These portraits of some of Wales Jewish community I found particularly moving, not least since many of the conversations speak of historical suffering on mainland Europe which none of us can forget. Each one also provides us with a progressive, open way of defining identity as Jewish, British, English, Welsh and other identities flow across each other in these pages, fixed briefly for us to understand that this is what being human is all about. Glenn Jordan s method of allowing the subjects of his photography to look in such an apparently relaxed way at the camera and speak clearly for themselves is the result of a deeply sympathetic professional practice. His inspirational series of books and exhibitions of individuals from different communities have become a celebration of the real diversity of living in Wales. This is so necessary at a time when we have been gradually redefining ourselves politically and culturally a process in which Butetown History & Arts Centre has had a key role.