Author: Hywel Francis

Forewords by Mike Jackson and Sian James MP The film Pride has reignited interest in the struggles of the miners in the South Wales valleys in the...

A collection of writings and speeches by historian, political activist and former MP Hywel Francis. He celebrates the struggles of the working clas...

Welsh miners made up one of the largest contingents within the British Battalion of the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War. Coming fro...

In 1983, two University Professors looked slightly bemused as they scanned the shelves of the South Wales Miners' Library. One said to the other, '...