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THE last interview given by legendary Welsh socialist Ray Davies will be broadcast tonight in a documentary about the 1984-85 miners’ strike.
The colourful Labour councillor, peace campaigner and prolific correspondent to the Morning Star’s letters page died aged 85 on May 7.
But in March he spoke to the makers of the Streic y Glowyr (miners’ strike) programme, which will be shown on Welsh-language station S4C (with English subtitles) at 9.30pm.
Plaid Cymru’s Caerffili by-election win raised hopes on the left — but the complex realities of Wales suggest the Senedd election may be far less predictable, argues CATRIN ASHTON
MIKE QUILLE applauds an excellent example of cultural democracy: making artworks which are a relevant, integral part of working-class lives
The Home Secretary’s recent letter suggests the Labour government may finally deliver on its nine-year manifesto commitment, writes KATE FLANNERY, but we must move quickly: as recently as 2024 Northumbria police destroyed miners’ strike documents