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The wind blew and the rain poured this weekend but the temperature soared at the St David’s Hotel in Cardiff Bay at the launch of Nathan Palmer’s long awaited RTW collection. With guests including Welsh Rugby stars Gareth Alfie Thomas and Josh Navidi, Olympic athlete Harry Aikines-Aryeetey and Cardiff City F.C Captain Sean Morrison, this Fashion Show is fast becoming the hottest ticket this side of the Severn Bridge. For Nathan’s third collection – Traje De Luces (Suit of Lights)…
This weekend sees the much-anticipated return of Cardiff’s International Film Festival, with an impressive jury of local and global faces set to crown the winners from ten different categories. Judges include British actresses Kimberley Nixon and Maria Pride, Sci-fi author and screenwriter Marc Zicree, director, writer and producer Anurag Kashyap, script consultant and video conceptualist Keith Williams and award-winning documentary filmmaker, Florence Ayisi. The main event will again be hosted in the historical Pierhead Building in the heart of Cardiff…
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) in Wales, BAFTA Cymru, has announced the winners of the 2018 British Academy Cymru Awards. The awards honour excellence in broadcasting and production within film, games and television in Wales and inspire the next generation of creative talent. The ceremony was hosted once again by BBC Radio 1 presenter, Huw Stephens, at St David’s Hall, Cardiff, where presenters included producers Barbara Broccoli OBE and Michael G. Wilson OBE; actress Elen Rhys…
The lost communities of Cardiff’s docklands are to feature in a new four-part tv series on ITV Cymru Wales. ‘Dock of the Bay’ examines the transformation of the city’s waterfront from Tiger Bay to Cardiff Bay. It also chronicles the history and demolition of Newtown, nick-named ‘Little Ireland’ and Lower Splott, a community that was built in the shadow of the giant East Moors steelworks. The series celebrates the present day diversity of the Bay and goes behind the scenes…
An overview of current research in the Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary conducted by the Danau Girang Field Centre, eastern Sabah, Borneo – Tuesday 16th October 7:30 pm This is a return to a topic we last heard about from Dr Goossens in 2011. During the past ten years, students working at DGFC have helped develop research programmes on several flagship species, including Bornean elephant, sun bear, Sunda clouded leopard, Sunda pangolin, Bornean bearded pig, proboscis monkey, slow loris, and reticulated python….
***We’re sharing the news but we certainly don’t hate the English at Cardiff Times. We only want to beat them at Rugby!*** Why Does Everyone Hate The English? HISTORY® joins Al Murray to find out in new series. New research conducted in time for the second episode of the new HISTORY® TV series, Al Murray: Why Does Everyone Hate The English? (premieres on 15th October at 9pm), has revealed that football is one of the main reasons why Welsh people…
On Wednesday 10th October, our reporter Beth Girdler- Maslen went to the launch of Chai Street Green’s vegan and vegetarian menu. Chai Street Green is in the heart of Canton and is the first of its chain to go vegan. In a speech given by the owner, he spoke about Chai Street Green’s want to promote living a meat free lifestyle and to contribute to cutting down bad health statistics. The restaurant has a cosy atmosphere with coloured lights overhead…
Theatr Clwyd takes centre stage with prestigious UK nominations Richard Harrington and Katherine Parkinson performing live in ‘Home, I’m Darling’. Theatr Clwyd will go for gold at the UK Theatre Awards this week (Sunday 14 October) in a bid to take home three highly-esteemed awards. Nominated for Best New Play, Best Musical Production and The Renee Stepham Award for Best Presentation of Touring Theatre, Theatr Clwyd will fly the flag for Wales as it goes up against some of…
Local photographer Tess Seymour, reached the final stage of the national photography competition Patient Portraits: A New You at an event in the Houses of Parliament where all submissions were exhibited. The competition, run by the UK’s heart valve disease charity Heart Valve Voice, in partnership with The Royal Photographic Society, aims to raise awareness of heart valve disease, a growing health concern in the UK. All finalists were paired with a local patient to create a series of photographs…
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts in Wales, BAFTA Cymru, has revealed the names of some of the nominees, presenters and other special guest attendees for this Sunday’s British Academy Cymru Awards, which is taking place at the St David’s Hall in Cardiff, Wales on 14 October. Stars of the big and small screen are set to attend the 27th BAFTA Cymru ceremony, which honours excellence in performance and production within film, games and television in…
