1+ hour, 8+ min ago   (565+ words) Emma Finucane became the first Welsh woman to win three gold medals at a single Commonwealth Games as Wales continued their remarkable run of success in the velodrome at Glasgow 2026. The Carmarthen-born cyclist followed her victories in the team sprint…...

1+ hour, 53+ min ago   (292+ words) Multi-disciplinary artist and filmmaker Zillah Bowes has won a prestigious award for her short film Here Now There Then, which explores the relationship between memory, trauma and the natural world. Nolan was a leading Australian modernist painter who died in…...

2+ hour, 17+ min ago   (1552+ words) Having previously cooled discussion on the subject of cutting a Welsh region by kicking the can down the road, the WRU have now reached that part of the road to where they kicked the can. They say time is the…...

3+ hour, 55+ min ago   (437+ words) One of Wales’ last remaining family-run Italian cafés has closed its doors for the final time, bringing 93 years of history to an end. Conti’s Café on Harford Square in Lampeter first began serving ice cream in 1933, when it was opened…...

4+ hour, 15+ min ago   (1051+ words) Which is why I shall firstly take the cowardly position of saying I’m no critic, nor reviewer. In my time with Nation Cymru, I’ve cherry-picked only those works I know I’ll love, and when pushed into a corner (i.e....

4+ hour, 42+ min ago   (594+ words) A multi-disciplinary artist from Gwynedd will receive a prestigious art scholarship at the National Eisteddfod this year. The New Artist Scholarship will be awarded to Cushla Rose Luxton, from Deiniolen near Caernarfon, on the opening day of the festival at…...

5+ hour, 44+ min ago   (536+ words) The towering figure of Lord Rhys has made his return to the National Eisteddfod, 850 years after the powerful Welsh ruler staged a gathering regarded as the forerunner of the modern festival. The five-metre-high puppet marched around the Maes at Llantood…...

6+ hour, 14+ min ago   (370+ words) Before the National Eisteddfod became one of Wales’ biggest summer celebrations, 1 August marked the beginning of the traditional harvest festival known as Calan Awst, or Gŵyl Awst. Observed across Wales and the wider Celtic world, it signalled the start of…...

6+ hour, 44+ min ago   (419+ words) A new initiative aimed at increasing the use of Welsh across the sporting sector is being launched to encourage more coaches, volunteers, players and supporters to use the language in clubs and communities across Wales. The National Centre for Learning…...

7+ hour, 14+ min ago   (1619+ words) Architects behind a dementia care home, a major theatre redevelopment and an emerging designer are to be honoured at this year’s National Eisteddfod. First, the festival’s Gold Medal for Architecture will be awarded to the team behind an innovative project…...