Welsh was actively discouraged in schools by means including the hated Welsh Not. The mid-19th century was a turbulent period ...

At Olchfa School in Swansea, only the Welsh lessons are given in Welsh, and head teacher Julian Kennedy estimated the proportion of time needed to study Welsh to the required standard would ...

As a labor lawyer and community advocate in Southern West Virginia, I was inspired recently by visiting the coalfields in the ...

A Welsh school has been put under special measures following a critical report. Inspectors will now monitor the progress of ...

A stick or plaque was given to any child heard speaking Welsh during school, to be handed on to whoever next spoke the language. At the end of lessons, the child left with the Welsh Not was punished.