Arts and Literature
- Tom Jones loses a paternity suit and is forced to support a son, Jonathan Berkery.
- The European Centre for Traditional and Regional Cultures opens in Llangollen.
- The Gregynog festival is re-launched by Anthony Rolfe Johnson.
- Independent record label Ankst is formed at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth by Alun Llwyd, Gruffudd Jones and Emyr Glyn Williams.
- This year sees the foundation of:
- BAFTA Cymru
- Hay-on-Wye Festival of Literature
- Ffilm Cymru (Film Foundation for Wales)
- New Welsh Review
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