#Dafydd jones

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Dafydd Jones, London, 1981

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Dafydd Jones

Society photographer for Tatler, his work captured the decadent lifestyles of the young elite in 1980s Britain. The images paint a stark contrast to the bleak reality many Brits suffered under Thatcher- era policies.

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Dafydd Jones. Sliding down the marquee during the New College May Ball. Oxford. 24 June 1983.

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Exhibition in a Box. Lucy Ernst-Gornall.Lucy Ernst-Gornall and Minette l'Estrange, Drinks party for Henrietta Tatham. Ryecroft St. London SW6. 2 July 1986

Photo: Dafydd Jones

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Alexander Fyjis-Walker dancing with Sarah Fazakerly during the Trinity Ball | ph. Dafydd Jones | Cambridge, June 1981

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Some headshots for a fantasy story I'm working with about winged humans. It's been a lot of fun taking inspiration from different birds and trying to make thee designs distinct from each other

Left to right, top to bottom order:

Elin - The main character and member of the royal guard. She's throwing herself into this new stable job to avoid having to confront her complete absense of a personal life, having lost it all.

Caderyn - Usurper king who established his reign through shockingly quick bloodshed and is currently reworking things to stablisise his throne.

Llewellyn - Head of the royal guard and the former heir of a noble house, working dilligently under the king.

Angharad - Llewellyn's sister and current manager of their properties. A shrewd and calculating woman, but not unkind.

Dafydd (aka Dai Gwefl) - A member of the royal guard next to Elin. Always paired with Dai Gwyn to keep him in some sort of check.

Dafydd (aka Dai Gwyn) - A member of the royal guard next to Elin with the opposite of her work ethic.

Dafydd - A member of the royal guard with seniority, having worked to help establish King Caderyn's rule. As such, he gets to keep the name "Dafydd"

Doctor - A royal doctor moonlighting in a back-alley clinic. She's always where she's needed, even when not asked for.

I haven't sketched fullbody designs for them, but I have sketched out their wings

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Pop Vincent pushed in by Charles Mcdowel during the Martin Betts Dance. Ascot. (23 July 1982)___________photo Dafydd Jones.

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Ten months after the arrest of Neil Foden, parents and governors still have little confidence in cyngor Gwynedd council to stop any future abuse.

At last weeks Education and Economy Committee, the representative for Arfon's parents and governors expressed her concerns and asked for an 'interactive infographic' to be made to ensure that everyone knew how to report abuse. But the safeguarding procedures are well known - it is written on the back of many staff key cards. The policies have not failed rather the officers whose job it is to ensure childrens safety have failed...

It is a concern that the governor's rep has little confidence that things have improved. She may be aware of the new governing body that has been appointed at Ysgol Friars and one wonders if she has confidence in them also.

The new chair of the governors is councillor Dafydd Meurig. Other members appointed by the council are Elin Walker Jones, Gareth Mark Parry, John Wyn Williams and R Medwyn Hughes - https://www.ysgolfriars.cymru/en/the-governing-body

Councillor Medwyn Hughes sat on the previous board and his re-appointment does not inspire confidence. Nor does the appointment of Elin Walker Jones, the present cabinet member for children, who has remained silent on the SS department's revelation earlier this year of historic complaints from 2013/14 concerning the Arfon social workers team.

Dafydd Meurig, was the deputy leader of the council and also cabinet member for the Adult SS department when they were being hauled over the coals by the Ombudsman for Wales for maladministration and bad behaviour towards the disabled under the last administration. One case featured in the PSOW's human rights casebook - it was that bad.

This case should have come before full council and a review undertaken of the social worker(s), their manager and the care home involved. Meurig did not present it to full council...

The public outrage prompted the Plaid MS for Arfon, Siân Gwenllian, to ask questions of the council. https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/gwynedd-council-review-vehicle-policy-19777848

Over a year later, there had been no update from Gwynedd council nor the MS... Local elections were held and Plaid Cymru increased their majority. After the election, the leader of the council shuffled his Cabinet and Dafydd Meurig was replaced by Dilwyn Morgan, who was the former Cabinet member for children and families. 

Morgan's tenure was also overshadowed by controversy. The PSOW finding maladministration and bad behaviour by his department also. A reminder that Dilwyn Morgan refused to answer questions of the Care Scrutiny Committee after one 'damning' PSOW investigation. It is also claimed that Morgan failed to take action against the senior safeguarding officer after allegations he misled councillors and the public.

In the reshuffle, Dafydd Meurig became Cabinet member for the Enviroment.

In September, 2023, the MS for Arfon was sent an email asking for an update on the vehicle misuse and mentions Gwynedd social workers using the cars for 'extra curricular activity'. 

Her office replied that Ms Gwenllian only asked about the Waste and Recycling department and passed on a message that she had received from Dafydd Meurig - A letter and email was sent to officers who had the right to take vehicles home as part of their working terms, on 29/03/2023. The letter stated that the consultation period has ended and that no officer from the Waste and Recycling service is now exempt from the new policy - 'Use of Council vehicles for commuting'. In accordance with the procedure, a period of notice must be given to staff and the period of 90 days has started on 31/03/2023 and ends on 29/06/2023. So by the end of June the exercise of using the council's vehicle for journeys between home and work will come to an end. 

At the time of the protest, there was a perception that some officers of all departments considered the vehicles their personal property to do with as they pleased - including using them for trysts away from the office. So it is surprising that the focus was on one department only. 

Perhaps Aled Gibbard, the former senior operational manager and now head of resources, should have dealt with the matter. He would have far more knowledge of the affair than any councillor. For how long has it been considered normal practice that officers use these vehicles (and the fuel) to commute between home and work? All staff or just senior officers?

Dafydd Meurig did not bring this case to full council, either...

To outsiders, the perception is that many senior managers within the council and schools are incompetent and that a toxic culture of cover up has allowed many to get away with actions and behaviours that would not be tolerated in the private sector. The attitude of many senior councillors only adds to this perception...

In other news, it is reported that cyngor Gwynedd have suspended two staff members at a school. A spokesperson said - We can confirm that two members of school staff in Gwynedd have been suspended from their posts and that the council is conducting internal investigations. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crgm8my77kno The school has not been named but it is reported that the council are conducting an internal investigation. There is no trust in those undertaking Gwynedd council's internal investigations and in light of Neil Foden it may be more appropriate for councillors to insist that officers of another LA to be tasked with investigating the matter.

Something is so very wrong within Gwynedd council...

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NME | 5 août 2020

James Dean Bradfield des Manic Street Preachers lance une nouvelle série de podcast pour accompagner son deuxième album solo L’épisode un de Inspired By Jara comprend Charlie Burchill de Simple Minds Tom Skinner Continue reading Untitled

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NME | 5 août 2020

James Dean Bradfield des Manic Street Preachers lance une nouvelle série de podcast pour accompagner son deuxième album solo L’épisode un de Inspired By Jara comprend Charlie Burchill de Simple Minds Tom Skinner Continue reading Untitled

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Susie Kydd. 1983 approx. © Copyright Dafydd Jones

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Owen Tudor

Owen Tudor, aka Owain ap Maredudd ap Tudor (c. 1400-1461 CE), was a Welsh courtier who secretly married Catherine of Valois (l. 1401 - c. 1437 CE), the former wife of Henry V of England (r. 1413-1422 CE) and mother of Henry VI of England (r. 1422-61 & 1470-71 CE). The couple had several children, one of whom was Edmund Tudor whose son Henry Tudor would become Henry VII of England (r. 1485-1509 CE) and so found the royal house of Tudor. The Tudors would rule England until 1603 CE in what many regard as the country's Golden Age. Owen Tudor, a staunch supporter of Henry VI during the Wars of the Roses (1455-1487 CE) dynastic dispute, was captured and beheaded by Yorkist forces in 1461 CE.

Catherine of Valois

Catherine of Valois was the daughter of Charles VI of France (r. 1380-1422 CE) and she married Henry V of England in Troyes Cathedral on 2 June 1420 CE. This marriage was a result of Henry's great victory against the French at Agincourt in 1415 CE during the Hundred Years' War (1337-1453 CE). When the English king followed this up with the capture of Normandy and Paris, he was able to negotiate the favourable Treaty of Troyes in May 1420 CE. According to this treaty, Henry would be made the king of France following the death of Charles VI. The new regime would be tied to the old via the marriage of Henry to Catherine. Unfortunately, Henry died, probably of dysentery, in 1422 CE and he missed the chance to become the king of France by less than two months; Charles VI died on 21 October 1422 CE. Henry was succeeded by his infant namesake son, crowned Henry VI in November 1429 CE.

Catherine, now an ex-queen and mother of the reigning child-king, was not content to live a retired life for the rest of her days. She had a secret affair with a Welsh nobleman who was a member of her household. The historian Nigel Jones gives the following account of how their affair began:

Catherine of Valois was left bereft, a lusty young woman in the prime of life. She did not remain single for long. Owen Tudor, a handsome young Welshman of obscure origins, had become her Keeper of the Wardrobe. According to romantic rumour Owen had caught the queen's notice when he stumbled, incapably drunk, into her lap. Intrigued, she spied on him as he swam nude, liked what she saw…

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Owen's background may be obscure but we do know that he was born around 1400 CE, the son of Meredudd Tudor and Margaret, daughter of Dafydd Fychan. The Tudors, or Tewdwrs, were kings of Deheubrath and held estates in north Wales. They would soon rise even higher and come to hold two earldoms in England, granted to them by Henry VI, who acted as a generous protector of his half-brothers and sisters.

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From one person who is So Normal about Gwyn ap Nudd to another, do you have any recommendations for getting into medieval Welsh literature? I really love what I do know, but I feel like I have no clue where to start beyond the Mabinogi and the Arthurian romances therewith. Any favourite stories or papers you'd recommend? Many thanks and as always I'm So Normal about your depictions of everyone <33

Hi anon! Thanks so much and sorry about the slow reply. YAY another person in the So Normal About Gwyn ap Nudd club!! 🥳🥳🥰 I’m going to embarrass myself now because, to be honest, I mainly only know about Gwyn ap Nudd (a very useful area of expertise). I have a few recommendations, though!

Welsh Triads – a series of texts from a few different manuscripts. They provide a sort of “catalogue” of various legendary and historical figures, places, animals, weapons etc, grouped into threes.

Book of Taliesin – manuscript from the first half of the fourteenth century which includes some of the oldest known Welsh poems, attributed to sixth century poet Taliesin. There are quite a few mentions of figures from the Mabinogi. Also, Haycock's translations.

The ‘Saga Englynion’ – collections of early lyrical poetry, including Canu Llywarch Hen, Canu Urien, Canu Heledd and some misc poems like The Dialogue of Gwyn ap Nudd and Gwyddno Garanhir (wahoooo!)

Gwyn Jones' Oxford Book of Welsh Verse in English is useful too and, if you’ve not read it already and are specifically after Arthurian stuff, Arthur of the Welsh (Bromwich, Jarman, Roberts, and Brynley (eds.)) is a good introduction.

If you want more medieval sources that mention Gwyn ap Nudd, I'm always recommending Dafydd ap Gwilym, my favourite 14th century loser 😌✌️

I hope that’s vaguely helpful. Let me know if the links don’t work!

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What’s a Welsh accent? Sorry but I don’t speak English natively and tbh the only accent I know is my fucking awful one

imma link this video

so obvs you've got aussie mark with his aussie accent

DC with his scottish accent (i'm pretty sure)

and Steve Jones has a welsh accent, which is also why, and idk who else has noticed this, he called DC Dafydd (pronounced dah-vid)