Barry Taylor is Chair of the Caerffili/Blaenau Gwent cell of Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg (The Welsh Language Society), a pressure group which campaigns for the future of the Welsh language throughout Wales. In his day-to-day life he is a teacher in an English-medium primary school, where he is responsible for the teaching of Welsh as a second language throughout the school.

Etifeddiaeth y Steddfod / The Legacy of the Eisteddfod

Mewn erthygl ddwyieithog heddiw, mawr yw’r obaith o ganlyniadau’r Steddfod ar Flaenau Gwent / In a bilingual article today, much is the expectation of the impact of the Eisteddfod on Blaenau Gwent

The Welsh language is under more threat than ever

Behind the back-slapping over take-up figures, Welsh is still being eroded as a community language. And once it is gone, it no longer serves its proper purpose