Heledd Fychan chairs Plaid Cymru's research group and is author of the Pendroni blog. She has lived in Dublin and London, but is now back in Wales and works for a national organisation. She was Plaid Cymru's second placed candidate on the North Wales Assembly regional list in 2011 and stood in Montgomeryshire in the 2010 General Election. Heledd is particularly interested in education, heritage and rural affairs policy, and her hobbies include medieval history and writing.

O ‘Steddfod i ‘Steddfod

Gyda’r Eisteddfod yn dechrau yfory, dyma ymgais i geisio eich dennu i fynychu hyd yn oed os ydych chi’n teimlo eich bod chi’n rhy cwl.

The dragon has two tongues

Do Welsh speakers have a duty to provide a translation of their work if they choose to write in Welsh? And if WalesHome receives an article in Welsh, are we obliged to automatically provide a translation? These are the questions we’d love to hear your views about today.

Immoral and unnecessary

Will the recent phone hacking scandal change the course of journalism in the future?

Letting go of the past

Though there were some protests when the Queen visited Ireland, the nation mainly welcomed her with open arms. Can Wales learn any lessons from this mature approach to former oppressors?

It’s not all doom and gloom

Plaid Cymru has come in for a lot of scrutiny since the election. Much of it is ill-deserved, as the party has achieved its main goals

Resolutions

With a new year fast approaching, it’s almost time to make your resolutions for 2011. What will yours be?

Merry Christmas

From the WalesHome team, Merry Christmas to all of our readers and contributors.

Season’s Greetings

Today is the final posting day for first class letters in the UK. With so many different ways of communcating available these days, is there still a place for traditional Christmas cards?

Over the hill

We live in liberated times – or do we? WalesHome editor Heledd Fychan tells a different tale

Heledd joins the Editorial Team

I’VE BEEN a fan of WalesHome from day one, and was thrilled when I was first invited to contribute to the site. A website of this calibre was long overdue in Wales, and though there were plenty of high quality blogs, there wasn’t a definitive thought provoking site where people from across the political spectrum [...]

Plenty to smile about

Plaid down in the mouth? Not a bit of it. The party has its hwyl well and truly back, and it’s on the basis of solid and original policy discussions

The Show Crimes

Agricultural shows are an important testing ground for aspiring rural politicians. But beware – farmers don’t suffer fools, and there are more than just puddles to put a foot into