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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lauren Morris

Huw Edwards faces backlash for entering Welsh poetry competition under pseudonym

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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