John Osmond on a man who wielded great policy influence across the parties
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Reflections on life as it is lived in all parts of Wales, and stories of Welsh lives across the world.
Mae the welsh agenda yn gylchgrawn Saesneg sydd yn cael ei hariannu gan Gyngor Llyfrau Cymru. Mae erthyglau’r cylchgrawn yn Saesneg ond mae’r tudalennau am waith y Sefydliad Materion Cymraeg ar gael yn ddwyieithog.
John Osmond on a man who wielded great policy influence across the parties
John Osmond offers some reflections on the life of Michael Foot, one of Labour’s most loved leaders who died in March 2010 aged 96
Dylan Iorwerth remembers the late Hywel Teifi Edwards
Geraint Talfan Davies on a man who recorded the first cut of our history
Dafydd Wigley looks back at the career of ‘the greatest Welsh statesman of the 20th century’ who died in April 2005
Kenneth O. Morgan on the founder of the 20th Century school of Welsh historians
Meic Stephens looks at the life of a space physicist who became a principal strategist for Plaid Cymru
Daniel Williams on a new biography of Raymond Williams, revealing how central he remains to the culture and society of 20th Century Wales
Peter Finch looks back at a poet whose life raged against perplexing questions and whose selected writings are published this week