what’s holding us back? A top political journalist lays it bare.

Will Hayward is a journalist who, after completing his studies at Cardiff University, chose to make Wales his home. Over the past decade, his work and reporting for, among others Wales Online and the Guardian newspaper in the United Kingdom, has won accolades and received countless nominations for journalistic prizes. Will is the author of ‘Lockdown Wales: How Covid-19 Tested Wales’ and, ‘Independent Nation: Should Wales leave the UK?', Will's latest book is called, 'Who cares about Wales?'

Will has contributed to normalising the challenges of dyslexia, by openly speaking of his own. And he gives time to help educate and mentor upcoming journalists: most recently putting up his own money to help young hopefuls in Wales begin their careers in the Welsh political media.

Will's own podcast, ‘For Wales, See Wales’, which he co-hosts with Melanie Owen, BBC Radio Wales presenter and stand-up comic, and Robin Morgan, a comedian and writer, has also recently received industry praise.

For more information, head to: new.wales

Instagram: @new_wales

Bluesky: @newwales.bsky.social

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This is an edited version of an episode recorded on 19 May 2025

Producer and Editor: Dylan Yeomans

Assistance producers: Gwern Gwynfil, David Hannington-Smith

Graphic designer: Nigel Cousins

Head of content: Gwern Gwynfil

Exec. Producer: Simon Hobson

Music licenced from Envato (licence number/code: 8EY3ZKRNG5).

Cymru Newydd Cyf. (New Wales Ltd.)

Many care deeply about Wales’ direction but often need open, friendly spaces before they feel confident contributing to the conversation. This episode digs into what real public engagement looks like, and why it matters now more than ever.

We speak with Dr Anwen Elias about her work on the Independent Commission for the Constitutional Future of Wales. We explore the Commission’s findings on independence, federalism, and the future of the UK, and what they reveal about how people in Wales want their nation to evolve.

Anwen Elias is a prominent political scientist specialising in territorial and constitutional politics, nationalism, and democratic innovation. She serves as a Reader in Politics at the Department of International Politics at Aberystwyth University, where she has been a faculty member since 2005.

For more information, head to: new.wales

Instagram: @new_wales

Bluesky: @newwales.bsky.social

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This is an edited version of Blueprint Cymru podcast episode 9, recorded on 29 May 2025.

Producer and Editor: Dylan Yeomans

Assistance producers: Gwern Gwynfil, David Hannington-Smith

Graphic designer: Nigel Cousins

Head of content: Gwern Gwynfil

Exec. Producer: Simon Hobson

Music licenced from Envato (licence number/code: 8EY3ZKRNG5).

Cymru Newydd Cyf. (New Wales Ltd.)‬

What is a nationalist? How does this term connect with today's populist movements? Why is the United Kingdom blind to the positives of Welsh nationalism? Dr. Anwen Elias speaks about all this and more as we attempt to understand why nationalism is so difficult to define, especially within the U.K.

Anwen Elias is a prominent political scientist specialising in territorial and constitutional politics, nationalism, and democratic innovation. She serves as a Reader in Politics at the Department of International Politics at Aberystwyth University, where she has been a faculty member since 2005.

For more information, head to: new.wales

Instagram: @new_wales

Bluesky: @newwales.bsky.social

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This is an edited version of Blueprint Cymru podcast episode 9, recorded on 29 May 2025.

Producer and Editor: Dylan Yeomans

Assistance producers: Gwern Gwynfil, David Hannington-Smith

Graphic designer: Nigel Cousins

Head of content: Gwern Gwynfil

Exec. Producer: Simon Hobson

Music licenced from Envato

Cymru Newydd Cyf. (New Wales Ltd.)‬

Legacies of the Rebecca Riots and radical Welsh republicanism surviving in the US to this day.

Escaping British punishment or longing to farm the New World? Who emigrated from Wales to the USA in the C19th? What jobs did they do in the US?

🚀 Help build Wales' future 👉 https://new.wales/

🗳 Senedd 2026 👉 https://new.wales/senedd-2026/

Robert Humphries: is the inaugural director of the Great Plains Welsh Heritage Centre in Wymore, Nebraska in the USA. He is an independent scholar and translator with a master’s degree in Celtic studies from the University of Wales, Trinity Saint David. His research focuses on the Welsh diaspora in the United States during the 19th and early 20th centuries, particularly examining the role of the Welsh language in shaping ethnic identity and its interaction with American society and politics.

In addition to his scholarly work, Robert has co-produced the documentary ‘Pobl y Paith/People of the Prairie’, which explores Welsh immigration and settlement in Nebraska.

For more information, head to: website new.wales

Instagram: @new_wales

Bluesky: @newwales.bsky.social‬

This is an edited version of Blueprint Cymru podcast episode 5. Episode originally recorded on 28 April 2025.

Producer and Editor: Dylan Yeomans

Assistance producers: Gwern Gwynfil, David Hannington-Smith

Graphic designer: Nigel Cousins

Head of social media content: Gwern Gwynfil

Exec. Producer: Simon Hobson

Music licenced from Envato

Cymru Newydd Cyf. (New Wales Ltd.)

Who emigrated from Wales to the USA in the C19th? What jobs did they do in the US? Where did they live, and what remains of their cultural and linguistic legacy in the US today?

🚀 Help build Wales' future 👉 https://new.wales/

🗳 Senedd 2026 👉 https://new.wales/senedd-2026/

Robert Humphries: is the inaugural director of the Great Plains Welsh Heritage Centre in Wymore, Nebraska in the USA. He is an independent scholar and translator with a master’s degree in Celtic studies from the University of Wales, Trinity Saint David. His research focuses on the Welsh diaspora in the United States during the 19th and early 20th centuries, particularly examining the role of the Welsh language in shaping ethnic identity and its interaction with American society and politics.

In addition to his scholarly work, Robert has co-produced the documentary ‘Pobl y Paith/People of the Prairie’, which explores Welsh immigration and settlement in Nebraska.

For more information, head to: website new.wales

Instagram: @new_wales

Bluesky: @newwales.bsky.social‬

This is an edited version of Blueprint Cymru podcast episode 5. Episode originally recorded on 28 April 2025.

Producer and Editor: Dylan Yeomans

Assistance producers: Gwern Gwynfil, David Hannington-Smith

Graphic designer: Nigel Cousins

Head of social media content: Gwern Gwynfil

Exec. Producer: Simon Hobson

Music licenced from Envato

Cymru Newydd Cyf. (New Wales Ltd.)