Incumbents

• Prince of Wales
  Prince of Wales
  Prince of Wales is a title traditionally granted to the heir apparent to the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the 15 other independent Commonwealth realms...
  
   – The Prince of Wales
  Charles, Prince of Wales
  Prince Charles, Prince of Wales is the heir apparent and eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Since 1958 his major title has been His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales. In Scotland he is additionally known as The Duke of Rothesay...
  
  
• Princess of Wales
  Princess of Wales
  Princess of Wales is a British courtesy title held by the wife of The Prince of Wales since the first "English" Prince of Wales in 1283.Although there have been considerably more than ten male heirs to the throne, there have been only ten Princesses of Wales. The majority of Princes of Wales...
  
   – The Duchess of Cornwall (Camilla; does not use title)
• First Minister – Carwyn Jones
  Carwyn Jones
  Carwyn Howell Jones is a Welsh politician and the First Minister of Wales. The third official to lead the Welsh Government, Jones has been Assembly Member for Bridgend since 1999. In the coalition government of Welsh Labour and Plaid Cymru, he was appointed Counsel General for Wales and Leader of...
  
  
• Deputy First Minister of Wales – Ieuan Wyn Jones
  Ieuan Wyn Jones
  Ieuan Wyn Jones, AM is a Welsh politician, who was the Deputy First Minister in the Welsh Assembly Government from 2007 until 2011. Jones is the current leader of Plaid Cymru and Member of the National Assembly for Wales for the Ynys Môn constituency...
  
  
• Presiding Officer of the National Assembly for Wales
  Presiding Officer of the National Assembly for Wales
  The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly for Wales is the Speaker of the National Assembly for Wales, elected by the Members of the National Assembly for Wales to chair their meetings ; to maintain order; and to protect the rights of Members.He or she also heads the Corporate Body of the...
  
   – Dafydd Elis-Thomas
  Dafydd Elis-Thomas
  Dafydd Elis Elis-Thomas, Baron Elis-Thomas, PC, AM, is a Welsh politician and was the Presiding Officer of the National Assembly for Wales until 2011...
  
  
• Secretary of State for Wales
  Secretary of State for Wales
  The Secretary of State for Wales is the head of the Wales Office within the British cabinet. He or she is responsible for ensuring Welsh interests are taken into account by the government, representing the government within Wales and overseeing the passing of legislation which is only for Wales...
  
  
  • Peter Hain
    Peter Hain
    Peter Gerald Hain is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for the Welsh constituency of Neath since 1991, and has served in the Cabinets of both Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, firstly as Leader of the House of Commons under Blair and both Secretary of State for...
    
     (until 11 May)
  • Cheryl Gillan
    Cheryl Gillan
    Cheryl Elise Kendall Gillan is a British Conservative Party politician. She is currently the Secretary of State for Wales, and the Member of Parliament for the constituency of Chesham and Amersham in Buckinghamshire....
    
    
• Archbishop of Wales
  Archbishop of Wales
  The post of Archbishop of Wales was created in 1920 when the Church in Wales was separated from the Church of England , and disestablished...
  
   – Barry Morgan
  Barry Morgan
  Barry Cennydd Morgan has been the Archbishop of the Church in Wales since 2003.-Early life:Morgan was born in Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen, Neath Port Talbot and studied history at University College, London and theology at Selwyn College, Cambridge...
  
   (Bishop of Llandaff
  Bishop of Llandaff
  The Bishop of Llandaff is the Ordinary of the Church in Wales Diocese of Llandaff.-Area of authority:The diocese covers most of the County of Glamorgan. The Bishop's seat is located in the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul , in the village of Llandaff, just north-west of the City of...
  
  )
• Archdruid
  Archdruid
  The Archdruid is the title used by the presiding official of the Gorsedd.The Archdruid presides over the most important ceremonies at the National Eisteddfod of Wales including the Crowning of the Bard, The Award of the Prose Medal and Chairing of the Bard. From 1932 only former winners of the...
  
   of the National Eisteddfod of Wales
  National Eisteddfod of Wales
  The National Eisteddfod of Wales is the most important of several eisteddfodau that are held annually, mostly in Wales.- Organisation :...
  
   – Jim Parc Nest
  T. James Jones
  T. James Jones is a Welsh poet and dramatist, and is Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales. He is also known by the bardic name Jim Parc Nest....
  
  

Events

• 1 January – Welsh people honoured by The Queen in the 2010 New Year Honours List include Menna Richards
  Menna Richards
  Menna Richards OBE was the Controller of BBC Wales from February 2000 to February 2011.Her start in broadcasting was as a reporter and producer for HTV Wales in the current affairs department...
  
  , Director of BBC Cymru Wales (OBE) and banker Dyfrig John (CBE).http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8435534.stm
• 6 January – School closures and icy road conditions result from heavy snow in most areas of Wales.http://www.denbighshirefreepress.co.uk/news/83494/warning-to-commuters.aspx
• 7 January – A report issued by the Ministry of Defence
  Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)
  The Ministry of Defence is the United Kingdom government department responsible for implementation of government defence policy and is the headquarters of the British Armed Forces....
  
   concludes that the two pilots involved in the Kenfig air crash
  Porthcawl Mid-Air Collision
  The Porthcawl mid-air collision occurred just before 11 am on 11 February 2009 when two Royal Air Force single-engine propeller aircraft collided close to the town of Porthcawl in South Wales...
  
   of March 2009 "did not see each other".http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/8444562.stm
• 12 January – Further heavy snow hits south and west Wales, as local authorities begin to run out of grit to treat roads.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/8455388.stm
• 12 February – Welsh Secretary Peter Hain
  Peter Hain
  Peter Gerald Hain is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for the Welsh constituency of Neath since 1991, and has served in the Cabinets of both Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, firstly as Leader of the House of Commons under Blair and both Secretary of State for...
  
   and Assembly Environment Minister Jane Davidson
  Jane Davidson
  Jane Davidson, AM was the Labour Assembly Member for Pontypridd and the Minister for Environment, Sustainability and Housing in the Welsh Assembly Government. She lives in Gwaelod-y-Garth with her husband and three children...
  
   announce plans to make the M4 in Wales a "hydrogen highway", with alternative energy refuelling points. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/8511319.stm
• 5 February – Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson
  Tanni Grey-Thompson
  Carys Davina "Tanni" Grey-Thompson, Baroness Grey-Thompson, DBE is a Welsh athlete and TV presenter.Grey-Thompson was born with spina bifida and uses a wheelchair. She is considered to be one of the most successful disabled athletes in the UK...
  
   is recommended by the House of Lords Appointments Commission as one of four new non-party-political peers.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8500200.stm
• 14 February – Welsh rugby international Andy Powell
  Andy Powell (rugby player)
  Andy Powell is a Welsh international rugby union player now playing his club rugby for Sale Sharks. He is a back row forward who has played for both the Wales sevens team and the Wales national rugby union team.-Rugby union career:...
  
   is arrested near Junction 33 on the M4 motorway
  M4 motorway
  The M4 motorway links London with South Wales. It is part of the unsigned European route E30. Other major places directly accessible from M4 junctions are Reading, Swindon, Bristol, Newport, Cardiff and Swansea...
  
   at 0600 GMT 14 February 2010, in possession of a stolen golf buggy.http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2010/feb/14/andy-powell-golf-buggy-wales
• 15 February – For behaviour "contrary to the squad's code of conduct", Andy Powell
  Andy Powell (rugby player)
  Andy Powell is a Welsh international rugby union player now playing his club rugby for Sale Sharks. He is a back row forward who has played for both the Wales sevens team and the Wales national rugby union team.-Rugby union career:...
  
   is removed from Wales' 35-man training squad for the Six Nations Tournament 2010.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/8516351.stm
• 16 March – Welsh Slate announces the closure of Oakeley Quarry
  Oakeley Quarry
  Oakeley Quarry is a slate mine in the town of Blaenau Ffestiniog, north Wales.- History :Oakeley Quarry originated in 1818 when Samuel Holland leased a small quarry at Rhiwbryfdir farm. This venture was successful and was sold in 1825 to the Welsh Slate Company. Holland then opened a new quarry at...
  
   at Blaenau Ffestiniog.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_west/8572075.stm
• 17 March – Government figures show that the unemployment rate in Wales, at 9.2% is higher than any other home country, and higher than all but two other regions of the UK.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/wales_politics/8572182.stm
• 16 April – Four men are killed and a fifth is seriously injured in a car crash near Porthcawl
  Porthcawl
  Porthcawl is a town on the south coast of Wales in the county borough of Bridgend, 25 miles west of the capital city, Cardiff and 19 miles southeast of Swansea...
  
  .http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2010/04/16/porthcawl-crash-car-sliced-in-two-91466-26259707
• 6 May – In the United Kingdom general election, the Conservative Party wins 8 seats, Labour 26, Plaid Cymru 3 and the Lib Democrats 3.
• 12 May – Cheryl Gillan
  Cheryl Gillan
  Cheryl Elise Kendall Gillan is a British Conservative Party politician. She is currently the Secretary of State for Wales, and the Member of Parliament for the constituency of Chesham and Amersham in Buckinghamshire....
  
   is confirmed as Secretary of State for Wales
  Secretary of State for Wales
  The Secretary of State for Wales is the head of the Wales Office within the British cabinet. He or she is responsible for ensuring Welsh interests are taken into account by the government, representing the government within Wales and overseeing the passing of legislation which is only for Wales...
  
   in the new UK government of David Cameron
  David Cameron
  David William Donald Cameron is the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service and Leader of the Conservative Party. Cameron represents Witney as its Member of Parliament ....
  
  ; she is the first woman to hold the post.
• 25 May – The Learned Society of Wales
  Learned Society of Wales
  The Learned Society of Wales is a society that exists to “celebrate, recognise, preserve, protect and encourage excellence in all of the scholarly disciplines”.The society was launched on 25 May 2010 at the National Museum of Wales...
  
   is launched http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2010/05/25/learned-society-of-wales-launch-91466-26513210/.
• 28 May - Llanrwst
  Llanrwst
  Llanrwst is a small town and community on the A470 road and the River Conwy in Conwy County Borough, Wales. It takes its name from the 5th century to 6th century Saint Grwst, and the original parish church in Cae Llan was replaced by the 12th-century church....
  
   celebrates the 400th anniversary of the almshouses built by Sir John Wynn, 1st Baronet
  Sir John Wynn, 1st Baronet
  Sir John Wynn, 1st Baronet , Welsh baronet, Member of Parliament and antiquary, was the son of Morys Wynn ap John. He claimed to be directly descended from the princes of Gwynedd through Rhodri ab Owain son of Owain Gwynedd. However, this claim is disputed in a publication of 1884 entitled...
  
  .
• 16 June – New members of the Gorsedd
  Gorsedd
  A gorsedd plural gorseddau, is a community or coming together of modern-day bards. The word is of Welsh origin, meaning "throne". It is occasionally spelled gorsedh , or goursez in Brittany....
  
   are announced by the National Eisteddfod of Wales
  National Eisteddfod of Wales
  The National Eisteddfod of Wales is the most important of several eisteddfodau that are held annually, mostly in Wales.- Organisation :...
  
  . They include Tim Rhys-Evans
  Tim Rhys-Evans
  Tim Rhys-Evans is a Welsh singer, musician, conductor and arranger, best known as the founder and musical director of the choir Only Men Aloud!....
  
  , Edwin Regan
  Edwin Regan
  Edwin Regan is a Welsh prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the second and current Bishop of Wrexham.-Biography:...
  
   and Jill Evans.http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/walesarts/2010/06/eisteddfod_gorsedd_of_bards_members_honoured.html
• 23 June - A Danish tabloid newspaper accuses Stephen Kinnock
  Stephen Kinnock
  The Hon. Stephen Kinnock is a British executive who held various senior positions with the British Council prior to joining the World Economic Forum in January 2009 as director, head of Europe and Central Asia...
  
   of tax evasion. (Kinnock is married to Danish politician Helle Thorning-Schmidt
  Helle Thorning-Schmidt
  Helle Thorning-Schmidt is a Danish politician and the current Prime Minister of Denmark. She has been leader of the Danish Social Democrats since April 2005 and prime minister since October 2011....
  
  .)
• 24 June – Barry-born Julia Gillard
  Julia Gillard
  Julia Eileen Gillard is the 27th and current Prime Minister of Australia, in office since June 2010.Gillard was born in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales and migrated with her family to Adelaide, Australia in 1966, attending Mitcham Demonstration School and Unley High School. In 1982 Gillard moved...
  
   becomes Australia's first female prime minister.
• 28 June – The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams
  Rowan Williams
  Rowan Douglas Williams FRSL, FBA, FLSW is an Anglican bishop, poet and theologian. He is the 104th and current Archbishop of Canterbury, Metropolitan of the Province of Canterbury and Primate of All England, offices he has held since early 2003.Williams was previously Bishop of Monmouth and...
  
  , unveils a new memorial on the site of Six Bells Colliery
  Six Bells Colliery
  Six Bells Colliery was a coal mine located near Aberbeeg, Monmouthshire, South Wales.-Sinking:The colliery was originally opened as Arael Griffin on the site of an earlier balance shaft which had been sunk in 1863 by Thomas Phillips Price at Hafod Van. In 1892 John Lancaster and Co. began sinking...
  
  . The sculpture, known as "The Guardian of the Valleys", commemorates the pit disaster of 1960 and is a tribute to those who work in dangerous industries.http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2010/06/29/archbishop-unveils-pit-disaster-statue-91466-26745825/
• 5 August - The Faenol Festival
  Faenol Festival
  The Faenol Festival is a music festival organised by Welsh singer Bryn Terfel and held annually on the Faenol Estate , near Y Felinheli in Gwynedd, north Wales....
  
   is cancelled for the second year running.
• 23 August - The remains of Anglesey-born MI6 worker Gareth Williams are discovered locked in a sports bag at his Pimlico flat.
• 29 August - Air-sea rescue services begin a frantic search for missing kayaker Elizabeth Ashbee, who became separated from four colleagues in rough waters and bad weather at Ynys Feurig near Rhosneigr, Anglesey. Wales Online Her body is found in Caernarfon Bay two days later.
• September – The University of Wales Trinity Saint David
  University of Wales Trinity Saint David
  The University of Wales, Trinity Saint David is a collegiate university in South West Wales, comprising the Lampeter campus and the Carmarthen campus....
  
  , created by the merger of Trinity University College and the University of Wales, Lampeter
  University of Wales, Lampeter
  University of Wales, Lampeter is a university in Lampeter, Wales. Founded in 1822 by royal charter, it is the oldest degree awarding institution in Wales and may be the third oldest in England and Wales after Oxford and Cambridge...
  
  , admits its first students.
• 13 September - Archaeologists working at Caerleon announce the discovery of a suit of Roman armour.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-11288684
• 4 November - The accident report on the Kenfig air crash
  Porthcawl Mid-Air Collision
  The Porthcawl mid-air collision occurred just before 11 am on 11 February 2009 when two Royal Air Force single-engine propeller aircraft collided close to the town of Porthcawl in South Wales...
  
   of March 2009 is released.http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/south-wales-news/pontypridd-llantrisant/2010/11/04/raf-pilots-didn-t-see-each-other-in-time-report-claims-91466-27587883 The AAIB makes no safety recommendations, referring instead to the recommendations made in January's Ministry of Defence inquiry report.
• 16 November - Buckingham Palace confirms that Prince William of Wales will marry Catherine Middleton in 2011. Her title following the marriage will be dependent on whether an additional title is conferred on the prince.
• 28 December - Andrew Craig, of Caernarfon, completes the challenge of climbing Mount Snowdon
  Snowdon
  Snowdon is the highest mountain in Wales, at an altitude of above sea level, and the highest point in the British Isles outside Scotland. It is located in Snowdonia National Park in Gwynedd, and has been described as "probably the busiest mountain in Britain"...
  
   ever week for a year, thus earning £15000 for charity.http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2011/01/02/a-year-of-climbing-snowdon-for-walker-91466-27918697/

Arts and literature

• 13 May – Only Men Aloud!
  Only Men Aloud!
  Only Men Aloud! is a male voice choir from Wales. The choir came to national prominence in the UK when they won the Last Choir Standing competition run by BBC television during 2008.-Overview:...
  
   win the Album of the Year award at the Classical BRIT Awards
  Classical Brit Awards
  The Classic BRIT Awards are an annual awards ceremony held in the United Kingdom covering aspects of classical music, and are the classical equivalent of pop music's BRIT Awards....
  
  http://www.classicalbrits.co.uk/news/2010/the-classical-brit-awards-2010-with-nsi-celebrates-a-triumphant-night-of-international-suc.
• 20 September - David Essex
  David Essex
  David Essex OBE is an English musician, singer-songwriter and actor. Since the 1970s, Essex has attained nineteen Top 40 singles in the UK , and sixteen Top 40 albums...
  
   marries Welsh actress Susan Hallam-Wright at St Cross Church in Talybont, near Bangor
  Bangor, Wales
  Bangor is a city in Gwynedd, north west Wales, and one of the smallest cities in Britain. It is a university city with a population of 13,725 at the 2001 census, not including around 10,000 students at Bangor University. Including nearby Menai Bridge on Anglesey, which does not however form part of...
  
  .http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2010/09/22/david-essex-marries-welsh-actress-91466-27318138/#ixzz10LuDaFkD

Awards

• Glyndŵr Award
  Glyndwr Award
  The Glyndŵr Award is made for an Outstanding Contribution to the Arts in Wales. It is given by the Machynlleth Tabernacle Trust to pre-eminent figures in music, art and literature in rotation...
  
   - David Nash
  David Nash (Artist)
  David Nash, OBE RA is a British sculptor based in Blaenau Ffestiniog. Nash has worked worldwide with wood, trees and the natural environment.-Early life:...
  
  
• National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair – Tudur Hallam
• National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown – Glenys Mair Glyn Roberts
• National Eisteddfod of Wales: Drama Medal - withheld
• National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal – Jerry Hunter
  Jerry Hunter
  T. Gerald Hunter, more commonly known as Jerry Hunter, is an American graduate of Cincinnati , Aberystwyth and Harvard . Originally from Cincinnati, he now lives in Wales and has held academic posts at Cardiff and more recently Bangor University, where he is currently a Reader in the School of...
  
  
• Gwobr Goffa Daniel Owen – Grace Roberts
• Wales Book of the Year
  Wales Book of the Year
  The Wales Book of the Year is a Welsh literary award given annually to the best Welsh and English language works in the fields of fiction and literary criticism by Welsh or Welsh interest authors...
  
  :
  • English language: Philip Gross
    Philip Gross
    Philip Gross is a poet, novelist and playwright. He was born in Delabole, Cornwall and grew up in Plymouth. He lives in Penarth, South Wales, and was appointed Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Glamorgan in 2004, a position he still holds. He previously taught creative writing at...
    
     - I Spy Pinhole Eye
  • Welsh language: John Davies - Cymru: Y 100 lle i’w gweld cyn marw
• Dylan Thomas Prize
  Dylan Thomas Prize
  The Dylan Thomas Prize is the world’s top cash prize for young writers. The annual prize, named in honor of the Welsh writer and poet Dylan Thomas, brings international prestige and a cash award of £30,000 . It is open to published writers in the English language under the age of thirty. The prize...
  
  : not awarded in this year
• Kyffin Art Prize:

New books

• Gladys Mary Coles - Clay
• J. Graham Jones - David Lloyd George and Welsh Liberalism
• Patrick McGuinness
  Patrick McGuinness
  Patrick Joseph "Paddy" McGuinness is an English stand-up comedian, comedy actor, television personality and presenter. Born in Farnworth, Bolton, he is best known for his performances alongside comedian Peter Kay, and as the host of dating programme Take Me Out.-Early life:He attended Mount St....
  
   - Jilted City
• M. Wynn Thomas - In the Shadow of the Pulpit
• Stan Stennett
  Stan Stennett
  Stan Stennett is a Welsh comedian, actor and jazz musician.Stennett was born in Cardiff. During World War II, he served in the army and also worked as an entertainer. He made his professional stage debut with a group called the Harmaniacs...
  
   - Fully Booked
• Nikolai Tolstoy
  Nikolai Tolstoy
  Count Nikolai Dmitrievich Tolstoy-Miloslavsky is an Anglo-Russian historian and author who writes under the name Nikolai Tolstoy. A member of the prominent Tolstoy family, he is of part Russian descent and is the stepson of the author Patrick O'Brian...
  
   - The Oldest British Prose Literature: the Compilation of the Four Branches of the Mabinogi

Albums

• Charlotte Church
  Charlotte Church
  Charlotte Maria Church is a Welsh singer-songwriter, actress and television presenter. She rose to fame in childhood as a classical singer before branching into pop music in 2005. By 2007, she had sold more than 10 million records worldwide including over 5 million in the United States...
  
   - Back to Scratch
  Back to Scratch
  Back to Scratch is the sixth studio album from Welsh classical crossover artist and singer songwriter Charlotte Church. The album was released on October 25, 2010, five years after the release of Church's last studio album Tissues and Issues...
  
  
• Duffy
  Duffy (singer)
  Aimée Ann Duffy , known as Duffy, is a Welsh singer-songwriter. Her 2008 debut album Rockferry entered the UK Album Chart at number one. It was the best-selling album in the United Kingdom in 2008 with 1.68 million copies sold...
  
   - Endlessly
  Endlessly (album)
  Endlessly is the second studio album by Welsh singer-songwriter Duffy. It was released in the United Kingdom on 26 November 2010 by A&M Records and in the United States on 7 December 2010 by Mercury Records. Duffy worked almost exclusively with Albert Hammond Snr. on the album, with all but one of...
  
  
• Katherine Jenkins
  Katherine Jenkins
  Katherine Jenkins is a Welsh mezzo-soprano. She is a classical-popular crossover singer who performs across a spectrum of operatic arias, popular songs, musical theatre and hymns.-Early life and education:...
  
   - Katherine Jenkins: Believe Live From The O2
• Tom Jones
  Tom Jones (singer)
  Sir Thomas John Woodward, OBE , known by his stage name Tom Jones, is a Welsh singer.Since the mid 1960s, Jones has sung many styles of popular music – pop, rock, R&B, show tunes, country, dance, techno, soul and gospel – and sold over 100 million records...
  
   - Praise & Blame
• Manic Street Preachers
  Manic Street Preachers
  Manic Street Preachers are a Welsh alternative rock band, formed in 1986. They are James Dean Bradfield, Nicky Wire, Richey Edwards and Sean Moore. The band are part of the Cardiff music scene, and were at their most prominent during the 1990s...
  
   - Postcards From a Young Man
  Postcards From a Young Man
  Postcards from a Young Man is the tenth studio album by the alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers, which reached the number 3 spot on the UK Charts. The Manics began recording the album in October 2009 at their Faster Studio in Cardiff...
  
  

Singles

• Duffy (singer)
  Duffy (singer)
  Aimée Ann Duffy , known as Duffy, is a Welsh singer-songwriter. Her 2008 debut album Rockferry entered the UK Album Chart at number one. It was the best-selling album in the United Kingdom in 2008 with 1.68 million copies sold...
  
   - "Well, Well, Well
  Well, Well, Well (Duffy song)
  "Well, Well, Well" is the lead single Welsh singer-songwriter Duffy's second studio album Endlessly , and the second single released was 'My Boy'. It is unknown if any more singles are to be released from the Endlessly Album. Well, Well, Well was Written and produced by Duffy and Albert Hammond, it...
  
  "
• Katherine Jenkins
  Katherine Jenkins
  Katherine Jenkins is a Welsh mezzo-soprano. She is a classical-popular crossover singer who performs across a spectrum of operatic arias, popular songs, musical theatre and hymns.-Early life and education:...
  
   - "Tell Me I'm Not Dreaming
  Tell Me I'm Not Dreaming
  Tell Me I'm Not Dreaming is a song by Welsh classical singer Katherine Jenkins, released as the first single from the platinum edition of her seventh studio album Believe, and sixth single from the album as a whole. The song had its world exclusive first play on Ken Bruce's BBC Radio 2 show on 19...
  
  "

Film

• Rhys Ifans
  Rhys Ifans
  Rhys Ifans is a Welsh actor and musician. He is known for his portrayal of characters such as Spike in Notting Hill and Jed Parry in Enduring Love and as a member of the Welsh rock groups Super Furry Animals and The Peth. Ifans also appeared as Xenophilius Lovegood in Harry Potter and the Deathly...
  
   plays the title role in Mr. Nice, as Howard Marks
  Howard Marks
  Dennis Howard Marks is a Welsh author and former drug smuggler who achieved notoriety as an international cannabis smuggler through high-profile court cases, supposed connections with groups such as the CIA, the IRA, MI6, and the Mafia, and his eventual conviction at the hands of the American Drug...
  
  .
• Michael Sheen
  Michael Sheen
  Michael Christopher Sheen, OBE , is a Welsh stage and screen actor. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, England and made his professional debut opposite Vanessa Redgrave in When She Danced at the Globe Theatre in 1991...
  
   stars in Unthinkable
  Unthinkable
  Unthinkable is an American suspense thriller film directed by Gregor Jordan and starring Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Sheen and Carrie-Anne Moss. It was released direct-to-video on June 14, 2010.-Plot:...
  
  

English-language television

• Hidden Houses of Wales (with Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen
  Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen
  Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen is a successful homestyle consultant best known for his appearances on the BBC television programme Changing Rooms...
  
  )
• Sherlock, produced by BBC Wales
• The Special Relationship
  The Special Relationship (film)
  The Special Relationship is a 2010 American-British political film directed by Richard Loncraine from a screenplay by Peter Morgan. It is the third film in Morgan's informal "Blair trilogy", which dramatizes the political career of British Prime Minister Tony Blair , following The Deal and The...
  
   (TV film) starring Michael Sheen
  Michael Sheen
  Michael Christopher Sheen, OBE , is a Welsh stage and screen actor. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, England and made his professional debut opposite Vanessa Redgrave in When She Danced at the Globe Theatre in 1991...
  
   as Tony Blair
  Tony Blair
  Anthony Charles Lynton Blair is a former British Labour Party politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007. He was the Member of Parliament for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007...
  
  .
• Snowdonia 1890

Sport

• 18 September - Boxer Nathan Cleverly
  Nathan Cleverly
  Nathan Cleverly is a British professional boxer from Wales and current WBO light heavyweight world champion. He is also the former European, British and Commonwealth light heavyweight champion...
  
   defeats Karo Murat
  Karo Murat
  Karo Murat is an Iraqi born German professional boxer who competes in the light heavyweight division. He is a former European champion at super middleweight and is the current holder of the WBO Inter continental light heavyweight title...
  
   at the LG Arena in Birmingham in an eliminator for the WBO light heavyweight title.
• October - At the 2010 Commonwealth Games
  2010 Commonwealth Games
  The 2010 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games, were held in Delhi, India, from 3 to 14 October 2010. A total of 6,081 athletes from 71 Commonwealth nations and dependencies competed in 21 sports and 272 events, making it the largest Commonwealth Games till date...
  
  , Wales wins medals in several sports:

• 5 December - Gareth Bale
  Gareth Bale
  Gareth Frank Bale is a Welsh footballer who plays for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Wales national team. Bale began his professional career with Southampton in 2005 and was transferred to Tottenham two years later...
  
   wins the BBC Cymru Wales Sports Personality of the Year award
• 27 December - The Welsh National
  Welsh National
  The Welsh National is a Grade 3 National Hunt chase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Chepstow, Wales, over a distance of about 3 miles and 5½ furlongs , and during its running there are twenty-two fences to be jumped...
  
   steeplechase, scheduled to be held at Chepstow, is postponed from its traditional spot because of adverse weather conditions.

Deaths

• 4 January – Hywel Teifi Edwards
  Hywel Teifi Edwards
  Hywel Teifi Edwards , was a Welsh academic and historian, a prominent Welsh nationalist, a broadcaster and an author in the Welsh language. He was the father of the BBC journalist Huw Edwards....
  
  , writer and broadcaster, 74
• 20 January – Jack Parry
  Jack Parry
  Brynley John "Jack" Parry was a Welsh former professional footballer. During his career he made almost 100 appearances for Swansea Town and 138 appearances for Ipswich Town between 1951 and 1955....
  
  , footballer, 86
• 9 February - Malcolm Vaughan
  Malcolm Vaughan
  Malcolm Vaughan was a Welsh traditional pop music singer and actor. Known for his distinctive tenor voice, he had a number of chart hits in the United Kingdom during the 1950s.-Biography:...
  
  , singer and actor, 80
• 11 February – Brian Godfrey
  Brian Godfrey
  Brian Cameron Godfrey was a Welsh international footballer.Brian was an inside forward who started his league career at Everton where he only made one appearance before joining Scunthorpe United in June 1960...
  
  , footballer, 69
• 14 February – Dick Francis
  Dick Francis
  Richard Stanley "Dick" Francis CBE was an English jockey and crime writer, many of whose novels centre around horse racing.- Personal life :...
  
  , jockey and novelist, 89
• 22 February - Robin Davies
  Robin Davies
  Robin Davies was a Welsh television and film actor.-Early life:Robert Richard Davies was born in Tywyn, Wales and was educated at Gladstone Park School. He trained to be an actor at the Ada Foster Stage School....
  
  , actor, 56
• 23 February - Wyn Morris
  Wyn Morris
  Wyn Morris was a Welsh conductor.Morris was born in Trellech, Monmouthshire, Wales, and did not speak English until he was aged 7. He was especially acknowledged for his interpretations of Gustav Mahler's works, which he recorded almost complete during the 1960s and 1970s...
  
  , conductor, 81
• 3 March – Michael Foot
  Michael Foot
  Michael Mackintosh Foot, FRSL, PC was a British Labour Party politician, journalist and author, who was a Member of Parliament from 1945 to 1955 and from 1960 until 1992...
  
  , politician, 96
• 10 March – Micky Jones, musician, 63
• 13 March - Neville Meade
  Neville Meade
  Neville Meade was a Jamaica-born boxer who emigrated to the United Kingdom settling in Swansea in south Wales. He rose to prominence when he won the gold medal in the heavyweight division at the 1974 Commonwealth Games in New Zealand...
  
  , heavyweight boxer, 61
• 9 April - John Griffiths
  John Griffiths (curator)
  John Griffiths was a Welsh museum curator at the Science Museum in London, England.Griffiths spent his childhood in the village of Ystradgynlais near Swansea in Powys, south Wales...
  
  , former curator of London's Science Museum
  Science museum
  A science museum or a science centre is a museum devoted primarily to science. Older science museums tended to concentrate on static displays of objects related to natural history, paleontology, geology, industry and industrial machinery, etc. Modern trends in museology have broadened the range of...
  
  , 57
• 14 April – Tom Ellis
  Tom Ellis (politician)
  Robert Thomas Ellis, , commonly known as Tom Ellis, was a British politician who was elected several times as a Labour Member of Parliament, and later defected to the Social Democratic Party ....
  
  , politician, 86
• 30 April – Gwyn Rowlands
  Gwyn Rowlands
  Dr. Gwyn Rowlands was an English-born rugby union wing, who played international rugby for the Wales national team. At club level he represented London Welsh, Cardiff and the Royal Air Force.-Rugby career:...
  
  , rugby union international, 81
• 8 May – Alan Watkins
  Alan Watkins
  Alan Rhun Watkins was for over 50 years a British political columnist in various London-based magazines and newspapers...
  
  , political journalist, 77
• 28 May – Iwan Llwyd, poet and musician, 52
• 7 June – Stuart Cable
  Stuart Cable
  Stuart Cable was a Welsh rock drummer and broadcaster, best known as the original drummer for the band Stereophonics.- Early life :...
  
  , musician and television presenter, 40
• 22 June - Pennant Roberts
  Pennant Roberts
  Pennant Roberts was a British director noted for his work on British television.Roberts was born at Weston-super-Mare to Welsh parents...
  
  , TV producer, 69
• 23 June – Peter Walker, Baron Walker of Worcester
  Peter Walker, Baron Walker of Worcester
  Peter Edward Walker, Baron Walker of Worcester, MBE, PC , was British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served in the Cabinet as the Environment Secretary , Trade and Industry Secretary , Agriculture Minister , Energy Secretary and Welsh Secretary...
  
  , former Secretary of State for Wales, 78
• 20 July - Iris Gower
  Iris Gower
  Iris Davies was a novelist, noted for her many historical romances, most of which are set in the British seaport of Swansea and the Gower Peninsula, from which she took her nom-de-plume.-Biography:...
  
  , novelist, 75
• August - Gareth Williams
  Death of Gareth Williams
  Gareth Williams, an employee of GCHQ seconded to the Secret Intelligence Service , was found dead in suspicious circumstances at a Security Services safe house flat in Pimlico, London, during August 2010...
  
  , intelligence officer, ?30
• 10 August - Brian Clark
  Brian Clark (footballer)
  Brian Donald Clark was an English professional footballer. He is probably most famous for scoring the only goal in a 1-0 victory for Cardiff City against Real Madrid in the first leg of the European Cup Winners Cup quarter-final in 1971.-Career:The son of former Bristol City player Don Clark,...
  
  , former Cardiff City footballer, 67
• 30 August - Owen Edwards
  Owen Edwards (broadcaster)
  Owen Edwards was a Welsh broadcaster, and the first chief executive of the Welsh language television channel S4C, the fourth television channel in Wales, a post he held from 1981-89....
  
  , broadcaster, 76
• 16 September - Richard Livsey, Baron Livsey of Talgarth
  Richard Livsey, Baron Livsey of Talgarth
  Richard Arthur Lloyd Livsey, Baron Livsey of Talgarth CBE was the son of Arthur Norman Livsey and Lilian Maisie . His father was a seacaptain who died in Iraq when Richard was just three years old. He was therefore brought up in a single parent household by his mother, Lilian, who was a local...
  
  , politician, 75
• 18 October - Mel Hopkins
  Mel Hopkins
  Mel Hopkins was a Wales international football player. He played at left back.-Club career:The son of a miner, he was signed by Tottenham Hotspur at the age of 15, when spotted playing for his local boy's club. He was taken on as an apprentice after just one trial...
  
  , footballer, 75
• 29 October - Robert Dickie
  Robert Dickie
  Robert Dickie was a Welsh professional boxer, fighting at both featherweight and super-featherweight. He was Scottish champion at featherweight, British champion at both weights and became WBC International super-featherweight champion in 1988...
  
  , British champion boxer, 46