In his campaign "Cofio Jim", Theo Davies-Lewis made the case that Jim Griffiths needs to be rescued from obscurity and restated as a key political figure in Welsh history. He makes a powerful case for this Welsh Political Icon who helped found the welfare state, establish a socialist policy on decolonisation, and serve as the first Secretary of State for Wales.

Last week on a popular TV quiz show, knowing the answer to the question "Who is the only British politician to have held the four great offices of state?" would have won you half a million pounds. The answer is James Callaghan, MP for southern Cardiff for forty two years and the last Prime Minister from a Welsh constituency. Cardiff councillor and historian Keith Jones makes the case for someone who truly must be one of the great Welsh Political Icons.

Lord Barry Jones celebrated fifty years in the Houses of Parliament in June 2020. The former MP for Flintshire East and Alyn & Deeside was a Welsh Office Minister in the 1970s and the Shadow Secretary of State for Wales in the 1980s. Above all that, he's been a champion of Flintshire and Deeside all his life, as his successor representative Jack Sargeant MS explains.

Llanelli Grammar School boy Michael Howard is the only Welsh born leader of the Conservative Party. Conservative activist Charlie Evans appraises the Welsh born politician who became a British Political Icon as well as a Welsh one.

William Henry Mainwaring was an educator, intellectual, Royal Commissioner and powerful political organiser who served as MP for Rhondda East from 1933 to 1959. In a personal and compelling audio biography, Dr Daryl Leeworthy stresses his importance as a politician and a historian in the context of the making of the politics and identity of "American Wales"

The life story of Sir Tom Hopkinson, as told by his enthusiastic friend Jean Sylvan Evans, is one of the most fascinating run on Welsh Political Icons. As one of the most influential journalists of the Twentieth Century, Hopkinson left his mark by helping to found the Wales Centre for Journalism Studies at University College in Cardiff

Perhaps the most staggering and unique story of any Welsh MP in the Twentieth Century, the life of Stefan Terlekzi is an incredible journey of resilience and initiative. The life of Cardiff West's MP between 1983 and 1987 is brought to life by Conservative and Vote Leave activist Matt Smith. Matt's other writings can be found on his website at www.mattsmith.org.uk/news. 

"A mentor, a comrade and a friend" says the former MP for Ynys Mon, Albert Owen, of his most illustrious predecessor, Cledwyn Hughes. Albert guides us with affection and respect through the life of one of the most important figures of the Welsh Labour Party in the second half of the Twentieth Century.

Public affairs specialist Liz Silversmith brings an analytical take to the politics, personality and priorities of Wales' current First Minister, Mark Drakeford

One of Plaid Cymru's most dogged and effective campaigners, Cynog Dafis, who sat in both Westminster and the Senedd, is justly given Icon status by Wiliam Jac Rees