Newsletter No.69

April, 4th 2007

by Mike Caluan

Happy Easter and welcome to this months edition of the expats newsletter.

What have we got for you this month, I hear you ask?

Well, the frantic rate of the capital's redevelopment, that I’ve been keeping you up to date with over the last year or so, has started to catch on in other parts of the country.

You already know about the St David’s 2 project, costing more than £1bn, which is well underway in Cardiff. Well now Newport, Swansea and Wrexham are getting in on the act - not to mention the 210 mile Milford Haven natural gas pipeline being developed! You guys just wouldn't recognise your old backyard these days, in fact if you have been home for a visit in the past five years or so you’d been in for a shock.

This month: How the Welsh celebrate St David’s Day down under, we take a look at the 10 greatest treasures of our National Library and the hymn affectionately know as our second national anthem ‘Bread of Heaven’ is celebrated.

Also this month: Wales’s most popular word, the Welshman who became the most feared pirate of the Caribbean and how thousands of Poles are finding a welcome in a small welsh town.

And finally, a new book that casts a magic spell across the cultural divide between Arabia and Wales.

Just in: The oldest museum in Wales is turning to pop stars and the general public to pull together one of its most innovative exhibitions to date.

So until next month take care and enjoy the newsletter.

Don't forget to check out the Expats Changing Wales and Expats Nostalgia sections for regular updates on what's going on.

Keep those articles and stories coming in, let me know what you're getting up to over the festive season, where you'll be spending it? You can send them to me at mike.caluan@wme.co.uk

Pob lwc

Mike

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The capital's redevelopment
St David’s Day down under
10 greatest treasures of our National Library
‘Bread of Heaven’ is celebrated
Wales’s most popular word
The most feared pirate of the Caribbean
Poles are finding a welcome in a small welsh town
New book that casts a magic spell across the cultural divide