Our Living Heritage

Dr Elin Jones on intangible heritage

Wednesday 19 August at 7pm

Newport Rising Hub

Dr Elin Jones will speak about intangible, or living, heritage: what it is, how it shapes us and why it matters. The talk will also consider the work of the Reverend Gwilym Davies, a Welsh Baptist minister and peace campaigner who contributed to the development of the organisation that became UNESCO. He also founded the Urdd’s annual Peace and Goodwill Message in 1922.

The subject is particularly relevant as we await news on whether Newport’s Torchlit March and annual Chartist commemoration have been recognised as part of the UK’s Living Heritage inventory.