Obituaries are about life, not death.
In this, his third book of obituaries, most of which first appeared in The Independent, Meic Stephens celebrates the lives of eminent Welsh people and a few others who have made significant contributions to life in Wales during the last decade. They include a wide variety of academics, actors, artists, broadcasters, historians, poets, politicians and writers in a rich mix that reflects our country's cultural and social life. Here are short biographies of Betty Campbell, John Davies, Meredydd Evans, Nigel Jenkins, Aneurin Jones, Harri Pritchard Jones, Rhiannon Davies Jones, Elaine Morgan, Moc Morgan, Rhodri Morgan, James Nicholas, Gerallt Lloyd Owen, David Parry-Jones, Meic Povey, Arthur Rowlands, Stan Stennett and many more. All are treated with a warm appreciation of their achievements and a knowledgeable account of their lives and times, so that the reader will find much to enjoy in remembering them in this way.