A year ago, Welsh Political Icons began. One of our earliest and most regular contributors, Jean Sylvan Evans, today tells the remarkable story of Rosalind Rusbridge, the conscientious objector who fell victim to wartime oppression by Swansea Council.

D.A. Thomas, or Lord Rhondda as he became, was the most prominent Welsh capitalist of the turn of the Twentieth Century. He was also a prominent Liberal politician who rose to be a Cabinet minister under Lloyd George's wartime coalition as well as a notable peer. Emissary to America during the First World War, survivor of the sinking of RMS Lusitania, and father of one of the most remarkable women in Welsh politics.... Ewan Lawry summarises a life so rich it deserves a movie

Barry-born Abdulrahim Abby Farah is one of Wales' major internationalists of the Twentieth Century. It was Farah who led the United Nations deputation to the country in early 1990 to confirm that the regime was being dismantled in accordance with the agreements made, having previously been Chair of the UN Special Committee on Apartheid during the 1960s, and Chair of the 1972 UN Security Council meeting in Addis Ababa, on matters relating to Africa – the first time in twenty years that the UN met outside of its New York headquarters. Ian Johnson tells his remarkable story.

In a clever and articulate account of Alun Michael's contribution to politics in Wales and Westminster, Liz Silversmith tells the tale of not just a former First Secretary of the National Assembly and former Secretary of State for Wales, but a man who is continuing to hold public office with energy and drive a third of a century after first becoming an MP.

"A normal person. A woman. A younger woman, with a valleys accent like me. Who spoke with passion about social justice, about wanting to change our communities. To get stuck in, not sit around talking. This was my kind of 'politician'." Bethan Sayed pays a warm tribute to her friend and mentor, Leanne Wood.

In the words of Wyn Roberts from his diary in 1991 "There is a new generation coming up in the Tory Party…" Few Conservative politicians exemplify that new generation more than Alun Cairns. Assembly Member, MP, Welsh Secretary and mainstay of the party for a quarter of a century, Matthew Day tells his story.

The founder and direction setter of the South African Communist Party was the Welshman David Ivon Jones - his remarkable life and his considerable contribution to international communism and anti racism is reviewed by Rhys Ab Owen MS, who has become Icons' de facto international correspondent.

Few modern Welsh politicians can match the enthusiasm and national self belief of Adam Price, the leader of Plaid Cymru. Lewis Owen tells his story with an appropriate level of oomph.

Gwilym Lloyd George was the son of a Prime Minister who rose to become a Home Secretary, representing several constituencies including Pembrokeshire, and undertaking a political journey through all shades of the Liberal Party before becoming a Conservative. Ewan Lawry tells his story.

Kicking off an occasional series of Icons on members not re-elected in May, Crispin John looks at the strengths and contributions of Mark Reckless, perhaps the most mercurial member of the last Senedd