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It was flattering to be asked to hand over files and letters to the National Library, but disconcerting too. Somebody must have spotted my age – 87 – and decided it was time to make a move. 

The operation itself was painless. Robert and Rhys were tactful, courteous and efficient, emptying out my filing cabinet in two days. I pointed out that the fattest files, optimist...


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On 28 September (today!) Majid Khan is 80. For many people in Wales, particularly those who remember the great days of Glamorgan cricket, this birthday will bring back memories of an extraordinary cricketer. Majid was a Pakistan international,  Glamorgan captain and an elegant, attacking batsman who became one of the county’s most admired players. For me, though, his 80th bir...


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Welsh manufacturing does not need another broad statement of ambition. It needs a disciplined national programme that turns existing policy into investment, production, exports and skilled work.

Wales begins from a stronger industrial base than is sometimes recognised. Manufacturing supports about


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Care-experienced children face educational injustice. This is a well-evidenced, persistent reality both internationally and across the UK. Care-experienced children


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A large crowd packs out a small town hall, eyes fixed on the three men sat at a trestle table at the back of the room, adorned with an American flag. As the meeting reaches a crescendo amid angry interjections from the audience, many of whom carry signs warning of pending ecological destruction, one of the seated men angrily tells the assembled crowd ‘


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