Blog

Five authors from three genres discuss why they write, why they came together and what the future holds for their (currently) all female collective Gillian Hamer What was it about crime writing that appealed to you? It was crime ‘reading’ that first appealed from a very early age. I read every Famous Five and Secret Seven book in the village library. Then I moved onto Nancy Drew … and finally Agatha Christie. I think it was the pace and tension…

A new agreement between Community Housing Cymru and Public Health Wales has committed the organisations to working more closely together to improve the lives and health of people in the most deprived communities in Wales. A Memorandum of Understanding signed on 19 November 2015 will ensure that the organisations work together to identify common problems and develop joint solutions. The memorandum is a commitment to a joint focus on prevention and early intervention, to ensuring work is informed by the…

A major new production of classic Broadway musical Mack & Mabel comes to Wales Millennium Centre next week (1-6 December) starring double Olivier award-winning Michael Ball as Mack Sennett. Based on the real-life romance between Hollywood legends Mack Sennett and Mabel Normand, Mack and Mabel tells the story of a group of pioneering filmmakers who changed the world surrounded by the great fun of the silent screen: heroes in capes, girls tied to the tracks, glamorous Bathing Beauties and the…

The Wicked Indoor Booma is the best indoor boomerang in the world! Made of special “memorang” foam, it is soft and safe, yet durable and versatile! With its special properties, you can tune the wings for different types of flight and the boomerang will stay in shape. When thrown as instructed, we guarantee your boomerang will travel around in a 4-6 metre circle and come right back to you! Made from soft foam so it won’t smash anything! ​Made in…

Councillor’s Michael Costas-Michael and Monica Walsh officially re-opened Cardiff, a Wyevale Garden Centre alongside returning Garden Centre Manager, Mike Greenwood and founder of the original nursery in 1952, Jean Hughes. Crew Manager, Richard Ball and two local fireman from Cardiff Central Fire Station celebrated the opening of the garden centre on the 2 year anniversary of the fire  New Centre boasts a new improved state-of-the-art redevelopment Wyevale Garden Centres celebrated the reopening which took place on the 2 year anniversary…

REGGAE LOVE SONGS TOUR 2016 YolanDa Brown, double MOBO award-winning saxophonist and one of the UK’s most exciting and sought after live performers, is embarking on a nationwide tour from February to June 2016. Wowing audiences across the country, from London and Cardiff to Manchester and Glasgow, the Reggae Love Songs tour will be an infectious journey of Reggae rhythms from the Caribbean, peppered with supreme Jazz flavoured inflections and sensibilities. Throughout the tour, YolanDa Brown will be joined by…

BulliesOut has joined up with Giveacar, a non-profit social enterprise which collects old cars as part of a novel fund-raising boost for BulliesOut. Giveacar is a not-for-profit social enterprise that turns old and used cars into monetary donations for charity. Profits from the sale are then donated to a charity of the car owner’s choice. Giveacar is supporting local charity BulliesOut to help raise vital funds. BulliesOut is a registered charity with Giveacar, making it an easy and effective way…

Celtic music legend Martyn Joseph will lead a stunning quartet of folk stars in the Sweet Liberties concert at St David’s Hall next Friday (27 November) at 8pm. Martyn is gifted with the rare ability to speak from the soul with his expressive and poignant lyrics with a career spanning 30 years, 32 albums, over half a million record sales and thousands of live performances! His boundless versatility allows him to delve into the genres of folk, rock, soul, folk funk and…

A teenager from Lambert, Stirlingshire, is urging people to get in the team spirit by taking on Make Today Count, Muscular Dystrophy UK’s sky diving challenge. Seventeen-year-old Tamsin Paterson is taking to the sky’s for the second year in a row, after plunging 10,000 feet in February this year. She’s got the sky diving bug, and has convinced her mum Lesley, and two friends, to join her in St Andrew’s next year. Together, they have formed a team called ‘Fallen…

Three Cardiff based community groups are amongst those celebrating this week after local supporters helped them secure a share of the £82,000 of funding from Skipton Building Society’s Grassroots Giving Scheme. The winners were announced this week, showcasing the voluntary groups across the country that Skipton Building Society will support via Grassroots Giving 2015. Now in its third year, Grassroots Giving, awards £500 to each winning group who has achieved a high enough proportion of the 30,000 votes cast. After…