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Hain and Wigley

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Peter Hain and Dafydd Wigley talk to former opponents and those they admire.

Hain and Wigley: Series 2

Hain and Wigley: Series 2: Episode 1: Cerys Matthews

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The Peers talk music, politics, culture and Wales with Cerys Matthews.

Peter Hain and Dafydd Wigley talk culture, politics, and Wales with musician and broadcaster Cerys Matthews, and she quizzes them about globalisation and localism.

The peers Peter Hain and Dafydd Wigley begin their new series by questioning the musician and broadcaster Cerys Matthews on culture, politics and Wales.
But the former lead singer of Catatonia turns the tables on the politicians by asking them about their policies on globalisation and localism. 
Wigley and Hain, former MPs, haven't always see eye to eye. But they do have things in common, and especially an interest in people and their stories. 
And because they spend so much of their time in the House of Lords they were anxious not to get stuck inside the Westminster bubble. So the series covers music, acting, culture, surveillance and spying and diplomacy. 
And they were delighted to welcome Cerys Matthews, the busker turned international star who was in the vanguard of the 90s Cool Cymru offensive on the British music scene. 
Now through her own music, her writing and through her broadcasting on BBC World Service and 6 Music, Cerys celebrates the culture and music of all genres, all eras, and all countries.
Perhaps one of her latest ventures sums up her holistic attitude to the way cultures and genres collide. She's one of the founders of the Good Life Experience, being held again at Hawarden in Flintshire this September. It's a festival that's billed as a mix of music, food, books, ideas, workshops and the great outdoors.

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