Writ requiring a person to be brought into court following his or her arrest, i.e. limiting the authorities’ power to detain a suspect without a formal charge being brought. Habeas corpus was suspended from 1794 to 1801 during the war against Revolutionary France.

Temporary shelters used by herdsmen when the cattle went to summer pasture.

The official publication which records all the proceedings of Parliament.

Liberal MP 1868–98. Home Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer. Liberal leader 1896–8.

Coalminer who founded the Scottish Labour Party and became MP for Merthyr in 1900.

(Old Country of My Fathers, more usually ‘Land of My Fathers’). Written in Pontypridd in 1856 by Evan James to music composed by his son, James James. Gradually became regarded as the national anthem of Wales.

A history of the Kings of Britain, written by Geoffrey of Monmouth in 1136.

A formal act to show that one is submitting to the feudal authority of an overlord.

Literary society with the aim of preserving the Welsh language and promoting Welsh history and culture.

A founder member of the Communist party in Great Britain and one of its most important members. President of the South Wales Miners' Federation.