Dr Rachel Hughes (she/her) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🌱

Real leadership isn’t about speaking louder - it’s about engineering the conditions where the quietest, least‑heard perspectives meaningfully shape decisions.

#IWD

A brilliant performance from Wrecsam… lovely passing, energy, and pride… and oh, loads of opportunities. Really great stuff. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Gwnewch y pethau bychain mewn
bywyd (do the little things in life).

At the heart of this is that the small, everyday acts of care, attention, and integrity are what shape a good life and a good community.

Not the grand gestures, not the dramatic achievements - but the quiet, consistent things.

Eating my lunch at 20:05 - yes, it’s been one of those days.

The new leader of Reform UK Wales lives in Bath, not Wales Martin Shipton The newly appointed leader of Reform UK in Wales hasn’t moved back to his home town in the Valleys, but has bought a £1m house near Bath, we can reveal. Dan Thomas, the former Conservat...

Have a read of this. Great scoop, obviously, but it’s also an absolute masterclass in how to report on these jokers. Plenty of London-based hacks could learn a lot from Martin Shipton here. If they actually wanted to…
nation.cymru/news/the-new...

I very much enjoyed this… what a stellar lineup. I’m looking forward to reading the book.

For anyone needing to hear this, there’s hope.

We’re at our best when we’re together not on our own. ~ Neal Lawson

How can we be active, not passive? And do it hand-in-hand. ~ Kate Pickett

Look what happens when you leave coloured pipe cleaners on tables when people are having conversations about ideas and potential collaborations.

People potch, play & create.

It helps to focus energy and tap into people’s creativity. Each one of these just so happen to represent their conversation.

Alcaraz - what an incredible player he is.

#australianopen #tennis

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿❤️ Dydd Santes Dwynwen Hapus ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

I absolutely love Ynys Llanddwyn. It’s so beautiful.

📷 - August 2023

Today is International Day of Education,

Teaching creates the space for meaning to be discovered, held in a balance of guidance and challenge.

In that space, comprehension becomes confidence, and confidence becomes independence.

Antarctic penguins have radically shifted their breeding season – seemingly in response to climate change Changing temperatures may be behind change in behaviour, which experts fear threatens three species’ survival Penguins in Antarctica have radically shifted their breeding season, apparently as a response to climate change, research has found. Dramatic shifts in behaviour were revealed by a decade-long study led by Penguin Watch at the University of Oxford and Oxford Brookes University, with some penguins’ breeding period moving forward by more than three weeks. Continue reading...

Antarctic penguins have radically shifted their breeding season – seemingly in response to climate change

In every Connecting the Dots newsletter, I share a quote. These are four of the Martin Luther King quotes I have shared over the years.

#mlkday #mlk

I love this. It was on the dresser at our children's hair salon - I had to take a photo of it!

A fabulous, funny, and creative way to inform clients of a price increase!

Simple watercolour of a dove in flight on a white background

A hope for world peace in 2026 ☮️

Artwork by Jackie Morris #WomensArt

Positive News magazine - Positive News

Every year on 1st January, my subscription to @positive.news.web.brid.gy magazine renews. I’m privileged that I’m able to make this commitment.

I love supporting good journalism about the good things that are happening - it’s so necessary - and the magazine is gorgeous!

www.positive.news/magazine/

Important and useful research findings here from my @publicmap.bsky.social colleagues.

New blog alert!

Calling all non-fiction book lovers!

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

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.

Sara Cox's Great Northern Marathon Challenge - BBC Children in Need

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

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…

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...

Starting your Christmas shopping? Let’s all have a #crapfreechristmas 🎄

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.

🤝 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...

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 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 ...

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-...

Our son (as are we) is kinda invested!

⚽️ Cymru v Belgium

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’m looking forward to this 👇🏻