Dr Rachel Hughes (she/her) 🏴🌱
@rachelgwenllian.bsky.social
Director @dotiau.bsky.social. Visiting Professor, Wrexham University. NED, EAS. Chair of Governors, Ysgol Gymraeg y Ffin. Trustee, SRA & Chair, SRA Cymru. Founder, Doers & Improvers Book Club.
Family. Insight. Policy. Social Justice.
www.linktr.ee/dotiau
Family. Insight. Policy. Social Justice.
www.linktr.ee/dotiau
Cyngerdd bach neithiwr efo Serenata Ladies Choir… a bit of prep for our main Christmas concert in a couple of weeks. 🎶🎄
📍St Mary’s Church, Rogiet
📍St Mary’s Church, Rogiet
November 26, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Cyngerdd bach neithiwr efo Serenata Ladies Choir… a bit of prep for our main Christmas concert in a couple of weeks. 🎶🎄
📍St Mary’s Church, Rogiet
📍St Mary’s Church, Rogiet
So proud of this event and the work we’re doing…
Curious minds by day, celebration by night.
Here's a beautiful film of the events we held in the Pierhead and Senedd in September showcasing and celebrating the work of @publicmap.bsky.social.
youtu.be/go-_lPhGQHA
Here's a beautiful film of the events we held in the Pierhead and Senedd in September showcasing and celebrating the work of @publicmap.bsky.social.
youtu.be/go-_lPhGQHA
Public Map at The Senedd
YouTube video by Public Map Platform
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 12:50 PM
So proud of this event and the work we’re doing…
I just watched Imad Alarnab make Dhahabiya on Saturday Kitchen. Not only is it vegan and looked absolutely amazing, to hear Imad's story about fleeing Damascus, where he had 3 restaurants, his narrative of resilience, hope, and generosity was incredibly moving.
November 22, 2025 at 11:42 AM
I just watched Imad Alarnab make Dhahabiya on Saturday Kitchen. Not only is it vegan and looked absolutely amazing, to hear Imad's story about fleeing Damascus, where he had 3 restaurants, his narrative of resilience, hope, and generosity was incredibly moving.
Listening to Sarah Cox on Radio 2, I'm in floods of tears with her...
What a colossal effort. She's so motivated to support children who need it. Support her to support them.
www.bbcchildreninneed.co.uk/shows/sara-c...
#CiN #childreninneed
What a colossal effort. She's so motivated to support children who need it. Support her to support them.
www.bbcchildreninneed.co.uk/shows/sara-c...
#CiN #childreninneed
Sara Cox's Great Northern Marathon Challenge - BBC Children in Need
www.bbcchildreninneed.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Listening to Sarah Cox on Radio 2, I'm in floods of tears with her...
What a colossal effort. She's so motivated to support children who need it. Support her to support them.
www.bbcchildreninneed.co.uk/shows/sara-c...
#CiN #childreninneed
What a colossal effort. She's so motivated to support children who need it. Support her to support them.
www.bbcchildreninneed.co.uk/shows/sara-c...
#CiN #childreninneed
Today, I'm off to the second WeAll Cymru Festival of Ideas.
I've written a piece about how @publicmap.bsky.social speaks to the Wellbeing Economy agenda and is a tangible tool and set of practices that contribute to shifting the system.
dotiau.org/2025/11/11/p...
I've written a piece about how @publicmap.bsky.social speaks to the Wellbeing Economy agenda and is a tangible tool and set of practices that contribute to shifting the system.
dotiau.org/2025/11/11/p...
Public Map: helping to realise a wellbeing economy
Imagine. Go on, take a minute. Close your eyes. Breathe… …and imagine a world where people feel secure in their basic comforts and can use their creative energies to support…
dotiau.org
November 12, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Today, I'm off to the second WeAll Cymru Festival of Ideas.
I've written a piece about how @publicmap.bsky.social speaks to the Wellbeing Economy agenda and is a tangible tool and set of practices that contribute to shifting the system.
dotiau.org/2025/11/11/p...
I've written a piece about how @publicmap.bsky.social speaks to the Wellbeing Economy agenda and is a tangible tool and set of practices that contribute to shifting the system.
dotiau.org/2025/11/11/p...
Reposted by Dr Rachel Hughes (she/her) 🏴🌱
Starting your Christmas shopping? Let’s all have a #crapfreechristmas 🎄
November 12, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Starting your Christmas shopping? Let’s all have a #crapfreechristmas 🎄
Reposted by Dr Rachel Hughes (she/her) 🏴🌱
🤝 In line with the Well-being of Future Generations Act, you’re being invited to join the conversation and have your community’s voice heard by holding your own Climate Conversation. #WalesClimateWeek
Deadline: 31/10/25
🔗 www.climateaction.gov.wales/wales-climat...
Deadline: 31/10/25
🔗 www.climateaction.gov.wales/wales-climat...
Climate Conversations Fund - Climate Action Wales | ''
We want to hear from you. You can apply for the Climate Conversations Fund to hold your own discussion on climate change.
www.climateaction.gov.wales
October 29, 2025 at 11:50 AM
🤝 In line with the Well-being of Future Generations Act, you’re being invited to join the conversation and have your community’s voice heard by holding your own Climate Conversation. #WalesClimateWeek
Deadline: 31/10/25
🔗 www.climateaction.gov.wales/wales-climat...
Deadline: 31/10/25
🔗 www.climateaction.gov.wales/wales-climat...
Please watch this 👇🏻
We need justice for all the women and girls that have been abused, trafficked, and exploited.
Thank you @vicderbyshire.bsky.social and Amy Wallace for your piece on this.
We need justice for all the women and girls that have been abused, trafficked, and exploited.
Thank you @vicderbyshire.bsky.social and Amy Wallace for your piece on this.
WATCH: Virginia Giuffre memoir: Prince Andrew, Epstein & Maxwell
#Newsnight
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qM8CJcSfCU4
#Newsnight
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qM8CJcSfCU4
Virginia Giuffre memoir: Prince Andrew, Epstein & Maxwell
YouTube video by BBC Newsnight
www.youtube.com
October 22, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Please watch this 👇🏻
We need justice for all the women and girls that have been abused, trafficked, and exploited.
Thank you @vicderbyshire.bsky.social and Amy Wallace for your piece on this.
We need justice for all the women and girls that have been abused, trafficked, and exploited.
Thank you @vicderbyshire.bsky.social and Amy Wallace for your piece on this.
Please consider signing this petition from Reporters without Borders. At the rate journalists are being killed in Gaza by the Israeli army, there will soon be no one left to keep you informed.
rsf.org/en/petition-...
rsf.org/en/petition-...
We are calling for an immediate end to the massacre of Palestinian journalists in Gaza and for the international press to have direct access to this territory !
Over this year and a half of conflict, nearly 200 Palestinian journalists have been killed by the Israeli army, including at least 43 killed whilst carrying out their duties. It is one of the largest ...
rsf.org
October 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Please consider signing this petition from Reporters without Borders. At the rate journalists are being killed in Gaza by the Israeli army, there will soon be no one left to keep you informed.
rsf.org/en/petition-...
rsf.org/en/petition-...
Our son (as are we) is kinda invested!
⚽️ Cymru v Belgium
⚽️ Cymru v Belgium
October 13, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Our son (as are we) is kinda invested!
⚽️ Cymru v Belgium
⚽️ Cymru v Belgium
Reposted by Dr Rachel Hughes (she/her) 🏴🌱
David Lloyd George *in 1890* on the devolution of the crown estate:
‘I fail to understand why questions affecting...the Mineral resources of the Crown in Wales, which are far better apprehended on the spot, should be administered by government clerks in London.’
‘I fail to understand why questions affecting...the Mineral resources of the Crown in Wales, which are far better apprehended on the spot, should be administered by government clerks in London.’
October 8, 2025 at 9:36 AM
David Lloyd George *in 1890* on the devolution of the crown estate:
‘I fail to understand why questions affecting...the Mineral resources of the Crown in Wales, which are far better apprehended on the spot, should be administered by government clerks in London.’
‘I fail to understand why questions affecting...the Mineral resources of the Crown in Wales, which are far better apprehended on the spot, should be administered by government clerks in London.’
I’m looking forward to this 👇🏻
Here's our trailer for the pod with @lauramcallister30.bsky.social of @walesgovernance.bsky.social , Lauren McEvatt, and Lee Waters MS 👇
October 2, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I’m looking forward to this 👇🏻
An excellent win for 🇪🇺
…Shane Lowry’s celebration when we retained the Ryder Cup was absolutely joyous!
#jumpingaround #golf #rydercup
…Shane Lowry’s celebration when we retained the Ryder Cup was absolutely joyous!
#jumpingaround #golf #rydercup
September 28, 2025 at 10:30 PM
An excellent win for 🇪🇺
…Shane Lowry’s celebration when we retained the Ryder Cup was absolutely joyous!
#jumpingaround #golf #rydercup
…Shane Lowry’s celebration when we retained the Ryder Cup was absolutely joyous!
#jumpingaround #golf #rydercup
Well I never. Wow, wow, wow. What a brilliant match and incredible (18 min) penalty shootout!
Huge congratulations to Grimsby Town.
Huge congratulations to Grimsby Town.
August 27, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Well I never. Wow, wow, wow. What a brilliant match and incredible (18 min) penalty shootout!
Huge congratulations to Grimsby Town.
Huge congratulations to Grimsby Town.
Reposted by Dr Rachel Hughes (she/her) 🏴🌱
The benefit of benefits www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/08... There are few things in life that are more straightforward than the economics of paying benefits to those who need them.
The fact every politician should know is that paying benefits can, and often does, pay for itself.
The fact every politician should know is that paying benefits can, and often does, pay for itself.
The benefit of benefits – and why wealth floods-up
There are very few things in life that are more straightforward than the economics of paying benefits to those who need them.
The simple, straightforward, obvious fact that should be known to every p...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
August 12, 2025 at 6:21 AM
The benefit of benefits www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/08... There are few things in life that are more straightforward than the economics of paying benefits to those who need them.
The fact every politician should know is that paying benefits can, and often does, pay for itself.
The fact every politician should know is that paying benefits can, and often does, pay for itself.
Today is Ectopic Pregnancy Awareness Day.
Before having my ectopic pregnancy, and the life-changing effects it caused - physically and emotionally, I knew very little about ectopic pregnancies.
Please check out @ectopicpregnancy.bsky.social - they have lots of info and support.
Before having my ectopic pregnancy, and the life-changing effects it caused - physically and emotionally, I knew very little about ectopic pregnancies.
Please check out @ectopicpregnancy.bsky.social - they have lots of info and support.
August 1, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Today is Ectopic Pregnancy Awareness Day.
Before having my ectopic pregnancy, and the life-changing effects it caused - physically and emotionally, I knew very little about ectopic pregnancies.
Please check out @ectopicpregnancy.bsky.social - they have lots of info and support.
Before having my ectopic pregnancy, and the life-changing effects it caused - physically and emotionally, I knew very little about ectopic pregnancies.
Please check out @ectopicpregnancy.bsky.social - they have lots of info and support.
Reposted by Dr Rachel Hughes (she/her) 🏴🌱
Poems from the children of Gaza.
"And the question remains - will we tell it or become the story?"
What a line. 💔
"And the question remains - will we tell it or become the story?"
What a line. 💔
Poems from the children of Gaza (2)
"And the question remains - will we tell it or become the story?"
westenglandbylines.co.uk
July 21, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Poems from the children of Gaza.
"And the question remains - will we tell it or become the story?"
What a line. 💔
"And the question remains - will we tell it or become the story?"
What a line. 💔
Very happy that a new series of @sewingbee.bsky.social has begun… equally happy that I get to show huge amounts of appreciation for Esme’s necklaces.
Love, love, love her necklaces!
Love, love, love her necklaces!
July 15, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Very happy that a new series of @sewingbee.bsky.social has begun… equally happy that I get to show huge amounts of appreciation for Esme’s necklaces.
Love, love, love her necklaces!
Love, love, love her necklaces!
40 years ago, with a pack of blank videos at the ready, I set our video recorder to long play to tape Live Aid.
What an extraordinary event and an extraordinary response to human suffering.
What an extraordinary event and an extraordinary response to human suffering.
July 13, 2025 at 10:26 PM
40 years ago, with a pack of blank videos at the ready, I set our video recorder to long play to tape Live Aid.
What an extraordinary event and an extraordinary response to human suffering.
What an extraordinary event and an extraordinary response to human suffering.
A tear or two of pride for this Cymru team. Singing their hearts out to our national anthem - an anthem that is rooted in our people, our places, our culture. They have written a new chapter in our country’s history. Diolch o galon 🏴
@fawales.bsky.social
@fawales.bsky.social
July 13, 2025 at 7:06 PM
A tear or two of pride for this Cymru team. Singing their hearts out to our national anthem - an anthem that is rooted in our people, our places, our culture. They have written a new chapter in our country’s history. Diolch o galon 🏴
@fawales.bsky.social
@fawales.bsky.social
July 9, 2025 at 9:51 AM
A packed house @the-sra.org.uk Annual Conference this morning!
The first topic of the day…
'Empathetic chatbots and synthetic personas - how AI is shaping research?'
The first topic of the day…
'Empathetic chatbots and synthetic personas - how AI is shaping research?'
July 9, 2025 at 9:18 AM
A packed house @the-sra.org.uk Annual Conference this morning!
The first topic of the day…
'Empathetic chatbots and synthetic personas - how AI is shaping research?'
The first topic of the day…
'Empathetic chatbots and synthetic personas - how AI is shaping research?'
Early start this morning for @the-sra.org.uk Annual Conference in Llundain.
I will be ushering and on roving mic duty!
I will be ushering and on roving mic duty!
July 9, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Early start this morning for @the-sra.org.uk Annual Conference in Llundain.
I will be ushering and on roving mic duty!
I will be ushering and on roving mic duty!
Beautiful shapes. Beautiful setting. Beautiful girl.
#acrobatics #gymnastics #colwynbay #gogleddcymru
#acrobatics #gymnastics #colwynbay #gogleddcymru
July 6, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Beautiful shapes. Beautiful setting. Beautiful girl.
#acrobatics #gymnastics #colwynbay #gogleddcymru
#acrobatics #gymnastics #colwynbay #gogleddcymru
Awful, awful news. So dreadfully sad 😢
Diogo Jota, Liverpool and Portugal footballer, dies aged 28 in car crash
Diogo Jota, Liverpool and Portugal footballer, dies aged 28 in car crash
It is understood that Jota and his brother were travelling in a car that came off a road in the province of Zamora
The Liverpool forward Diogo Jota has been killed in a car accident in Spain. He was 28, a father of three young children and had married his long-term partner, Rute Cardoso, less than two weeks ago.
The tragic news was first reported in Portuguese media. It is understood that Jota and his brother, 26-year-old André, were travelling in a car that came off a road in the province of Zamora.
More details soon … Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
July 3, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Awful, awful news. So dreadfully sad 😢