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Could the final film from the Welsh Film Board be a cult classic in waiting?
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On his visit to the National Library for the series Cyfrinachau'r Llyfrgell, the naturalist Iolo Williams is shown a number of treasures from the Printed Books collections. One of the earliest books he looks at is A relation of...
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Did you watch the first episode of Cyfrinachau’r Llyfrgell?
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A reflection on the process of working with NLW's volunteer cohort as part of a Screen and Sound project.
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The 2024 Archives and Records Association Conference
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The Library has recently purchased at auction a book by the American artist and author George Catlin. In the book, he speculates that the Mandan tribe in North America is of Welsh origin. The language of the Mandans, their appearance and their nature are used by Catlin to support his theory.
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A closer look at the current audiovisual items on display as part of the Asia Through The Lens exhibition.
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The latest find from our legacy collection is a deluxe edition of ‘King Arthur's Wood: a fairy story: and with it the tale re-told of Sir Gareth of Orkney and ye Ladye of ye Castle Perilous’ by the famous Canadian artist, Elizabeth Forbes (1859-1912) published in 1905.
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