Current affairs
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Among the files on the Mossad – Israel’s Secret Intelligence Service – held at the UK National Archives are dozens of diplomatic reports and memos from the international debate which took place behind closed doors after the Israelis went into Argentina, kidnapped Adolf Eichmann, and brought him back for trial. I went through these documents
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Delighted that Beti and David: Lost for Words is a finalist at the New York Festivals TV & Film Awards. A testament to Beti’s work & a tribute to David whose own life in broadcasting inspired so many. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08fnvq4
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Lovely review in the Daily Telegraph for ‘Beti and David: Lost for Words’. The response to the programme has been overwhelming for all involved. Beti George let the cameras into her home to show people what it is like caring for a partner with dementia. She always intended her story to represent the thousands of carers
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There has been an incredible reaction to ‘Beti and David: Lost for Words’, an hour-long film broadcast this week on BBC One Wales (and still available on the BBC iPlayer). Filmed over the course of many months, the film is a record of two people facing a terrible illness together. Since David’s diagnosis with Alzheimer’s,
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Rob Webb’s sister, Laura, was murdered in the July 7 bombings. As he grieved Rob, a well-known PR officer in Wales, found himself at the centre of the biggest news story in the world. Rob is in London today, remembering Laura and the other victims. I found this interview with him in my archive. In
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I don’t know if you ‘fight’ cancer, ‘battle’ it, ‘learn to live’ with it, ‘cope’ with it, ‘rage against’ it, ‘deal’ with it, or a combination of them all… …But here’s what Hywel did.
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Six-year-old Brecon Vaughan is to undergo a life-changing operation this week thanks to the generosity of a young man left paralysed after a road accident. Dan Black donated more than £20,000 to Brecon’s fund and helped his family meet the costs of the operation in the United States. Dan’s gift of hope to Brecon marks
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The funny and inspiring Joe Holloway describes life with Tourette’s Syndrome. “In a way, I wouldn’t get rid of it because if I did I wouldn’t be me.” Watch Joe’s film, ‘Tourette’s and Me’, here.
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“There’s a resilience in Machynlleth which says Mark Bridger’s evil will not prevail. That the goodness of a little girl will endure. And that April Jones will always be remembered.” Tribute: ‘APRIL: A WALES THIS WEEK SPECIAL’
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A leading GP and writer on medical issues has called on the Attorney General to launch a public inquiry into the death of a 10-year-old boy from Wales. Dr Phil Hammond said the UK Government had to allow a public inquiry into the death of Robbie Powell, from Ystradgynlais, and into the events which followed
Greg Lewis 