A Welsh Odyssey: Childhood, exile and the search for the hiraeth inside

Jos Simon’s second book of memoirs looks at his memories of growing up in north Wales and how his upbringing informed the later part of his life as a Welsh exile in England. After focusing on his youth in Pwllheli, he discusses how, after leaving Wales in 1964, he believed he was drifting away from Wales, only to realise he was always unconsciously looking for ways to relate to it – by writing about it, by returning and exploring it, and by following Welsh rugby and football. He came to the...