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Jude Rogers: The Welsh language is too precious to be allowed to disappear - Commentators - Opinion - The Independent It rolls, it lilts, and it rasps. It begins in the back of the throat, turns around the mouth, then it sings. It is also the tongue of the country I come from . . . Jude Rogers discusses why Welsh is important in The Independent.

Best albums of 2011: how Guardian critics voted | Music | guardian.co.uk Jude Rogers (once upon a time Llanelli Star reporter) gives her views on the best music of 2011 - Albums 1. King Creosote and Jon Hopkins – Diamond Mine 2. Feist – Metals 3. Elbow – build a rocket, boys! 4. Jamie Woon – Mirrorwriting 5. Kuedo – Severant 6. PJ Harvey – Let England Shake 7. Nicola Roberts – Cinderella's Eyes 8. Katy B – On A Mission 9. Paul Simon – So Matter, So What? 10. Gruff Rhys – Hotel Shampoo Tracks 1. Friends – I'm His Girl 2. Feist – Graveyard – Feist 3. King Creosote and Jon Hopkins – Your Young Voice 4. Dark Dark Dark – Daydreaming 5. Roots Manuva/Toddla T – Watch Me Dance 6. Lana Del Rey – Video Games 7. Nicola Roberts – Lucky Day 8. Razika – Vondt I Herjejt 9. Joe Goddard ft. Valentina – Gabriel 10. Fairytale (Let Me Live My Life This Way) – Rebecca Ferguson"

I am in the process of collecting as many old photos as possible from my days at the Llanelli Star, Carmarthen Journal and the South Wales Evening Post. This has kindly been sent to me by Jude Rogers, who was (once upon a time) our Saturday/Holiday helper in the Star newsroom in the old offices in Station Road, Llanelli. She started out at as a work experience helper, but developed into much, much more. Today, Jude Rogers is a columnist and music writer for The Guardian, Observer, The Word and the New Statesman. Basically, she is doing the things I wish I'd done 30 years ago . . . In the picture, we have Vicky Caig (now Douch), someone who looks like a younger version of the once-upon-a-time editor of the Llanelli Star, and Jude Rogers. It's a classic!

Excellent piece by Jude Rogers (a former Llanelli Star!) about Welsh male voice choirs in yesterday's Guardian http://omg.ly/Fi8N