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Brittle with Relics
- A History of Wales, 1962-97
- Narrated by: Elain Llwyd, Kai Owen, Mali Ann Rees, Phaldut Sharma, Richard King, Siwan Morris
- Length: 17 hrs and 52 mins
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Brittle with Relics is a landmark history of the people of Wales during a period of great national change.
Brittle with Relics is a vital history of Wales undergoing some of the country's most seismic and traumatic events: the disasters of Aberfan and Tryweryn; the rise of the Welsh language movement; the Miners' Strike and its aftermath; and the narrow vote in favour of partial devolution.
Drawing upon the voices of its inhabitants - including Neil Kinnock, Rowan Williams, Leanne Wood, Gruff Rhys, Michael Sheen, Nicky Wire, Sian James, language activists, members of former mining communities and many more - this is a vivid portrait of a nation determined to survive, while maintaining the hope that Wales will one day thrive on its own terms.
Critic reviews
"Richly humane, viscerally political, generously multi-voiced, Brittle with Relics is oral history at its revelatory best: containing multitudes and powerfully evoking that most remote but also resonant of times, the day before yesterday." (David Kynaston)
"A testament to the brutal circumstances that bonded the communities of Wales into a new polity for the 21st century." (Gruff Rhys)
"This book is a guide to remembering who we can be when we work together." (Gwenno Saunders)
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- D. Lewis-Smith
- 09-07-22
If Richard King did not exist,
...we would have to invent him.
An excellent interweaving of voices - both in source material and readers - giving a multi-faceted reflection of a period that needs this sort of deep dive. Well done to the author of being able to weave a narrative from strands often kept far apart in popular media.
Though I’m not sure why the quoted lyrics from “Can I Gymru” stop two thirds of the way through.
A minor quibble - a book that puts Rowan Williams, Dave Datblygu, Carmen Thomas, Ann Pettitt, Neil Kinnock and Anghard Tomos into conversation is a vital, and splendidly read, contribution to historical understanding.
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- Jo Bagshaw
- 20-08-23
Welsh history voiced with spirit and candour
This swept away so much of the misty complacency that this English visitor to Wales had around or about him when it came to understanding this landscape in tandem with its full and tempestuous recent history - all voiced with spirit (hwyl) by those who pushed this future into being.
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