Arts and Literature
- 15 March - Julien Macdonald is chosen as fashion house Givenchy's new designer.
- 24 March - Opening of the exhibition Let Paul Robeson Sing! in Cardiff.
- 15 December - Rob Brydon wins Best TV Comedy Actor award in the British Comedy Awards.
- 25 December - Matthew Rhys and Tom Ward star in a TV adaptation of The Lost World.
- Jessica Garlick makes the last ten in the first series of Pop Idol.
- Andrew Vicari sells a collection of 125 paintings of the First Gulf War to Prince Khaled of Saudi Arabia for £17 million.
- Irish photographer Paul Seawright is awarded a personal chair by the University of Wales, Newport.
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