Members of BBC National Orchestra of Wales (BBC NOW) – including a former ice hockey player – joined ice hockey team the Cardiff Devils yesterday at the Viola Arena to give a special performance of Bolero, ahead of BBC NOW’s Bolero: Viva España concerts in Cardiff and Swansea this week. Ahead of the Cardiff Devils’ game in Cardiff Bay last night, sixteen members of BBC NOW took to the ice to perform a piece of music, which is synonymous…

Oxford University Press and BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show ‘500 WORDS’ competition reveals fascinating insights into British children’s use of language OUP results released ahead of the 500 WORDS live final, Friday 27 May from Shakespeare’s Globe, London Honorary Judge, HRH The Duchess of Cornwall, to present the winners’ prizes Refugees, Tim Peake, Star Wars, Shakespeare, and social media are just some of the events, people, and subjects that influence British children’s creativity and use of language, says a report…