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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Lauren Morris

EXPLAINED: Huw edwards faces backlash for entering welsh poetry competition under pseudonym - The Real Truth

Disgraced BBC newsreader Huw Edwards has come under fire after revealing that he entered a Welsh poetry competition with a pseudonym name in a bid to “correct” the “toxic narrative” about him in the media.

The former presenter, who received a suspended prison sentence in 2024 after pleading guilty to receiving and making indecent images of children, said that he entered a poem into a competition run by the National Eisteddfod – Wales’ biggest cultural festival – under the pseudonym “Gelyn”, which translates to “Enemy” in English.

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