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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Steven Morris

‘Cancelled’ Welsh hymns about mental illness and addiction to be sung again

Close-up of Lleuwen Steffan
The folk singer Lleuwen Steffan was working in a museum archive when she found the trove of Welsh-language hymns. Photograph: Lleuwen Steffan

A trove of Welsh hymns believed to have been “cancelled” by all-male committees because they did not like their open approach to issues such as mental health and addiction has been unearthed and is being performed at 50 chapels across the country.

The Welsh folk singer Lleuwen Steffan was working in a museum archive when she came across recordings of Welsh-language hymns she had never heard before.

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