2000 in Wales - Arts and Literature

Arts and Literature

  • Siân Phillips is awarded a CBE in the Queen's birthday honours list.
  • Bryn Terfel's Faenol Festival is launched.
  • The Welsh Music Foundation is established.
  • Between May and August, over 100 rare maps are stolen from the National Library of Wales. A man later confesses to having stolen and sold them to collectors.

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