Welsh Star Turn ; Janet Street Porter Prepares to Eat Her Words As She Is Joined by Six Other Celebrities to Learn Welsh in a Week. Gareth Bicknell Reports
Daily Post › February 28, 2004
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NIA Parry and Bernie Latham must be the only people in Wales looking forward to meeting Janet Street-Porter. Last year the aesthetically-challenged journalist and broadcaster made herself deeply unpopular in Wales when she branded the Welsh language "dead" and "irrelevant".
In a television blast in which she remembered her childhood days visiting North Wales, she described the people as "unfriendly,dour and unwelcoming."So it was a surprise when she was revealed as one of seven celebrities taking up the challenge of learning Welsh in a week in intensive lessons at the Nant Gwrtheyrn Language Centre.See the full content of this document
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Welsh Star Turn ; Janet Street Porter Prepares to Eat Her Words As She Is Joined by Six Other Celebrities to Learn Welsh in a Week. Gareth Bicknell Reports
"I'm looking forward to learning Welsh. It's never too late to acquire a new skill," she declared.
But presenter Nia, whoa long with tutor Ioan...See the full content of this document
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