'The Soul of Iron': The Pasts and Futures of Merthyr and Port Talbot  - Geraint Talfan Davies

Advert for the 2024 Richard Burton Annual Lecture with Geraint Talfan Davies
Thursday 28th November 2024 | 6pm-7:30pm
Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea University, Singleton Campus, Swansea SA2 8PZ

On the eve of the Richard Burton centenary year, as steel at Port Talbot faces a crisis and attempts are made to give the history of the industry in Wales a rightful commemoration at Merthyr Tydfil, Geraint Talfan Davies, Chair of The Cyfarthfa Foundation, traces the historical and cultural significance of the two towns. 
 
Geraint Talfan Davies is a writer and broadcaster who has had a long involvement with public policy and the arts in Wales. 

He is the instigator of the current project to develop Cyfarthfa Castle and Park at Merthyr Tydfil. His career has spanned newspapers and broadcasting in both ITV and the BBC. A former Controller of BBC Wales and a past Chairman of Welsh National Opera, the Arts Council of Wales, and Cardiff Bay Arts Trust, he is also the co-founder of the Institute of Welsh Affairs. He is a non-executive director of Severn Screen Ltd. and an Honorary Fellow of the RIBA.

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Previous Lectures

Speakers

25 April 2013:  George W. S. Abbey Sr.

'Wales, America and the Space Race'

4 October 2011:  John McGrath

‘From Blackwood to Brecon to Port Talbot’s Passion: The National Theatre Wales journey’