With richness and complexity, Stella Grace Lyons’ rare and beautifully illustrated book bridges the gap between fine art and history ✍️ @ShiptonMartin wp.me/p8Mk4U-1vQv

While a bare majority of people in the UK have bought the argument that we need to increase ‘defence’ spending because of external threats, only a minority are prepared to pay for it in terms of tax increases or public service cuts ✍️@ShiptonMartin wp.me/p8Mk4U-1vY0

Former economy minister Andrew Davies has criticised Welsh Water’s use of a private finance scheme to fund a £660m infrastructure project✍️ @ShiptonMartin nation.cymru/news/ex-economy…

Plaid Cymru holds a three-point lead over Reform UK in voting intentions for a Senedd election, according to a Beaufort Research poll for NationCymru ✍️@ShiptonMartin wp.me/p8Mk4U-1vSa

Reopening a branch railway line to the village of Nelson in the county borough of Caerphilly would be a colossal waste of public money, according to a former senior transport manager who was born there ✍️@ShiptonMartin nation.cymru/news/reopening-…

An internet platform that conducts daily referendums on political issues has found that an overwhelming majority of members who voted do not believe elected parliamentarians should claim hotel expenses in their own constituencies ✍️@ShiptonMartin wp.me/p8Mk4U-1vNQ

Many opticians across Wales that brand themselves as ‘independent’ businesses are in fact owned by a large corporate group based in the north-west of England, we can reveal ✍️@ShiptonMartin wp.me/p8Mk4U-1vNG

The “not-for-profit”, bond-based business model of Dŵr Cymru/Welsh Water is not serving its customers well, according to a report produced by a research group that includes one of Wales’ best-known academics and a former Welsh Government minister ✍️@ShiptonMartin nation.cymru/news/welsh-wate…

A retired academic from Penarth has urged Chancellor John Healey to introduce a financial transaction tax that could raise billions of pounds a year for the UK Treasury ✍️@ShiptonMartin wp.me/p8Mk4U-1vH9

The Welsh Government has confirmed that an independent Wales-specific review of the previous Labour administration’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic will be held ✍️@ShiptonMartin wp.me/p8Mk4U-1vHs

Covid Bereaved Families for Justice Cymru has accused former Welsh Labour ministers of hiding behind scientific advice over failures to protect care home residents during the pandemic ✍️@ShiptonMartin nation.cymru/news/covid-bere…

The departure of a top health service manager has been welcomed by a campaign group that described her as ‘one of the worst chief executives the Welsh NHS has had’ ✍️@ShiptonMartin wp.me/p8Mk4U-1vCm

Miscarriage of justice victim Michael O’Brien has strongly criticised Reform UK MS Cristiana Emsley after she suggested there should be a debate on bringing back capital punishment ✍️@ShiptonMartin nation.cymru/news/man-wrongl…

A Reform UK MS has been criticised for reposting on social media what has been described as a far-right conspiracy theory ✍️@ShiptonMartin wp.me/p8Mk4U-1vwG

A Reform UK branch is in turmoil after its chair resigned following a row with the party’s ‘head of Wales’ ✍️@ShiptonMartin wp.me/p8Mk4U-1vw3

Opposition to the death penalty is not ‘woolly liberalism’, as far-right groups suggest. It is founded on principles of justice that should be inherent in any fair society ✍️@ShiptonMartin wp.me/p8Mk4U-1vq8

Politicians from the Senedd’s four main political parties have joined forces to champion the rights of women and girls across Wales ✍️@ShiptonMartin wp.me/p8Mk4U-1voF

A local authority has refused to provide transport to take a 14-year-old girl to and from her place of education after the man who abducted her was released from prison and allowed to live near her home ✍️@ShiptonMartin wp.me/p8Mk4U-1vlV

A local political party formed two years ago has won a stunning by-election victory in a village right on the English border, securing its seventh seat on Flintshire County Council ✍️@ShiptonMartin nation.cymru/news/local-part…