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Celtic Domination: A Literary Journey of Identity and Vision – Book Review

07 Sat Mar 2026

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Celtic, European and Worldly

Heidi Katushka, Times Literary Supplement, Oxford, Saturday, 7th March 2026

In Celtic Domination: The Most Significant Influencers, Martyn de Tours (a pseudonym of the prolific, contrarian strategist Martyn Jones) has produced a work that is at once a novel, a manifesto, a pilgrimage memoir, and a speculative blueprint for pan-Celtic resurgence. Published in 2025 and running to some 428 pages in its paperback edition, the book arrives like a fever dream dispatched from the Camino de Santiago, where the author has evidently spent considerable time walking, talking, and ruminating. The result is a text that defies easy categorization, part sibling reunion laced with intrigue, part philosophical treatise on identity and power, part utopian pamphlet for a “Celtic Union”, and yet it coheres, after a fashion, through sheer audacity and the insistent pulse of its Celtic romanticism.

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STRAIGHT TALK: The Enduring Bond Between Wales and Zionism – and Its Bitter Unravelling

24 Tue Feb 2026

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The Enduring Bond Between Wales and Zionism – and Its Bitter Unravelling

Sir Afilonius Rex in Tel Aviv. Monday 24th February 2026.

In the misty valleys of Wales, where chapel bells once echoed with the thunder of Old Testament prophets, a profound affinity for Judaism and Zionism took root. This connection, woven from scripture, sympathy, and the shared fire of small nations, has long pulsed through Welsh history. It speaks in lyrical cadences, alliterative and incantatory, evoking green hills and golden psalms By that rolled like the sea in miners’ lungs. Here, the Bible burned brighter than coal seams; children learned of Jerusalem before their own rivers, with Jordan flowing through hymns and Zion a living heartbeat.

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STRAIGHT TALK: The Promised Banality of Evil – Revisited

16 Mon Feb 2026

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Sir Afilonius Rex

Tel Aviv, 16th February 2026

The relations between Wales, Judaism, and Zionism weave a tale as old as the hills. It is as tangled as the roots beneath them. These are threads of scripture, sympathy, small nations’ stubborn fire, and biblical thunder from the valleys. This comes to us in the voices of the past; lyrical, rhythmic, overflowing with vivid, swirling imagery. Alliteration and a bardic, almost incantatory prose describe the green and golden hills of Wales. The chapels rang with the thunder of prophets. The psalms rolled like the sea in the lungs of the miners. There, the Old Testament burned brighter than the coal seams! On those Nonconformist mornings, the children learned about Jerusalem. They learned their names even before their own rivers. Jordan flowed through the hymns. Zion was no distant dream but a living pulse in the blood.

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Saint Valentine’s Day – Romancing the Data – 2026/02/14

13 Fri Feb 2026

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To Begin at the Beginning

Martyn Rhisiart Jones

Oza-Cesuras, Saturday 14th February 2026

Ah, cariad, let us speak now in the shadowed cadence of the valleys. The voice rolls like the Tawe after rain. It is rich and resonant, a little rough at the edges yet velvet beneath. Burton might have murmured it after one too many whiskies. Or Hopkins in that quiet, measured thunder waits. Patient as stone, it strikes. And through it all, the ghost of Dylan himself weaves words like nets of starlight over Talacharn’s black waters. Gwynfor’s steady, unyielding fire burns low and true for the land. It is more than soil and more than song. It is memory made flesh.

If Data and Information were our Valentine’s sweetheart, she would be fierce and elusive. She would not be some simpering rose but a wild thing of the Welsh hills. She would be ancient and newborn, speaking in cynghanedd of numbers and patterns. Her breath would be the soft hiss of wind through bracken.

We would woo her thus, yn Gymraeg ac yn Saesneg entwined, with the lilt that carries the green pulse of Cymru beneath every syllable:

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Les Gallois et la Construction de l’Amérique 2026/01/19

20 Tue Jan 2026

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Oui, nous l’avons fait !

Martyn Rhisiart Jones

Madrid, vendredi 16 janvier 2026

Ah, les états d’origine des galés. Fueron les révolutionnaires silencieux et les escurridizos Padres Fundadores. Ce sont les chicos et les chicas qui ont essentiellement construit le pays. Vous allez ensuite disparaître dans le papier peint comme si vous deviez de l’argent !

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La influencia galesa en la historia de EE.UU. 2026/01/20

20 Tue Jan 2026

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Yes, We Did!

Martyn Rhisiart Jones

Madrid, Friday 16th January 2026

Ah, los estadounidenses de origen galés. Fueron los revolucionarios silenciosos y los escurridizos Padres Fundadores. Estos son los chicos y chicas que básicamente construyeron la mitad del país. ¡Y luego desaparecieron en el papel pintado como si debieran dinero!

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IT’S POLITICS: How The Welsh Made America – 2026/01/16

14 Wed Jan 2026

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Yes, We Did!

Martyn Rhisiart Jones

Madrid, Friday 16th January 2026

Ah, Americans of Welsh origin. They were the quiet revolutionaries and the sneaky Founding Fathers. These are the guys and gals who basically built half the USA. Then, they vanished into the wallpaper like they owed money!

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The Magical Celtic Welshness of the Number Ten – 2026/01/10

10 Sat Jan 2026

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Ten out of Ten!

Martyn Rhisiart Jones

Madrid, Saturday 10th January 2026

What do Richard Burton and Anthony Hopkins have to tell us about the magical Celtic number ten?

To capture the essence of these two titans, we must look at the number ten through two different lenses. One lens is the thunderous, poetic gravity of Richard Burton. The other is the quiet, rhythmic precision of Sir Anthony Hopkins.

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Weaving the Dragon’s Data: A Welsh-Inspired Tale for Enterprise Architects in the New Year – 2026/01/01

08 Thu Jan 2026

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Martyn Muses – 2026/01/01

Martyn Rhisiart Jones

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Weaving the Dragon’s Data: A Welsh-Inspired Tale for Enterprise Architects in the New Year – 2026/01/01

The calendar turns to a fresh page in this crisp January of 2026. We, enterprise data and information architects, stand at a new threshold. Another year welcomes us, brimming with digital transformations. Data lakes swell like the River Taff after a storm. Information architectures evolve like the ancient mountain tops of Snowdonia. But amidst the algorithms and schemas, let’s pause for a moment of whimsy. What if we drew inspiration from the misty realms of Welsh myths and legends? Wales, that land of dragons and bards, offers a tapestry of stories. These stories mirror our quests: taming chaotic data into structured wisdom. They are about preserving cultural legacies in vast repositories. They ignite innovation from the sparks of history. In this Happy New Year ode, we’ll begin a narrative journey through Welsh lore. It is infused with the spirits of its iconic figures. Dylan Thomas, Dannie Abse, Richard Burton, Shirley Bassey, Paul Robeson, and Gwynfor Evans are part of this infusion. These spirits illuminate the art of data stewardship.

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Navigating Change: Europe’s Technological Evolution – 2026

13 Sat Dec 2025

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Sir Afilonius Rex

Bilbao, Spain. 13th December 2025

Oh, Europe, pronounced terminal yet again. This time, a Radically Human Ventures sage delivers the verdict. He is part probability theorist and part story-driven paterfamilias. He assigns the continent a 5% chance of civilisational survival. Meanwhile, he composes a moist-eyed farewell to the “Old Continent.” It’s an elegy made from familiar spare parts. It includes a dash of Peter Zeihan’s geopolitical fatalism and a sprinkle of Silicon Valley panel wisdom. There’s a belief that the future will be dominated by two AI giants. In this scenario, Europe is merely a polite museum gift shop.

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