Aled Jones was a choirboy with a remarkable voice, whose prodigious talent propelled him to international stardom. Before he was sixteen, he had already sold more than six million records and had become a fixture on television and radio. He has worked alongside such greats as Leonard Bernstein, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Sir Neville Marriner, Howard Blake, and Mike Oldfield. Some of the high points of his early career include performances at the Hollywood Bowl and the wedding of Bob Geldof and Paula Yates, as well as singing privately for the Prince and Princess of Wales. Best known as a boy soprano for his hit "Walking in the Air," Aled tells the full story of this phenomenal record and the effect it had on his life. Always refreshingly honest and self-effacing, Aled reveals how he faced up to life after his voice had broken and how he carved out a new career for himself on stage, record, television, and radio. His story begins with his idyllic childhood on the Welsh island of Anglesey and his years as a chorister at Bangor Cathedral, during which his family provided wonderful support and encouragement as he rose to fame. He tells of his studies at the Royal Academy of Music and the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and delves behind the scene of some of Britain’s best-know institutions, such as Songs of Praise, BBC Wales and Classic FM. Aled reveals the truth about the man behind the music in this frank, heartwarming and funny account of his life.

Product Description: This reader of essays offers fresh insights into British journalism of the 19th century. It attempts to promote a discrete, theoretical field of study which is genuinely interdisciplinary. Dominant categories of journalism, such as the English metropolitan print-based press, are juxtaposed with the competing categories of the local London press, the Welsh press, and the newer electronic journalism...read more

A British choirboy with a remarkable voice, whose prodigious talent propelled him to international stardom, Aled Jones achieved more as a teenager than many adult singers do in a lifetime. From multi-million album sales before he was sixteen, he has gone on to perform sell-out tours and now has a hugely successful broadcasting career.

Product Description: This volume includes “The Celtcity of Galicia, Spain, and the Arrival of Celtic Peoples from Britain in the Fifth Century AD” by Manuel Alberro; “Reading Aislinge Óenguso as a Christian Parable” by Brenda Gray; “Celtic Legends in Irish Opera, 1900–1930” by Axel Klein; “‘I Wonder What the King is Doing Tonight’”—Looking for Arthur in All the Wrong Places” by Laurance Maney; “What Future for the Irish Gaeltacht Communities in the 21st Century?” by Nollaig Ó Gadhra; “Acallam na Senórach as Prosimetrum” by Geraldine Parsons; “Courtly, Religious, and Traditional Themes in a Medieval Welsh Elegy to a ‘Swan Wargan Wyry’ (Fair Gentle Virgin)” by Laura Radiker; and “Welsh Prophetic Poetry in the Age of the Princes” by Elizabeth Schoales...read more

Product Description: Aled Jones, a choirboy with a remarkable voice, achieved more as a teenager than many adult singers do in a lifetime. His prodigious talent propelled him to international stardom; before he was 16, he had already sold more than 6 million records and had become a fixture on television and radio...read more

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Product Description: The power of the popular press presents all modern societies with difficulties. It is, however, a problem with a history: the hold of the press over public opinion was debated with urgency throughout the 19th century. This book looks at the ways in which individuals, pressure groups, political organisations and the state sought to understand the mass communications media of the 19th century, and use them to influence public opinion and effect moral and social reform...read more

Product Description: The first major historical study of the origins, production and social impact of newspaper journalism in Wales. This is the first major study of the newspaper press in Wales. Spanning two centuries, and the press of two languages, the book explores changes in the organisation of journalism, the printing industry and distribution methods...read more