大象传媒

Roy Jenkins presents the second of two special programmes to mark the 40th birthday of 大象传媒 Radio Wales.

Last week, we looked at how we reflected some of the national and global events which have helped to shape the world in these four decades. This time we focus on just a few of the people whose stories we鈥檝e told. We鈥檝e met people honoured around the world for their courage or endurance, for the movements they鈥檝e inspired, the books written, the music composed. We鈥檝e welcomed religious leaders of many faith traditions: theologians and evangelists, cardinals and archbishops, and once the man regarded by some as a living god, the Dalai Lama.

Many of our guests have been relatively unknown, and yet their impact on small communities and individual lives has been immense. Choosing has been an almost impossible task, but those who found their way into the final edit include the Swiss psychiatrist Elisabeth Kubler Ross who transformed attitudes to death and dying; Sean Stillman who runs Zac鈥檚 Place for the homeless in Swansea; Jean Vanier, the founder of L鈥橝rche; the poet and priest R.S. Thomas; and the writer and activist Dr. Maya Angelou.