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 “One of the sharpest comic minds to have emerged in recent years.”  The Guardian  James has something he’s been meaning to tell you.  He’s been putting it off for some time.  You might want to sit down for this.  James actually isn’t the stand-up comic you think he is. He’s going to reveal that he’s an undercover cop and always has been. He’s invested too much in his assumed identity of a comedian. It’s time to make things right.  James…

DYLAN’S WRITING AND WELSH SONG COMBINE FOR CENTENARY CONCERT Pianist Ingrid Sturgenor and bass baritone Arwel Huw Morgan are to perform a concert to celebrate Dylan Thomas’ centenary year. The concert – entitled ‘Dylan Works With Welsh Song’ – will take place in a private manor house in Abergavenny on Saturday 15th November at 7pm. Arwel Huw Morgan – who devised the idea – will be matching extracts of Dylan’s work with appropriate traditional Welsh songs, and Ingrid will be…

BREAST CANCER AWARENESS SURVEY REVEALS STORYTELLING DRIVES SELF-EXAMINATION AND CHARITY DONATIONS 55% of women believe celebrity and real life stories are equally powerful 41% of women inspired by the stories of others examine their breasts more regularly and 25% donate to or become involved with breast cancer charities 83% of women believe talking helps people come to terms with breast cancer But, 39% of women would not talk about a diagnosis for fear of upsetting others   Breast cancer touches…

The Cardiff Half Marathon is one of the UK’s biggest and best road races on an iconic course around Wales’ capital city and takes place on Sunday 5th October 2014. With training in full swing for all participants, there is no better time to consider joining Team Tenovus – helping raise much needed funds for their research and cancer support services. Running for Tenovus offers huge benefits to both the charity and the runners. Knowing your run has raised money…

  Britain’s Got Talent is heading to CARDIFF  on the hunt for talent with its biggest ever open audition tour   The nation’s favourite talent show, Britain’s Got Talent is back on the road once again scouring the length and breadth of the country with its biggest-ever open audition tour visiting a total of eleven cities across the UK and Ireland.   The show will be heading to Cardff on Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th October, to uncover some of…

Cardiff’s Emma could be UK’s first flavour millionaire as finalist in Walkers Do Us A Flavour o   Emma Garnett from Cardiff is one of six finalists in the national competition with her flavour Chip Shop Chicken Curry Walkers announces the six finalist flavours on shelves now for its huge flavour campaign ‘Do Us A Flavour’, which includes Emma Garnett’s Chip Shop Chicken Curry. From today, the public can pick up a packet of the six tasty new suggestions by finalists from…

This week National Eye Health Week shines a light on the importance of regular sight checks. Dr Susan Blakeney, clinical adviser to the College of Optometrists, says having regular eye examinations should form part of everyone’s health routine. Our vision is one of the things most precious to us – indeed, a recent survey from the College of Optometrists found that nearly three quarters (74%) of people in Cardiff value their eyesight above all other senses. Yet, despite this, many…

Curtis Brown Creative, the writing school from the major UK literary agency, is delighted to announce an exciting new scholarship for Welsh writers. The Eluned Phillips Centenary Writing Bursary – a celebration of the centenary of the birth of Sara Adeline Eluned Phillips (1914–2009) – will enable one talented new writer born in or living in Wales to take up a fully funded place on Curtis Brown Creative’s next online novel-writing course. Eluned, from Cenarth, on the Ceredigion side of the River Teifi, was only…

On 13th September, Dilys Price OBE and Megan Fears took to the skies to undertake the oldest and youngest skydive challenge, and it was a huge success! The two women took on the hair raising challenge to raise vital funds for Touch Trust, who do invaluable work with the severely disabled and vulnerable groups in the community. Completing the jump, the pair managed to raise more than £3000 on their Just Giving page, which is still open for donations. For…

You may have noticed over the summer that Cardiff was plastered in a series of unusual billboard posters. Unusual because they were not advertising anything other than ideas. Award winning street artist Micah Purnell’s work “Dear Progress” is a series of short letters that question what he sees as the relentless human search for progress. Thought-provoking slogans emblazoned across 70 citywide billboard sites included “Put down your phone and talk to me”,  “I need (want)” and “My eyes are pixeled”. Micah, who…