Llandaff Cathedral will echo the glorious sound of renaissance Venice on Saturday 17 November, when Cardiff Polyphonic Choir perform Claudio Monteverdi’s magnificent Vespers of 1610. The Choir, under its conductor David Young, will be joined by seven soloists and a host of leading players. Top brass players His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts join early music specialists Réjouissance and continuo players like David Miller. South Wales-born David will play the chitarrone – an early Italian instrument with a wonderfully deep sound….

An inspirational mum from Cardiff has won a national award for her campaigning and fundraising achievements in support of Diabetes UK Cymru. Beth Baldwin received the Quality in Care (QiC) Diabetes People’s Award at an awards ceremony in Guilford on Wednesday 18 October. Beth’s son Peter, 13, passed away from undiagnosed Type 1 diabetes in 2015. Since then, Beth, her husband Stuart and Peter’s sister Lia, 12, have campaigned tirelessly to raise awareness of the condition, hosting a multitude of…

A team of South Wales Police officers took no prisoners at this year’s Cardiff 10K as they stormed to victory in the Corporate Challenge. A record 48 teams participated in this year’s Eurobond Corporate Challenge, which saw teams of four to six runners complete the 10K in a bid to secure the competition’s winners’ trophy. Having stolen a march on the competitors, the winning team did things by the book in terms of tactics, as they fended off challenging teams…

ED SHEERAN topped the list of most popular first dances at Welsh weddings in 2018, occupying both the number one and number two spots for brides and grooms taking their first spin on the dancefloor this year with his hits ‘Perfect’ and ‘Thinking Out Loud’. One of the world’s biggest music stars, Ed Sheeran was the first artist to ever play four consecutive nights at Principality Stadium back in June this year, where more than 200,000 fans flocked to the…

Kicking off the 2018 Cardiff International Film Festival at USW’s Atrium, a short film about falling in love with your partner-in-crime, and an epic dance-filled romp through late-adolescence in London. As I sit, nervous and glass of red in hand at the opening of the Cardiff International Film Festival, I consider two things. What am I drinking? It really was quite lovely, and more apprehensively, how long is the night going to be? I spend the first part of my…

Three major Cardiff employers have received Credit Unions of Wales Awards for helping to improve the financial health of their workforce. Cardiff Council, Cardiff Bus and the Cardiff-based offices of Legal & General were honoured for supporting the welfare of their staff by encouraging them to access a range of affordable financial services from their local credit union. All three companies received their awards from BBC broadcaster Jennifer Jones at a ceremony in The Pierhead, Cardiff Bay on International Credit…

Tenovus Cancer Care is celebrating its most successful ever corporate partnership after Brains Brewery and Coffee#1 staff raised more than £150,000 to help support cancer patients. Staff took the company’s fundraising efforts beyond the landmark £150,000 total by tackling the fastest zip line in the world, at the Zip World centre in North Wales. It was the latest in a host of fundraising challenges and events by Brains and Coffee#1 staff, which have included treks to the summit of Kilimanjaro,…

Arts Council of Wales and BBC Wales are calling for talented Welsh artists and bands to apply for the Launchpad fund. Launchpad will offer grants of up to £2,000 to help artists or bands to fulfil their potential and reach the next level. Aimed at emerging musicians that already demonstrate promise, Launchpad is part of the Horizons Gorwelion scheme to develop new and independent contemporary music in Wales. Launchpad was started in 2014 and has supported over 135 artists, from…

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) has installed a replica cemetery at Cardiff Castle to mark the centenary of the Armistice. • The headstones represent the more than 30,000 Welsh war casualties from the First World War and highlight the different divisions which contributed to the war effort. • New accompanying exhibition Shaping Remembrance tells the CWGC story, and how Wales played a part in the fighting and commemoration of the First World War. • Exhibits include a letter from…

On 29th October, our reporter Beth Girdler- Maslen had the pleasure of attending the launch of Head of Steam, a new bar and restaurant, specialising in craft beers. Upon entering the venue, I was astounded by how big the inside was, with a large and full bar taking centre stage on the ground floor. Stocked to the brim with over 40 different gins, with countless craft beers and a promise to rotate when more craft beer comes through, Head of…