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Aberfan disaster
July 2024
My father’s role in investigating Aberfan – and the sight he could never forget
How we survive
A noise like thunder – then my classroom went black. How I lost my brother, sister and stability to the Aberfan disaster
December 2023
Wales fears another Aberfan as Westminster refuses to clean up tips
Map shows 350 coal tips close to communities as UK government unwilling to take on costs
May 2023
Dolly Partons and debutantes: a Welshman’s view of Arizona – in pictures
David Hurn moved from wet, socialist Wales to a scorching, rightwing state in the US – but his eye for life’s eccentricities remained unchanged
May 2022
The Premonitions Bureau by Sam Knight review – astonishing adventures in precognition
How the Aberfan disaster prompted one psychiatrist to launch a nationwide search for ‘seers’ who could predict the future
April 2022
The vision collector: the man who used dreams and premonitions to predict the future
I’m a rational person. Of course I don’t believe in the psychic world. And yet …
Emma Brockes
March 2022
Brittle With Relics by Richard King review – a portrait of Wales in flux
Brittle With Relics by Richard King; Welsh (Plural): Essays on the Future of Wales – reviews
February 2022
Family of Aberfan rescuer give stopped clock to Welsh museum
School clock recovered from the rubble 55 years ago will be put on display in Cardiff
September 2021
Welsh government calls on Westminster to help fund safety of coal tips
Rhondda valley residents fearful after recent landslip and UK government pushed to share responsibility
May 2020
Aberfan teacher Rennie Williams dies aged 86
Williams was recognised for her bravery after 1966 school disaster in which 144 people died
February 2020
Effects of Storm Dennis spark fears of Aberfan repeat in Wales
Landslide leads to inspections of coal tip to avert similar disaster to that which killed 116 children in 1966
November 2019
How filming the agony of Aberfan for The Crown revealed a village still in trauma
Peter Morgan, creator of the hit TV series, explains how the 1966 catastrophe raised questions about the nature of storytelling and the monarchy
January 2018
Welsh librarian jailed after theft of Aberfan disaster files
CPS lawyer notes ‘serious breach of trust’ by Elizabeth McGregor who stole hundreds of books from Pontypridd public library
July 2017
Call for review of charity response to UK disasters in wake of Grenfell fire
British Red Cross raises concerns over ‘complex’ process used to disperse money raised with large sums as yet unspent
October 2016
Guardian social
Aberfan remembered, Trump polling and Brexit – our live look at the week as it happened
Aberfan: Prince of Wales among those marking disaster's 50th anniversary
Greenslade
Aberfan: a reporter's letter home reveals the true horror of the tragedy
Roy Greenslade
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