The Latest Breaking News from Eisteddfod

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 · Aug 4

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 · Aug 4

‘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

The Guardian - UK · May 28, 2025

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 · May 25, 2023

'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 · May 8, 2023

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 · Apr 3, 2023

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 · Mar 31, 2023

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

The new motto will be unveiled in 2024

Wales Online · Mar 17, 2023

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 · Aug 17, 2022

'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

Wales Online · Aug 4, 2022