‘A fire that’s burning again’: Welsh language resurges thanks to adult learners

The number of people on Dysgu Cymraeg courses has risen by 61% since 2017, as people in Wales rediscover the ‘poetry’ of the language Elinor Staniforth from Cardiff hated Welsh lessons at her English-medium school – after her GCSEs, she said, she “forgot all about it”. Winning a place at Oxford University, however, made Staniforth reassess her identity and relationship with the language. “I suddenly became very aware of being Welsh,” the 28-year-old said. “There were only two Welsh people in ...

By Bethan McKernan, Wales correspondent