# Welsh Outlook

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'''''The Welsh Outlook''''' was a monthly magazine published from 1914 to 1933 in [Wales](/source/Wales), articulating a political viewpoint of progressive liberalism and cultural nationalism.  Its first editor was [Thomas Jones](/source/Thomas_Jones_(T._J.)) and the publication was funded by [David Davies, 1st Baron Davies](/source/David_Davies%2C_1st_Baron_Davies).

The magazine was intended by Jones to provide a platform to discuss critically the changes in Welsh society of the time, while aiming for social progress. Its contributors and editorial team were drawn largely from [Cardiff](/source/Cardiff) and [South Wales](/source/South_Wales). Although influential among the governing elite in Wales, it achieved sales of only 2,000, dropping markedly in the 1930s.<ref>G. Jenkins, "The Welsh Outlook 1914-1933", ''National Library of Wales Journal'', 24 iv (1986).</ref>

The title (without an initial 'The') was revived by David Hewitt in 1965 when he launched a new magazine that aimed to "serve as a catalyst for public discussion throughout the country."<ref>[K. O. Morgan](/source/K._O._Morgan), "New Outlook for a New Wales", ''Welsh Outlook'', 1 (April 1965), p.3.</ref> The magazine ceased publication after three monthly issues <ref>[K. O. Morgan](/source/K._O._Morgan), ''Rebirth of a Nation: Wales 1880-1980'', New York: Oxford University Press & University of Wales Press, 1981, p.371.</ref>

The original magazine is important to the development of [Welsh nationalism](/source/Welsh_nationalism) since it reflected a move away from religious and linguistic identity and attempted to define a role for the [Welsh language](/source/Welsh_language) and Welsh nationalism in the context of [internationalism](/source/Internationalism_(politics)) and modern society, even if from a conservative stance.<ref>''Oxford Companion to the Literature of Wales'' (1986), p. 632.</ref> The magazine has been digitised by the [National Library of Wales](/source/National_Library_of_Wales) as part the [Welsh Journals Online](/source/Welsh_Journals_Online) project.

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==External links==
* [https://journals.library.wales/browse/1311205 ''Welsh Outlook'' (digitised)]. National Library of Wales

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