Aneurin Bevan: life of the week
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Hello and welcome to Life of the Week, where leading historians delve into the lives of some of history's most intriguing and significant figures, from ancient Egyptian pharaohs and medieval warriors to daring 20th century spies. Anyiron Bevan's commitment to social justice led to the creation of the National Health Service. in 1948, one of the most ambitious social reforms in British history. He was an MP who stuck to his principles in the face of serious opposition, and was not without criticism in both his professional and personal life. Speaking to Lauren Good, Dr.
Nye Davis from Cardiff University charts Bevan's journey from the coalfields of South Wales to the corridors of Westminster. Hi Ny, thanks so much for coming on the History Extra podcast for our Life of the Week series. We're talking all about Anayron Bevan today. Could you please give a really brief overview of who he was before we delve into his life? Anyiron Bevan was an MP from Tredegar in South Wales.
He was born in 1897 in in Tradiga, grew up in the kind of trade union movement in in South Wales, member of the South Wales Miners Federation, and became an MP in 1929. He spent much of the 1930s criticizing both the Labour Party and the Conservative government or the National Government, coalition government, in the 1930s, but then when Labour was elected in 1945, became the Minister of Health and Housing. and was the founder of the National Health Service as well, and then spent more of the 1950s as the leader of the left wing in the Labour Party, but also went on to become shadow foreign secretary and deputy leader of the Labour Party as well. Let's start at the very beginning. You said there he was born in Tradiga.
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