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17 October 2016

The Aberfan Disaster: a simple guide to what happened

A simple guide to what happened on the day of the Aberfan disaster, which killed 144 people, most of them children, 50 years ago this week

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6 September 2016

Landslides in Art part 27: Louise Collis

Landslides in Art part 27: Louise Collis This is part 27 of my occasional Landslides in Art series – see the links at the bottom of the page for some earlier editions, including Part 26, Robyn Collier.  This time I am featuring a painting by the artist Louise Collis entitled Blaina Landslide. Louise is a landscape artist based in South Wales.  She describes herself as follows: Based in the South …

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15 June 2015

Landslides in Art Part 22: Aberfan (7 pianos, percussion, voice and tools of rescue)

Laura Siersema, an American composer, has written a modern composition to mark the 50th anniversary of the Aberfan disaster next year

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2 November 2011

An update on the Wisconsin landslide, and a cliff collapse in Wales

An update on the landslide in Wisconsin on Monday, and a report of a cliff collapse in Wales, also on Monday.

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21 October 2011

Remembering the Aberfan disaster – 45 years ago today

Today marks the 45 anniverasary of the Aberfan landslide disaster. In this post, Brett Cherry and I review the events of that day and consider the lessons that can be learnt from this the worst landslide disaster in UK history.

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20 October 2011

Tomorrow is the 45th anniversary of the Aberfan disaster

Brief post highighting that tomottow is the 45th anniversary of the Aberfan disaster.

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