It is always special to visit a new country, especially one as interesting as Algeria.  So, just back from two weeks touring the major archaeological sites of Northeast Algeria I wanted to sha…

In the 1970s, the scientist Carl Sagan chaired a panel to select the distinctive sounds of human life which could be sent into deep space on the Voyager 1 spacecraft. In response, the eminent bio…

When I was young, I was very proud that Wales was the only one of the four home countries which had a patron saint who had been born in the country he represented.  But who really was St David…

Britain’s high streets are in visible decline, and the government needs a strategy that sets out a bold new vision. By addressing the physical, economic and ...

A Labour government bold enough to communities lead could make huge strides towards restoring trust in our democracy and redistributing power.

Supporters raise £73,000 to secure future of Welsh valleys chapel where beloved hymn was first sung

In my Bach pilgrimage to Leipzig, last April, there was an opportunity to honour another musical hero, Felix Mendelssohn who was Director of its famous Gewandhaus Orchestra and who died in the city…

It’s one of the privileges of my life that I had the chance as a child to spend so much time with my grandmother.  Born in 1891 she connected me with the Victorian Age, a world very different …