Dear Western Mail,
We’ve been together 30 years. More than half my life. In that time, I’ve written more than 2,000 columns for you. But this is the last one. We are parting on warm terms as I head for a new adventure at BBC Wales. And I want to devote this final column to telling you what you’ve meant to me and what you’ve done for me.
I had designs on you from an early age, creating my own version of the national newspaper of Wales in primary school. My Classroom Gazette brought fellow pupils thrilling exclusives from the frontline of sponsored spelling contests and netball matches against Tonypandy Juniors. On Sundays I attempted to read Katherine Whitehorn in The Observer, dreaming of having a column like hers to muse wittily on the issues of the day.
