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Ackroyd portrays London from the time of the druids to the beginning of the twenty-first century, noting magnificence in both epochs, but this is not a simple chronological record. It is a comprehensive account, animated by Ackroyd's concern for the close relationship between the present and the past as well as by what he describes as the peculiar "echoic" quality of London whereby its texture and history actively affect the lives and personalities of its citizens.

It is now three years since Justin Welby first published his Reimagining Britain. The fundamental message of that book remains as urgent as ever. But in this revised and expanded edition, Welby has taken fully into account the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Brexit and all the social and political unrest that has ensued. If anything, the new edition of Archbishop Welby's book is even more important than its predecessor. Here is a radical vision for 21st-century Britain.

Llyfr o gyfres Amdani, i ddysgwyr Lefel Sylfaen yn cynnwys straeon byrion yn ymwneud â rhyw hanesyn o bentre penodol yng nghymoedd y Rhondda. Mae cymoedd y Rhondda Fach a’r Rhondda Fawr wedi bod yn rhan o fywyd Siôn Tomos Owen o’r dechrau. Mae’r straeon yma’n dangos sut mae pentrefi a phobl Cwm Rhondda wedi effeithio arno.

With his focus on Great Britain, Scotland, and Ireland, noted masonic scholar William Hughan cites numerous examples of early Lodge minutes, in order to show a direct connection to and prove that the Freemasons of today are lineal descendants of those operative builders from the 17th century and perhaps more importantly, descendants of early speculative members, often noblemen, who otherwise had no connection with the physical labor of the masonic craft.