Huw Edwards launched a Substack blog on Wednesday and began posting commentary and analysis on current affairs and mental health. Child sexual abuse campaigners criticised the move as inappropriate and disrespectful.
Emma Jane Taylor called it “a staggering lack of awareness” and said, “To think he can simply return to a public platform and be received as though nothing has happened shows a staggering lack of awareness.” She added: “I am deeply frustrated by this.”
Emma Jane Taylor and Project 90-10
Taylor is a campaigner, founder of Project 90-10 and a survivor of child sexual abuse. “Because of my personal trauma, I decided to speak out in my 40s,” she said. “So many people are so afraid to have this conversation, so we don't.” She also said: “If it was the bloke next door, everyone would be up in arms about it.”
Huw Edwards and the register
In 2024, Edwards admitted to accessing 41 images of children, including seven of the most serious type, and received a six-month sentence suspended for two years. He was also placed on the sex offenders' register for seven years.
Edwards told the that he had expressed “sincere regret and remorse” in court in 2024 and in a public statement issued in March. He also said that “those exercised by the piece might have missed the intent expressed” on the blog.
The launch puts his return to a public platform back in view after a case that already drew attention to his conduct and to his response in court. Taylor said, “He is on the sex offenders' register – that should not entitle him to a blog. We don't want to hear from you, Huw,” a view that leaves the blog with no clear public purpose beyond the criticism it has already drawn.
