The Story of Wales

About Jon Gower

Jon Gower is a former BBC Wales arts and media correspondent who was educated at Girton College Cambridge where he read English. He is a documentary maker for television and radio and has eleven books to his name in both Welsh and English. They include An Island Called Smith about a disappearing island in Chesapeake Bay which gained him the John Morgan travel writing prize and Uncharted a novel described by Jan Morris as 'unflagging and unfailingly inventive.' In 2009 he was awarded a major Creative Wales award to explore the Welsh settlement in Patagonia. Jon is currently a Hay Festival International Fellow.Huw Edwards is a BAFTA-award winning journalist presenter and newsreader. Born in Bridgend WelshspeakingHuw joined the BBC in 1984 and became a familiar face during his time on BBC Six O'Clock News. Since then Huw as covered numerous key national events is a regular on a range of BBC News programmes including as leadnewsreader on the BBC News at Ten and has presented a variety of documentaries on British and Welsh history and culture. A former graduate of Cardiff University Huw was made an Honorary Fellow in 2003 and an Honorary Professor of Journalism in 2007 and was elected Vice-President of the university in 2009. Huw is also anHonorary Fellow of Swansea University the University of Wales Lampeter the University of Wales Newport Swansea Institute of Higher Education and has an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Glamorgan as well as being Patron of the National College of Music in London and President of the London Welsh Trust.