' ( Welsh for "Opinion") is a monthly

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. It was established in 1962 and over 500 issues have been published. Its first editor was Emlyn Evans and it was published by ', Llandybie (later

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). Its current editors are now Vaughan Hughes and Menna Baines, who took over from Dyfrig Jones in 2008, and the magazine is now published by Gwasg Dinefwr. Barn includes articles relating to politics, language, culture, art and sport from

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, the UK and abroad from a Welsh perspective. The magazine has a prominent place in the history of the Welsh language and the

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movement in the second half of the 20th century, particularly under the editorship of Alwyn D. Rees.

Editors

* Emlyn Evans * Aneirin Talfan Davies * Alwyn D. Rees * Gwyn Erfyl * Robert Rhys * Menna Baines * Simon Brooks * Dyfrig Jones * Vaughan Hughes and Menna Baines

External links

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List of Welsh language periodicals on gwales.com
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