IN THE Blue Boar, a pub so local that the landlord is surprised to hear its sign is missing, Roy Thomas picks up a text from his grandson. It contains the word “brechdanau”, meaning sandwiches. A ...

Another reason Twitter is awesome: Cambridge University linguists are using it to track how the usage of one of the U.K.’s Celtic languages, Welsh, is changing. Welsh is only spoken by around a sixth ...

"The fact that population growth is driven largely by inward migration presents further challenges to the viability of the ...

Here in Wales, nearly 30% of the population can speak Welsh, which is around 891,800 people Welsh speakers. But, not everyone speaks the same sort of Welsh - while we understand each other, we ...

Leisa Gwenllian is a hard-partying young woman in rural Wales in Marc Evans' 'Effi o Blaenau,' while Jack Archer's doc 'Sailm nan Daoine' ('Psalms of the People') explores the Scottish psalm singing ...

TO people at opposite ends of the country, the differences between the Welsh language they speak have long been a source of amusement and one-upmanship. A poet and broadcaster, Ifor ap Glyn, has now ...

The councillors rejected the housing development twice in their attempts to preserve the language. However, the 18-home estate was approved on appeal in December 2025 as the Welsh Government’s ...

Parents of autistic children in Wales face a choice between English-medium specialist education or Welsh-medium mainstream education. Cwtch, drive and brammer are all commonly thought of as Welsh ...

Plans by Welsh council bosses' to reduce the amount of lessons taught in English to 'bolster' the Welsh language have been applauded by residents of Bangor despite being slammed as 'crazy' by one of ...

Gwynedd council considers making Welsh language proficiency a requirement for residents of new affordable homes, in a bid to ...