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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1998 to Wales and its people.
[edit] Incumbents
[edit] Events
- Government of Wales Act 1998
- February - Britain's first official register of historic landscapes is published by Cadw. It lists 36 landscapes in Wales of outstanding historic interest.
- April 8-9 - Torrential rain over eastern Wales results in widespread flooding.
- June - The Arts Council of Wales publishes its consultation paper Building A Creative Society.
- The Times reports that Welsh Secretary Ron Davies wants to drop the Welsh national flag. Davies is appointed to the highest order of the Gorsedd of the Bards at the 1998 National Eisteddfod in Bridgend, but resigns in October after an "error of judgment" in an incident on Clapham Common.
- October 22-31 - Heavy rainfall across Wales results in river levels rising to warning levels. Flood plains are inundated and there is extensive flooding of houses and other property.
- November 18 - Jon Owen Jones, MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Wales, announces that the Environment Agency has been asked for a report on the October floods.
[edit] Arts and literature
[edit] Awards
- National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Bridgend)
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair -
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown -
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - Eurig Wyn, Blodyn Tatws
- Wales Book of the Year:
- English language:
- Welsh language:
- Gwobr Goffa Daniel Owen - Geraint V. Jones, Semtecs
[edit] New books
- Gillian Clarke - Five Fields
- Rhys Hughes - Rawhead & Bloody Bones
- Mario Risoli - When Pele Broke our Hearts: Wales and the 1958 World Cup
[edit] Welsh language films
- Bride of War, starring Huw Garmon (in Welsh, English, French, German and Polish).
[edit] Broadcasting
[edit] Welsh-language television
[edit] English-language television
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
