Donald Macivər
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Donald Macivər
@BendtheBow
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This is cool. Every kid in a British school should learn one of Welsh, Gaelige, Scottish Gaelic and old English. Even if just for a term (I’d favour longer). Learn about the deep roots of these islands!


Every minister in the new Plaid Cymru Cabinet is a fluent Cymraeg speaker. For the first time in 622 years, since the parliament of Owain Glyndŵr, our government will hold its Cabinet meetings in Cymraeg, the mother-tongue of our nation, and indigenous language of Britain 🏴








Polanski is a know-nothing blowhard. The only Jewish person to lead a political party — bar, that is, Benjamin Disraeli, Ed Miliband, Michael Howard, Jimmy Goldsmith and Herbert Samuel. He is clearly ignorant of the country’s history. And much more besides.


At over 400 years old, this door at Exeter Cathedral is thought to have the oldest surviving cat flap.












