Dean Powell is a journalist and author and for the past 21 years has been a member and soloist with the Treorchy Male Choir. For further details visit www.deanpowell.org

A shining light in a dark and dull age

More than 100 years after his death, Dr William Price remains a fascinating enigma. But a new book finds that there is much more to this former Archdruid than his radical attitudes to cremation

A colourful black and white life

Rhondda-born Glyn Houston never quite achieved the stardom of peers Richard Burton, Stanley Baker and brother Donald, but his career in film, theatre and especially television has stretched over 60 years, entertaining millions

The sound of our soul

They are often dismissed by our marketeers, but the male voice choir reaches deep into the cultural identity of industrial South Wales, and enjoys mass audiences around the world. No wonder, then, that they are attracting a new generation of singers