For over half a century Geraint Jarman was a key figure in the ever-evolving culture of Wales, a tireless innovator and creative dynamo across multiple platforms as a singer, a …

There is one cast-iron certainty that every single human being must accept, sooner or later, willingly or reluctantly: it’s a hard life. Oh yes, it really is. And there can’t …

TOM DAVIES (1941-2024)Journalist and author Tom Davies, who died last year after a slow decline with dementia, personified unorthodoxy and independent thinking as he followed his own path throughout an …

Mike Peters, the founder, vocalist, big-haired, big-hearted front-man of post-punk rock band The Alarm, was given a moving send-off at his funeral yesterday in his home village Dyserth (Diserth). A …

Actor, author, comedian, musician, poet and raconteur, Dewi Morris was a stalwart supporter of Welsh independence, a passionate defender of our besieged Welsh language communities, and a ‘Yes Cymru’ mainstay …

Cardiffian David Marquand, who died in April, was a public intellectual and sophisticated thinker of high integrity, acute awareness and resolute sense of purpose. With his open and inquiring mind …

Emyr Glyn Williams from Ynys Môn, who died from cancer in January when only 57, was a pivotal figure in the cultural life of Wales for more than three decades. …

MEL AP IOR THOMAS (1952-2023)With the death of Mel ap Ior Thomas in November Welsh domestic football has lost its great champion, historian, statistician and chronicler. From the formation of …

Swansea’s Jen Wilson, who died in May, was a musician, writer and historian who lived a life packed with experiences, achievements and creativity. In 1986 she founded Jazz Heritage Wales …

In recent years I have found it increasingly difficult to write about Wales. The attacks on our very existence by the thuggish, destructive Tory government in London and their agents …