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Heddiw (magazine)
''Heddiw'' ("Today") was a monthly Welsh-language magazine, containing essays, short stories, book reviews, and advertisements. It was published between 1937 and 1942 by Gwasg Heddiw, a publisher based in Watford that was active in the 1940s, and was later merged with Gwasg Gee Gwasg Gee was a publishing firm founded by a printer, Thomas Gee, in 1808 and taken over by his son, a more famous Thomas Gee, during the 1830s and based in Denbigh, Wales. The name means "Gee Press". In 1914, the business passed out of the hands .... ''Heddiw'' was edited by Aneurin ap Talfan and Dafydd Jenkins. The magazine has been digitized by the National Library of Wales#Welsh Journals Online, Welsh Journals Online project at the National Library of Wales. External links''Heddiw'' at Welsh Journals Online Monthly magazines published in the United Kingdom Defunct literary magazines published in the United Kingdom Magazines established in 1937 Magazines disestablished in 1942 Welsh-langu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Welsh-language
Welsh ( or ) is a Celtic language of the Brittonic subgroup that is native to the Welsh people. Welsh is spoken natively in Wales, by some in England, and in Y Wladfa (the Welsh colony in Chubut Province, Argentina). Historically, it has also been known in English as "British", "Cambrian", "Cambric" and "Cymric". The Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011 gave the Welsh language official status in Wales. Both the Welsh and English languages are ''de jure'' official languages of the Welsh Parliament, the Senedd. According to the 2021 census, the Welsh-speaking population of Wales aged three or older was 17.8% (538,300 people) and nearly three quarters of the population in Wales said they had no Welsh language skills. Other estimates suggest that 29.7% (899,500) of people aged three or older in Wales could speak Welsh in June 2022. Almost half of all Welsh speakers consider themselves fluent Welsh speakers and 21 per cent are able to speak a fair amount of Welsh. The Welsh gove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
