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History & The Arts
‘Bread of Heaven’ – Canu o’r un llyfr emynau?
...un o hoff emynau cefnogwyr rygbi, cyfieithiad Saesneg o’r emyn ‘Arglwydd, arwain trwy’r anialwch’ gan William Williams, Pantycelyn (1717-91), emynydd enwocaf Cymru yw ‘Guide me, O thou great Jehovah’. Cyhoeddwyd y testun Cymraeg gwreiddiol yn 1762. Cyhoeddwyd y cyfieithiad Saesneg cyntaf gan Peter Williams yn 1771. John Hughes (1873-1932), a fu’n gweithio...
Nature & Environment
Environment: LA River
...LA River A short introduction to this album. Who Killed the LA River? The worst floods in the history of Los Angeles. How the river was contained and its flood plain became part of the city. Rediscovering the LA River The forgotten part of Los Angeles. A journey through the unused public land that lines the river today. LA: Chinatown Yard Claiming the last vast space in...
Nature & Environment
Sut y gall pob un ohonom fynd i'r afael â'n hôl troed carbon digidol
...un prif hanfod yn uno'r heriau hyn: osgoi effeithiau catastroffig y newid yn yr hinsawdd drwy gapio codiadau tymheredd byd-eang i 1.5℃. Mae cyflawni hyn yn her eithriadol, a bydd angen i bob corfforaeth, llywodraeth a dinesydd wneud newidiadau cyflym a sylweddol i'n ffyrdd o fyw – rhai mwy nag eraill. Er mai gwledydd a diwydiannau sy'n bennaf cyfrifol, mae cyfleoedd...
History & The Arts
Darwin explores the Sierra de la Ventana
...la Ventana...In 1832, Charles Darwin explored South America. He recorded his experiences in The Voyage of The Beagle, from which this is an extract. I hired a Gaucho to accompany me on my ride to Buenos Ayres, though with some difficulty, as the father of one man was afraid to let him go, and another, who seemed willing, was described to me as so fearful, that I was...
History & The Arts
Darwin crosses the Sierra de la Ventana
...la Ventana - but finds the vista less than thrilling...In 1832, Charles Darwin explored South America. He recorded his experiences in The Voyage of The Beagle, from which this is an extract. The dew, which in the early part of the night wetted the saddle-cloths under which we slept, was in the morning frozen. The plain, though appearing horizontal, had insensibly sloped...