Nash, David

David Nash is an internationally acclaimed sculptor, based in Blaenau Ffestiniog, north Wales. His work can be found in major collections around the world.

Needle, Barry

Barry Needle was born in Port Talbot, south Wales. He has worked in a steelworks and in parcel distribution, and now lives in Llanelli. Once a motorcycle racer, he spends his spare time expanding his portfolio of photographs of the south Wales landscape. This is his first book.

Nicholson, Mavis

Mavis Nicholson was born in 1930 In Briton Ferry, in south Wales. After university, she became an advertising copywriter and then a fulltime mother. She was a forty year old mother of three when she began presenting ‘Good Afternoon’, which was followed by many other programmes, including ‘Mavis on 4’. She was a grandmother of three when she began her famous chat show, ‘Mavis Catches Up With…’. She lives in mid Wales.

Normand, Lawrence

Lawrence Normand is Senior Lecturer in English, Cultural Studies and Communication Studies at Middlesex University

Norris, Leslie

Leslie Norris (1921 - 2006) was born in Merthyr Tydfil.  Formerly a teacher and headmaster, he for many years taught literature and creative writing in American universities, most recently at Brigham Young, Utah, where he was Christiansen Professor of Poetry. He wrote poetry since 1941 and published eleven collections, including a Selected Poems.