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' ( Welsh for "Opinion") is a
monthly Monthly usually refers to the scheduling of something every month. It may also refer to: * ''The Monthly'' * '' Monthly Magazine'' * ''Monthly Review'' * '' PQ Monthly'' * '' Home Monthly'' * '' Trader Monthly'' * ''Overland Monthly'' * Menstruati ...
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 ...
current affairs magazine. It was established in 1962 and over 500 issues have been published. Its first editor was Emlyn Evans and it was published by ', Llandybie (later Swansea). Its current editors are now Vaughan Hughes and Menna Baines, who took over from Dyfrig Jones in 2008, and the magazine is now published by Gwasg Dinefwr. Barn includes articles relating to politics, language, culture, art and sport from
Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the Bristol Channel to the south. It had a population in ...
, the UK and abroad from a Welsh perspective. The magazine has a prominent place in the history of the Welsh language and the
Welsh nationalist Welsh nationalism ( cy, Cenedlaetholdeb Cymreig) emphasises and celebrates the distinctiveness of Welsh culture and Wales as a nation or country. Welsh nationalism may also include calls for further autonomy or self determination which includes ...
movement in the second half of the 20th century, particularly under the editorship of Alwyn D. Rees.


Editors

* Emlyn Evans *
Aneirin Talfan Davies Aneirin Talfan Davies (11 May 1909 – 14 July 1980) was a Welsh poet, broadcaster and literary critic. Talfan Davies was brought up in Gorseinon. During the 1930s Davies worked in London as a pharmacist before returning to Wales and settling in S ...
* Alwyn D. Rees * Gwyn Erfyl * Robert Rhys * Menna Baines *
Simon Brooks Simon Brooks (born 1971) is a Welsh academic and writer. Academia and Government Adviser He is currently an Associate Professor in the School of Management at Swansea University, an interdisciplinary scholar specialising in history, the history o ...
* Dyfrig Jones * Vaughan Hughes and Menna Baines


External links

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List of Welsh language periodicals on gwales.com
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