Jon Gower sometime author, presenter, raconteur, nature lover, journalist, historian, academic and professional Welshman joins us on this episode.
Jon's special talent is that he has never let his passions and curiosity be ring fenced and has the courage to follow paths that others would forsake.
The Turning Tide: A Biography of the Irish Sea
Lundy, Fastnet, Irish Sea: Wales and its Coastal Waters
Jon Gower is a former BBC Wales arts and media correspondent who has over 40 books to his name. These include The Story of Wales, which accompanied a landmark TV series, the travelogue An Island Called Smith and Y Storïwr which won the Wales Book of the Year. His latest book is The Turning Tide: A Biography of the Irish Sea. Forthcoming are Raider: The Raymond Chester Story and I’w Ddiwedd Oer, a Welsh language historical novel about polar explorer Edgar Evans.