This year, Usk Open Gardens weekend will be on 29th/30th June. Now in its 25th year and celebrating its Silver Anniversary, the weekend has many regular fans and has become a regular pre-Hampton Court RHS venue. And this year there will be even more reasons to visit. In 2018 Usk was ecstatic to be awarded Champion Large Village in World in Bloom (Communities in Bloom), as well as Gold and first place in Wales in Bloom, and Gold in the…

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A Review by Melissa Compton. The emotive and heartfelt Ballet Victoria opened at New Theatre, Cardiff this evening. The story of Queen Victoria has often been told but never quite in this way. The Ballet is centred around a series of events in Victoria’s life rather than beginning to end, told through the eyes of her daughter Beatrice. The Ballet opens with the queen making her final diary entry shortly before her death. The choreography is simple and paired with…

Transform / Human’s Lib 35th Anniversary Tour St David’s Hall Sunday 26 May, Doors 7pm.   SYNTH-POP superstar Howard Jones celebrates two special career landmarks in style at St David’s Hall on Sunday 26 May with some very special guests.   The new wave pioneer plays tracks off is critically acclaimed latest work Transform and marks the 35th anniversary of his debut album Human’s Lib, which stormed to the top of the UK charts in 1984. Plus, joining Howard are…

  Leading training provider, Qube Learning, hosted their annual award ceremony last night to applaud their passionate and hardworking Apprentices, Trainees, Employees and Employers. The inspiring occasion was held at the well-known venue Proud in Embankment and was hosted by the famous Silver Medalist and World Record Holder, Colin Jackson CBE. Colin said “In my youth, I was unsure of what I wanted to do but I found sport and I knew I had discovered something that would get me…

Cardiff’s university students have been taking a break from the books, and getting on their bikes, to raise awareness of mental health and wellbeing.  Students living in CRM Student accommodation across Cardiff took part in a unique cycling, walking and rowing challenge on Tuesday (May 14). Organisers encouraged students to pedal, walk and row miles – with CRM Students’ five accommodation blocks clocking up an incredible 1,197 miles on Tuesday alone. Students pledged to cycle, row or walk miles, while…

Wales manager Ryan Giggs has named a 26-player squad for a training camp in Portugal ahead of next month’s Euro 2020 qualifying round matches against Croatia and Hungary.   Giggs has selected a strong squad for the camp including Gareth Bale, Joe Allen, David Brooks and Dan James. Ben Davies and Ben Woodburn will be unavailable due to Tottenham Hotspur’s and Liverpool’s involvement in this year’s UEFA Champions League final while Harry Wilson, Tom Lawrence and Neil Taylor will be…

Award-winning trumpet player, Chris Hodgkins, leads an outstanding Anglo/American quartet for this UK tour – New York based, South Korean Jinjoo Yoo on piano, guitarist Wayne Wilkinson and Alison Rayner on bass. “I had the opportunity to record and work with Wayne in the UK in 2017 and for the tour I added Alison Rayner – my favourite bass player,” explains Hodgkins.  “A year ago I heard Jinjoo Yoo’s work on a blog “Jazz Lives”. I was knocked out with her playing,…

★★★★★ Metro ★★★★★ Time Out ★★★★ The Sunday Times ★★★★ Mail On Sunday ★★★★ Daily Mail ★★★★ Daily Express ★★★★ TV Times ★★★★ Londonist A riotous splicing of live music and comedy The Observer Genuinely clever… they really are good at music… come back soon The Daily Telegraph It’s a band of professional musicians fronted by Taskmaster’s Alex Horne, who turns their abilities to pluck a tune into brilliant comedy magic Radio Times The six-headed comedy band The Horne Section…

Michael Ball is, indeed, having a ball – today celebrating his first No.1 solo album in almost three decades with ‘Coming Home To You’, released last week on Decca Records. Landing straight at the top spot of the Official UK Album Charts on release, the star of stage, screen, radio and record has outdone himself, even by his own prolific standards. Michael’s 21st studio album has placed him ahead of albums from Jack Savoretti, Tom Walker and George Ezra, and…