Opera House Lottery: Zaha Hadid and the Cardiff Bay Project

In this frank account Nicholas Crickhowell relates the full and controversial inside story of the rise and fall of the Cardiff Opera House, a tale of intrigue, double-dealing and back-stabbing, and waste of lottery money. The book explores how it was that an organization which included Michael Heseltine and Virginia Bottomley could have failed to rise to the occasion, and explains how the conduct of prominent political personalities in Cardiff and the attitude of the press contributed to the disaster.

Lord Crickhowell, once a member of Margaret Thatcher's cabinet, was formerly Chairman of the Cardiff Bay Opera House Trust, Secretary of State for Wales, and Chairman of the National Rivers Authority. He is President of the University of Wales, Cardiff, a director of Associated British Ports, and Chairman of HTV.