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A series of audio biographies of Welsh political figures commissioned and edited by Daran Hill. Each audio file has been written and presented by the ascribed author. Subjects may be alive or dead: th... more
FAQs about Welsh Political Icons:How many episodes does Welsh Political Icons have?The podcast currently has 92 episodes available.
February 10, 202152: Welsh Political Icons - Ann JonesShe's had an OBE, she's had plaudits across the party spectrum on announcing her retirement, and now the inimitable Ann Jones MS OBE gets the Welsh Political Icons treatment as Dave Collins profiles his friend and former work colleague ...more29minPlay
February 03, 202151: Welsh Political Icons - Reginald Clarry & What is a Welsh Political Icon?Six months in, series editor Daran Hill looks back over the first 50 audiobiographies and asks 'What is a Welsh Political Icon?' and offers a brief analysis of Reginald Clarry, whose election was iconic even if his political contribution wasn't...more20minPlay
January 26, 202150: Welsh Political Icons - Rod RichardsWe've reached 50 Icons and this one is a corker as Crispin John tackles one of the most controversial and forthright figures in recent Welsh politics, the 'marmite' man of the 1990s Rod Richards. ...more19minPlay
January 20, 202149: Welsh Political Icons - Charles Evans HughesOur international audiobiographer Rhys ab Owen tells the story of Charles Evans Hughes, the man of immediate Welsh ancestry who almost became President of the USA a little over a century ago and became Chief Justice of the USA ...more19minPlay
January 16, 202148: Welsh Political Icons - Francis LewisAs we move toward the inauguration of the next President of the United States, Mike Cridland tells the story of the Welshman who signed the Declaration of Independence, Francis Lewis....more17minPlay
January 04, 202147: Welsh Political Icons - John BatchelorWho was the John Batchelor whose statue is such a prominent Cardiff landmark? Jean Sylvan Evans tells his story in her own inimitable and joyous style....more20minPlay
January 01, 202146: Welsh Political Icons - Owen John ThomasWelcome to 2021: the year we hope to get more Plaid Cymru politicians profiled for Icons. And where better to start than with one of the original Assembly Members, the unassuming and genuine Owen John Thomas, who was as much a cultural campaigner as a politician. Lewis Owen tells his story....more17minPlay
December 31, 202045: Welsh Political Icons - Roy JenkinsOn the last day of the UK's membership of the EU, Dr Daryl Leeworthy looks back at a Welshman who did more than virtually anyone else to get us in. In the final Icons of 2020, we remember Roy Jenkins: the only British President of the European Commission, and one of the giants of politics for forty years....more33minPlay
December 24, 202044: Welsh Political Icons - David Davies of LlandinamThe Season of Peace and Goodwill seems a good point to remember one of the greatest peace makers and internationalists in Wales' history. This Christmas, take twenty minutes to learn about one of the greatest sons of mid Wales, David Davies of Llandinam, as recalled by Ewan Lawry....more21minPlay
December 23, 202043: Welsh Political Icons - Denzil DaviesIn his third contribution to the series, Theo Davies-Lewis provides a tour de force on behalf of Denzil Davies, the former Labour MP for his hometown of Llanelli, who served in the front line of politics for thirty five years and was one of the most talented politicians of his generation....more30minPlay
FAQs about Welsh Political Icons:How many episodes does Welsh Political Icons have?The podcast currently has 92 episodes available.