Bala, Iwan

Artist, writer, theorist, Iwan Bala is a positive and dynamic figure in Welsh culture. He has exhibited internationally, been involved in numerous cross-media collaborations and is a founder member of The Artists' Project/Prosiect Artistiaid.

Barker, Jonathan

Johnathan Barker works at The British Council in London. His edition of the Selected Poems of W.H. Davies was published by Oxford University press in 1985, and he edited the Poetry Book Society Anthology 1986/1987 for Hutchinson in 1986.

Barnie, John

John Barnie was born and raised in the market town of Abergavenny.  He has published work in a wide variety of journals and anthologies and has won a Welsh Arts Council Prize for literature.  He has toured throughout the UK and abroad, reading his poems and playing guitar in a number of blues and poetry bands.  He currently lives in Aberystwyth where he edits the influential cultural magazine, ’Planet: The Welsh Internationalist".

Basini, Mario

Native Merthyrman Mario Basini gives the town the ‘Real’ treatment, mixing history, myth and personal experience to produce a new, sometimes astounding, view of a place at once representative of south Wales and carving out a new identity for itself. From Dowlais Top and the ironworks to Pennydarren Park, from Lady Charlotte Guest to Johnny Owen, from the Gurnos to the cholera cemetery and from Vaynor Church and the Crawshays to the salami and steamed pies of Basini’s Café, this is an enthralling guide to one of the most important small towns of Britain.

Bax, Martin

Martin Bax is a world-renowned Consultant Paediatrician, and Editor of the long-running literary journal Ambit. He lives in London and the Welsh Marches.

Beagan, Glenda

Glenda Beagan lives in Rhuddlan, Denbighshire. She was educated at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth and at the University of Lancaster. She has published two collections of stories, The Medlar Tree and Changes and Dreams, and a collection of poetry, Vixen (Honno, 1996).

Bentley, Barbara

Barbara Bentley lives with her family in Croft, Cheshire. Her prize-winning poetry has been published in a number of journals and anthologies. She has recently completed an M.A. in Creative Writing at the University of Glamorgan while continuing to work as a full-time lecturer in Leigh, Lancashire.

Best, Sian

Sian Best was a leading force in the anti-Barrage campaign. She currently works as a librarian in Cardiff.

Bevan, Derek

Derek Bevan became one of the world's best - and best known - rugby union referees. He retired at the end of the 1999-2000 season, aged fifty, after 32 years as the man in the middle. During that long career he refereed in all four World Cups (a record unlikely to be equalled) including the 1991 World Cup Final; almost 50 internationals, 4 Welsh Cup Finals, World Cup Sevens, Hong Kong Sevens, Dubai Sevens and the Students World Cup Final.

Bewsey, Lorraine