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Huw Edwards criticised for entering Welsh poetry competition

BBC actor Sera Cracroft says if disgraced former newsreader had won it would be hurtful to abuse survivors

The Guardian - UK

Huw Edwards criticised for using pseudonym to enter Welsh poetry competition

The disgraced presenter entered the Eisteddfod competition under the name ‘Y Gelyn’, which means ‘the enemy’ in Welsh

Evening Standard

‘Welsh is a living, breathing language’: joy as Port Talbot hosts Eisteddfod yr Urdd

Youth festival celebrating Welsh culture has brought delight at a rough time after closure of steelworks last year

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The deep history of Wales’s National Eisteddfod festival

The National Eisteddfod opens its gates in Pontypridd, a few miles north of Cardiff, from August 3 to 10 in 2024. Attracting up to 170,000 visitors, it is probably the largest travelling festival of its kind in Europe.

The Conversation

Postcard from Patagonia: ‘We will cheer for Argentina, but in Welsh’

This Welsh community in Argentina will have divided loyalties while watching from the other side of the world

The Guardian - UK

'If something like this existed when I was young, it would've changed my life': Owain Wyn Evans defends LGBTQ+ area at Urdd Eisteddfod after row

A new colourful LGBTQ+ tent has appeared in the Urdd, where pronoun badges are on sale

Wales Online

Alex Jones says Welsh language is in a ‘good place’ as she becomes President of the Day at Urdd National Eisteddfod

The One Show presenter's optimism is despite the number of Welsh speakers declining in the last decade - according to Census figures

Wales Online

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15 big events in Wales during late May half term 2023

There is so much going on in Wales over the May 2023 half term including a new Zip World attraction, Hay Festival and the Urdd Eisteddfod

Wales Online

'I am just so lucky', Welsh actor Craig Russell on emergency brain surgery, his upcoming Netflix show and growing up in a village that keeps producing actors

Craig Russell has been in the acting industry for nearly three decades, not bad for someone who never saw themselves as a perfomer

Wales Online

Headmaster supports controversial decision to change controversial 'white world' motto for Llangollen Eisteddfod

Matthew Evans, the head of Ysgol Glantaf in Cardiff, said there was a need to move with the times

Wales Online

Leading figures criticise Eisteddfod's decision to change 'white world' motto

An open letter to the Western Mail defends the 'byd gwyn' motto of the Llangollen Eisteddfod which means 'blessed world' but could be mistranslated as 'white world'

Wales Online

Eisteddfod to change 'white world' motto due to mistranslation fears

The new motto will be unveiled in 2024

Wales Online

Children from Welsh school weren't allowed to sing in the language at a festival

A Mumbles councillor told them: 'It’s just not a particularly Welsh area culturally'

Wales Online

'What the National Eisteddfod means to me' | Branwen Jones

Eisteddfod is where you'll find sense of community and belonging - wherever you may be in Wales

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National Eisteddfod toilets branded the worst people have ever seen

People have claimed they were blocked, dirty, and not wheelchair accessible

Wales Online

14 reasons why the National Eisteddfod is a must-visit this summer

The Welsh arts and cultural festival is filled with all kinds of activities, food stalls and sites worth visiting

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