Agenda
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Professor William's fight against Alzheimer's
Summer 2010
A groundbreaking article by cultural historian Peter Stead suggests that for Wales 2010 is Year Zero, the real start of the 21st Century. He says that events, and in particular the Conservative Liberal democratic coalition government in London following the general election is creating space for a new politics in which the priority will be to rebuild the Welsh economy on the foundation of our education system. The journal surveys a number of areas of policy divergence between Westminster and Cardiff Bay, including the funding of social care and running our railways. Other special features examine the place of north east Wales and the Welsh food economy.
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Baby Brian and 13,000 other lives
Spring 2010
Features Jonathan Edwards and Mark Drakeford on the future of the Red-Green Alliance, Huw Lewis on a strategy for child poverty, Graham Meadows on Wales and Europe beyond 2013 and John McGrath on improving a theatre tradition.
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Gill Morgan: Gear change for our civil service
Autumn 2009
Profiles Gill Morgan, the Welsh Government’s new Permanent Secretary who attacks a lack of genuine commitment to devolution and a ‘culture of arrogance’ in some Whitehall departments; Archbishop Barry Morgan defends his role in Welsh politics; and Dafydd Wigley discusses options for the timing of the forthcoming referendum on more powers for Wales.
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The reign of Rhodri 2000-2009…?
Summer 2009
Rhodri Morgan’s departure as First Minister after 10 years in charge is reviewed, plus articles on the devolution referendum by Welsh Secretary, Peter Hain, and on the possible case for bringing back the Welsh Development Agency and changing the system for funding Welsh needs.
Devolution Dividend
Spring 2009
Key figures in the 1997 referendum campaign give their verdicts on the first ten years of devolution while Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins writes about how we should be managing our stewardship of Wales’s architectural heritage, plus the evolving Welsh legal system is considered.
Mercurial, Magical, Illusive
Winter 2008
Welsh financial experts comment on the likely impact on Wales of the financial crisis; the all-Wales convention and the case for an early start to campaigning for extra powers for the Welsh Assembly are reviwed; plus the role rugby can play in sending a positive image of Wales around the world and new solutions for Wales’s transport problems.
Tree Power
Summer 2008
The importance of building up the medium-sized business sector, the relationship between Welsh politics and the internet, plus articles on transforming education, the next constitutional advances, rural housing and social issues, and promotion of the Welsh language.
Media meltdown at ITV Wales
Spring 2008
The case for upgrading north-south road links, the future of broadcasting, the benefits a Welsh stock exchange could bring, and school amalgamations. Plus, the role a national theatre could play in building civic engagement, and the 75th anniversary of the Gregynog Festival celebrated.
First language
Winter 2007
The new One Wales coalition agreement’s policies examined, how the Assembly Government is held to account for its spending, the consequences of establishing a distinct legal jurisdiction for Wales and the future of S4C as it celebrates its first 25 years.
Calon lan town's new heart
Summer 2007
The weaknesses of the Welsh brand analysed, plus a report on the Assembly elections, a special focus on Welsh law, the lessons from Objective One and the need for a roadmap for economic growth in Wales. Community initiatives in the south Wales valleys and regeneration in Swansea and Rhyl.
Gwent levels welcome wigeons
Winter 2006
The forthcoming Assembly elections previewed, plus a report on Time to Deliver the IWA’s examination of the policy options for Wales during the Assembly’s forthcoming third term. The social justice principles underpinning the Assembly Government’s policy approach. Sustainable development and what the Ryder Cup could do for Wales.
Thank the Lord
Summer 2006
First Minister Rhodri Morgan and Presiding Officer Dafydd Elis-Thomas under the spotlight, the Severn Barrage, the case for a new Welsh Academy of Science, Dot.CYM, the campaign for a Welsh internet domain and the hazards of (all too frequent) health re-organisations.
The Case for Science
Spring 2006
Sir John Cadogan on the shape a science policy for Wales should take; the Barnett squeeze’s billion pound cost to Wales; Richard Brunstrom on policing; Wales in New York and arts funding; addressing the private sector deficit in Wales and creating a Welsh model for PFI
Welsh Imam Sheik Saheed
Winter 2005
Lowering corporation tax to help the Welsh economy; connecting Cardiff with its hinterland; interview with Secretary of State, Peter Hain; Jeremy Beecham on his review of public service delivery; the Welsh baccalaureate assessed; investing in heritage and the environment and the demise of a distinctive Welsh dialect.
Dyfodol yr Iaith
Summer 2005
The future of the language; the Assembly powers White Paper; Dafydd Wigley looks at the career of Gwynfor Evans; the case for and against regional pay differentials; rural housing affordability, the future of upland Wales, climate change; new discoveries on lactose intolerance.
Capital thoughts
Spring 2005
Vernon Bogdanor asks whether Welsh politics has really come of age, plus the 2005 Assembly elections; Cardiff as the cuckoo in the Welsh nest, why Welsh schools should be kept small, and the Communities First programme assessed. Kenneth O Morgan on the doyen of Welsh historians, Glanmor Williams.
Searching for stars
Autumn 2004
First Minister, Rhodri Morgan, on his Government’s philosophy; reactions to the Richard Commission report, the role of manufacturing in the economy. Where next for broadcasting and the case for a Welsh cricket team; plus Welsh business great, Julian Hodge, remembered.
When icons meet
Summer 2004
Bryn Terfel on the Wales Millennium Centre; the Richard Commission reviewed, and a look back to the No campaign of 1979 and the fears it expressed; the Wales Spatial Plan, investment in railways, policy making for rural Wales, and migration and identity.
Future of the valleys
Spring 2004
Future of the Valleys; how tourism and housing transfer could help; Peter Stead on Carwyn Jones; manufacturing’s hard road; sustainable development and wind energy; PFI contracts; the future for EU structural funding; language policy; Welsh medium education.
Welsh by Design
Winter 2003
Successful Welsh product design; why Barnett should measure needs; new directions for Conservatism in Wales, plus a weakened Plaid Cymru’s prospects; the mayor for Cardigan campaign; what Europe is achieving for Wales; the linguistic message of the 2001 census; the case for a Welsh language daily newspaper; education spending.
Dispatches from Everest
Summer 2003
Jan Morris looks back to Everest 50 years ago; Neil Kinnock on the single currency; the 2003 Assembly elections analysed; the work of the Wales Audit Office; the need for a Welsh science policy; setting a realistic target for Welsh living standards; Wales and England start to diverge on health policy.
Making Development Sustainable
Spring 2003
Rhodri Morgan on the clear red water between Cardiff Bay and Westminster; Adam Price on a left-leaning coalition in Wales; the Richard Commission’s powers; Michael Bogdanov and Terry Hands on the national theatre debate; the case for development domains in the Welsh countryside; genome research in Cardiff.