The Royal Welsh Show: the nation's true cauldron CROWTHER, Phillip <http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0124-4547>, WESTWOOD, Caroline and LANGRIDGE-THOMAS, Greg Available from Sheffield Hallam University Research Archive (SHURA) at: http://shura.shu.ac.uk/26357/ This document is the author deposited version. You are advised to consult the publisher's version if you wish to cite from it. Published version CROWTHER, Phillip, WESTWOOD, Caroline and LANGRIDGE-THOMAS, Greg (2021). The Royal Welsh Show: the nation's true cauldron. Event Management: an international journal. Copyright and re-use policy See http://shura.shu.ac.uk/information.html Sheffield Hallam University Research Archive http://shura.shu.ac.uk Copyright © Cognizant Communication Corporation 1 https://doi.org/10.3727/152599520X15894679115466 MS 20 027 accepted for publication in Event Management THE ROYAL WELSH SHOW: THE NATION’S TRUE CAULDRON Dr Greg Langridge-Thomas, Duty Emergency Planning Officer, Project Officer (Events/Civil Contingencies), Powys County Council, Powys County Hall, Spa Road East, Llandrindod Wells Powys, LD1 5LG, Wales. Email:
[email protected] Dr Philip Crowther, Reader in Experiencescape, College of Business, Technology and Engineering, Sheffield Business School, Sheffield Hallam University, City Campus, Sheffield, S1 1WB, United Kingdom. Email:
[email protected] Corresponding Author: Caroline Westwood, Senior Lecturer, College of Business, Technology and Engineering, Sheffield Business School, Sheffield Hallam University, City Campus, Sheffield, S1 1WB, United Kingdom. Email:
[email protected] MS 20 027 Event Management E-pub Copyright © Cognizant Communication Corporation 2 ABSTRACT The Royal Welsh Show (RWS), which is the largest event of its kind in Europe, is used as a single case study to examine events as a catalyst in the context of networks and the knowledge economy.