But of course, there will be some people who see it as a step towards independence. Not me, though. Any country in the world needs to feel that it lives, loves and dies like verybody else. But growing up in Wales there are very few heroes on the television screen. It seems we're not the stuff of heroes.
Heroes belong to grown-up cultures.
I'd like to change that. Everyone's got the ability to define themselves and because I call myself a Welsh writer. That very rarely includes what the stereotypical view of Wales means. Super Furry Animals can do it. Jack Kerouac and the beat generation.