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.

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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.

You can find his book at the link below.

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This episode I talk about the remarkable and controversial life of David Lloyd George.

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The story of the founding of the Labour Party, runs straight through Wales. Not around it.

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The Fosse Way is a mighty road from Lincoln to Exeter which acts as a the spine of the Roman campaign a bridge between two legions and we are going to talk about it today.

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In this episode we are going to Bethesda. And we are going to tell the story of the Great Strike at the Penrhyn Quarry, which began on the twenty second of November 1900 and did not end until November 1903.

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By Summers, Alfred Day & Son, lithographer. - This image is available from the National Library of Wales You can view this image in its original context on the NLW Catalogue, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=41997418

By W.J. Parry - "Chwareli a chwarelwyr", Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11623385

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At the height of Wale's economic power King Coal ran much of the Welsh valleys. But that success came at a price and we are going to talk about the negligence that led to the Senghenydd mining disaster.

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Claudius may have accepted all the surrenders and made his way back to Rome but there was still a lot of work to do. And it was just the beginning.

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Music: Celtic Impulse - Celtic by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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It was at a time when many were considering with concern the role of children in society and protecting them from having to work early in life. With it came a new sense that literacy was critical in this new age.

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