A book festival backed by award-winning writers and leading figures in Welsh public life has launched a crowdfunding campaign to bring a three-day festival aimed at promoting reading, writing and debate to the Welsh capital for the first time this autumn (28-30th October 2016). It comes in the year the city celebrates the centenary of its most famous literary son, Roald Dahl. Organisers Brian Meechan, Cerith Mathias and Anna Day are aiming to raise £5,000 via Indiegogo, a crowdfunding platform…

We are delighted that one of the Airmen in ‘Allo ‘Allo is being played by Tom Seymour. In the Second World War Tom’s father served as a navigator in the RAF. During that time he flew 17 missions over France. They involved both dropping supplies for the Resistance and dropping British Agents by parachute to serve alongside them. For this distinguished service in these secret missions Tom’s Dad was awarded Croix de Guerre. Tom said: “I am so pleased to…

What is Shock Wave Therapy? Here at Shockwave Therapy Cardiff at the Victoria Park clinic we are very pleased to be using the Swiss Dolorclast Master shock wave machine. This is the Machine used to set the NICE guidelines, and most of the evidence around SWT has been undertaken using the same machine as we use right here in Cardiff. What is shockwave therapy? The simple answer : shock wave therapy sends soundwaves into the painful area to stimulate healing…

Three in ten Cardiffians claim Sunday is no longer a day of rest Saturday and Sundays are the busiest days of the week in Cardiff British Gas to offer free electricity on Saturday or Sunday to smart meter customers New findings from British Gas have revealed that households in Cardiff are waving goodbye to lazy Sundays, with a fifth claiming they’re busier than in years gone by. Weekend days are now the busiest days in the week, as the nation…

A 26-year-old from Llanishen has won gold in the Beauty Therapy – Body, final of a national skills competition. Skills Competition Wales is a Welsh Government-backed series of events designed to celebrate vocational skills and create a highly skilled Welsh workforce for the future. With Olympic athletes training hard for the imminent games in Rio, Victoria Paquet is just one of 78 Welsh youngsters who have been perfecting their skills in a bid to win a medal. Across a range…

Iconic American brand, Sailor Jerry, will be hitting the road once again for round two of The Ride. Kicking off on Saturday 2nd July, three bad-ass, bike building teams from across the UK will be tasked with a series of epic challenges and compete against each other on a hell raising journey of balls-to-wall riding. This year’s teams, hailing from across Great Britain, include Hackney Wick’s finest bike specialists, Kingdom of Kicks, Welsh motorcycle club and hot rod masters, FTH and 2015’s returning challengers, The…

CALLING ALL CITIES: WIN UP TO £10,000 FOR YOUR LOCAL HIGH STREET •           Launch of the Great British High Street competition 2016 •           Last year’s competition had 230 entries and over 200,000 public votes •           New categories for individuals, including high street employees under 25 years old High Streets Minister Marcus Jones is calling on cities across the country to enter the Great British High Streets competition 2016. Now in its 3rd year, the competition celebrates the great work that…

Organisers of Venturefest have announced that the investment and collaboration event is set to return to Wales’ SWALEC Stadium, Cardiff, for its third consecutive year on 28 September 2016.   This year’s Venturefest Wales event will focus on breaking through the common business barriers that Welsh business leaders and entrepreneurs have identified are holding them back, as well as bringing together investors with academics, entrepreneurs and innovators to create meaningful business partnerships. Having conducted market research to understand what Wales’…

We’re just under a week until our concert and all the last minute items on the To-Do list are gradually being ticked off. The choir and our soloists are sounding great and we’re looking forward to the big day. City Voices Cardiff have been around since 2008 and now have a membership of almost 180 singers who rehearse once a week working towards two main concerts a year in St David’s Hall. We are not a ‘traditional’ choral society but…

1. Where better to be on a match day There’s nothing quite like watching Wales play in the Millennium Stadium on a match day. The centre of Cardiff turns into a sea of red as the Welsh fans assemble in their thousands. Where else can you find crowds of people all patriotically singing ‘Bread of Heaven’ walking arm in arm through the city? The pubs are packed, the pints are flowing and there’s nowhere better to end the day than…