Dame Shirley Bassey, Sir Tom Jones and Bonnie Tyler are just some of the musicians to have called Wales their home.

This week, the talents of the land of song are on full display at one of Europe‘s largest music and poetry festivals, the National Eisteddfod.

But concerns have been raised about the future of the country’s arts sector due to funding cuts.

Proposals from the Welsh National Opera (WNO) would see its orchestra made part-time and musicians’ pay cut by 15 per cent.

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