If you are new to the world of Welsh politics or just wish to expand your knowledge, we’ve compiled a list of essential free online resources that can be used to understand where we are and how we got here.

Os ydych chi’n newydd i’r byd o wleidyddiaeth Cymru neu ddim ond yn dymuno ehangu eich gwybodaeth, rydyn ni wedi gwneud rhestr o adnoddau ar-lein hanfodol rhad ac am ddim y gellir eu defnyddio i ddeall ble rydyn ni a sut wnaethon ni gyrraedd yma.

The inside story of designing
Welsh devolution
Yr hanes cyfrinachol proses datblygu datganoli i Gymru

Nations, Class, and values in Welsh Politics
Cenedloedd, Dosbarthau, a Gwerthoedd mewn Gwleidyddiaeth Gymreig

Justice for Wales for the People of Wales
Cyfiawnder yng Nghymru dros Bobl Cymru

2019 Presentation by Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd about the case for creating a Welsh Justice system and the the devolution of policing to the Senedd.

Cyflwyniad 2019 gan yr Arglwydd Thomas Cwmgiedd am ei adroddiad a galwyd am broses i sefydlu system Cyfiawnder Cymreig a datganoli’r gwasanaeth heddlu i’r Senedd.

A History of Welsh Devolution to 2014
Hanes Datganoli yng Nghymru hyd at 2014

Prof. Richard Wyn Jones and Prof. Roger Scully of the Wales Governance Centre present a history of Welsh devolution up to 2014

Mae Athro Richard Wyn Jones ac Athro Roger Scully o’r Canolfan Llywodraethiant Cymro yn cyflwyno hanes datganoli yng Nghymru hyd at 2014.

The Rebirth of Welsh Law
Rt Hon Lord Lloyd Jones,
Justice, Supreme Court of the United Kingdom

Why does Labour always win in Wales? Explaining 100 years of dominance
Pam ydy Llafur yn ennill yng Nghymru eto, ac eto, ac eto?

Wales and Brexit
Cymru a Brexit

Then Brexit Minister in the Welsh Government, Professor Mark Drakeford AM outlined his thoughts on Brexit and the future of Wales at this lecture, recorded shortly before he became First Minister of Wales and leader of Welsh Labour

Justice in Wales
Cyfiawnder yng Nghymru

An expert panel of legal scholars and practitioners discuss the future of the Welsh legal system as Welsh law diverges from English law (recorded in Welsh at the National Eisteddfod 2018 and presented here with English translation)

The Night That Changed Wales

It's been 25 years since Wales voted ‘Yes’ to devolution. It's a decision that's changed the lives of all of us, but it was far from a landslide victory.

In this special documentary from ITV Wales’s ‘Sharp End’ team, Rob Osborne talks to those involved in the campaign and the events that happened in the run up to the night Wales changed.