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Obituary

Geraint Talfan Davies pays tribute to Lord David Rowe-Beddoe, IWA Life Fellow, for his contributions to the economy and ceaseless advocacy for the arts in Wales.

Obituary: David Rowe-Beddoe, 1937 – 2023

Geraint Talfan Davies pays tribute to Lord David Rowe-Beddoe, IWA Life Fellow, for his contributions to the economy and ceaseless advocacy for the arts in Wales.

20th November
  • Voices
A picture of Professor Dame Teresa (Terry) Rees FLSW FAcSS

Obituary: Professor Dame Teresa (Terry) Rees FLSW FAcSS

Her colleagues celebrate the memory of Professor Dame Terry Rees, who led on pioneering research promoting gender equality.

11th October (11th October)
  • Voices
Keith James is the IWA founder

Obituary: Keith James – a friend of Wales

Geraint Talfan Davies, former Chair of the IWA, remembers its co-founder Keith James, who passed away on 4 May 2023.

5th June (5th June)
  • Politics and Policy

The political legacy of Steffan Lewis

Three years since the death of Steffan Lewis, Delyth Jewell remembers how being grounded in community informed the convictions of a political titan.

11th January (11th January)
  • People and Places

Obituary: Lord Elystan-Morgan

Deian Hopkin charts the life of the late Lord Elystan-Morgan, prominent campaigner for devolution and one of the giants of the Welsh political sphere.

14th July (13th July)
  • People and Places

Obituary: Phyllis Preece (1938 – 2020)

Vicki Lloyd remembers one of Wales’ most prominent and fierce campaigners for older people.

15th May (14th May)
  • People and Places

Obituary: Aneurin Rhys Hughes

Hywel Ceri Jones pays tribute to Aneurin Rhys (Nye) Hughes, a former member of the European Commission staff and former EU Ambassador to both Norway and Australia, who died last month of pancreatic cancer at his home in Oslo.

14th April (14th April)
  • People and Places

The people’s poet

Lara Catrin remembers Gwyn Thomas, former National Poet of Wales, who died last week

19th April (27th February)
  • People and Places

More than politics and local government

Russell Goodway pays tribute to Jack Brooks.

1st April (27th February)
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