I'm devastated.

I met Siwsi when I first moved to Cardiff in 1980. I was at the Sherman Theatre and she was doing teacher training just down the road. She was SO supportive to this Canadian learner of Welsh. And I enjoyed her sessions at the Conway on a weekend, too.

Very early on she told me she was thinking of going professional. I replied, 'Are you mad?' Be fair: she was, rather. But she was also right. And the world is a better place for all her work ...

The sun is shining, but it's a dark old day.

siân