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The overlooked history of Wales
There’s a common opinion that any animosity between England and Wales began and ended in the 1500s – but a fundamentally unequal relationship has continued into the present day, argues LIZ LEE REYNOLDS
The Owain Glyndwr Revolt

WHILE I have long had a sense of some Welsh heritage, it is only very recently that I’ve delved into the history of this country and particularly its troubled relationship with neighbouring England.

My mum’s family are from a fairly wide Celtic background but primarily Welsh. If you call her English she will fiercely defend herself as British, definitely not English.

Ex-Telegraph editor Max Hastings recently penned an article in Bloomberg titled “There will always be an England but not a UK.” 

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