This year has seen a flurry of events, broadcasts, and publications marking the centenary of the 1926 General Strike. Amongst all the books and articles published, one powerful account of 1926 is in danger of being overlooked or forgotten. Mike Mecham recounts Idris Davies’s ‘The Angry Summer: a poem of 1926’. I was introduced to Idris Davies, like many others I suspect, by the American … Continue reading Idris Davies: the ‘Angry Summer of 1926’
My dissertation focuses upon relations between Welsh and Irish socialists during the Irish revolutionary period (1910s–1920s) with a focus on newspapers produced in South Wales. Analysing the social history of these nations outside the strict confines of the British state is a developing field of study. The study aims to better understand how each nation’s socialist movement interpreted, supported or, in other cases, hindered the … Continue reading Tomas Einion Holland (Bangor University) on relations between Irish and Welsh socialists during the Irish revolutionary period
