''Y Traethodydd'' (''The Essayist'') is a quarterly cultural

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published in the

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 ...

covering historical, literary and theological topics. It is the oldest magazine in Wales and the oldest magazine in the Welsh language still in publication.

History

The journal was originally published in 1845 on behalf of the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Church. It was founded by Roger Edwards and Lewis Edwards and was modelled on the influential ''

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''.Davies (2008), pg 243. Both men were Welsh Calvinistic Methodist preachers, and Lewis Edwards successfully used the publication to disseminate information on the latest trends in theology, science, literature and philosophy.Davies (2008), pg 739. Edwards edited ''Y Traethodydd'' for its first ten years, when it was published in

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by Thomas Gee,Davies (2008), pg 208. a fellow Nonconformist Welshman who was notable for printing Welsh magazines and journals. Today the magazine claims to "offer discussions on a vast range of topics relating to 'culture', in the widest sense" and is published four times per year.

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External links

Editions 1900-2007 online at National Library of Wales
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