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Cynghanedd is an ancient poetic system of alliteration, musicality and internal rhyme. Ninell/Shutterstock

January 2, 2025

The greatest poetic metre you’ve probably never heard of

Mererid Hopwood, Aberystwyth University

Cynghanedd, the ancient Welsh art of poetic harmony, weaves rhythm, rhyme and alliteration into intricate patterns.

Annie Hughes Griffiths yn dal deiseb Menywod Cymru dros Heddwch yn y Tŷ Gwyn ar Chwefror 21 1924, ochr yn ochr â (chwith i’r dde) Gladys Thomas, Mary Ellis ac Elined Prys. WCIA/Archifau'r Deml Heddwch

May 25, 2024

Ganrif yn ôl aeth menywod Cymru ati i apelio’n daer am heddwch byd – dyma eu stori

Mererid Hopwood, Aberystwyth University and Jennifer Mathers, Aberystwyth University

Roedd taith o gwmpas yr Unol Daleithiau yn ddiweddglo i ymgyrch heddwch ryfeddol a gasglodd 390,296 o lofnodion gan fenywod ledled Cymru. Felly pam nad yw'n ymddangos mewn unrhyw lyfrau hanes?

Annie Hughes Griffiths holds the Welsh women’s petition for peace at the White House on February 21 1924, alongside (l-r) Gladys Thomas, Mary Ellis and Elined Prys. WCIA/Temple of Peace Archives

May 25, 2024

A century ago, the women of Wales made an audacious appeal for world peace – this is their story

Jennifer Mathers, Aberystwyth University and Mererid Hopwood, Aberystwyth University

A tour of the US was the culmination of an extraordinary peace campaign that gathered 390,296 signatures from women all over Wales. So why does it not appear in any history books?

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