Overview The tour will celebrate the world’s longest running science fiction TV series, presented by Fifth Doctor- Peter Davison, showcasing the evocative and thrilling music written by Murray Gold for the series since 2005 and featuring over 100 performers including the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and members of the BBC National Chorus of Wales. The show features a host of the Doctor’s famous adversaries including the iconic Daleks and Cybermen, the spine-chilling Silence and many more fan favourites.  …

“Through the valley of the shadow of death.”             “Between August 1939 and September 1941, over 70,000 mentally and physically disabled inmates of sanatoria and asylums in Germany and Austria were murdered after doctors certified them as ‘life unworthy of life’. The victims were transported to one of six clinics equipped with gas chambers where they were poisoned with carbon monoxide gas piped through false shower heads in mock bathrooms.1” The programme was suspended once relatives and others protested and…

CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF NUMBER ONE HITS, THE MAGIC OF MOTOWN REACH OUT® 2015 TOUR IS COMING TO TOWN Celebrating 50 years of UK number one hit singles, the Magic of Motown brings its brand-new 2015 REACH OUT® Tour to town. Songs like Dancing in the Street, My Girl, Where Did Our Love Go, My Guy and Baby Love rocketed Motown to the top of the singles charts in 1964, says show producer Michael Taylor. “Incredibly, 100 more Motown No1s…

Tomorrow’s Generation is a registered charity that provides a range of dyslexia support services for children and young people in South Wales.  The Charity was founded by Anders Hedlund of International Greetings and Chaired by Dr John Elfed Jones CBE DL who has been at the forefront of many cultural changes within Wales over the last thirty years. Mr Hedlund who has dyslexia himself wished to create a small provision in Wales using specialist staff , technology and curriculum to…

Since it was founded back in 1985, Comic Relief has helped fund thousands of charities and organisations worldwide. The charity, whose aim is to tackle the root causes of poverty and social injustice, has touched the lives of many. But how has it benefited the people of Cardiff? Let us take a moment to look at how the money raised in the last couple of years has helped our local communities.      In Cardiff alone, over a quarter of a…

Former Wimbledon champ to join talented Rhydypenau Primary School pupil on court. One Cardiff tennis hopeful’s dream will come true this week when they get to meet eight-time Grand Slam-winning star Andre Agassi. Elina Pickerd-Barua, 9, sealed her audience with the 1992 Wimbledon champion after battling through the national finals of David Lloyd Leisure’s Tennis All Stars Championships last December – coming runner-up in the nine and under Orange section. It was the culmination of three months of competition, beginning…

St David’s Hall Wednesday 4 March 7.30pm Remember His Name! One Man. 62 episodes. One show… It takes a brave soul to tackle all five seasons of smash-hit TV series Breaking Bad within a single action-packed evening. But that’s the tough task LA actor Miles Allen has set himself. One Man Breaking Bad is set to take Cardiff by storm when St David’s Hall is transformed into Albuquerque, New Mexico for one night only on Wednesday 4 March. And after…

  John Kiki 18th March – 9th April 2015 Corys’ Pop-Up Gallery, Corys’ Buildings, 57 Bute Street, Cardiff Bay, CF10 5AJ Preview: Wednesday 18th March 2015, 6.30 – 8.30pm Opening Times: Tuesday – Saturday, 11am – 4pm Admission is free to all visitors Gadewch i un a phob yn ffynnu a bod yn greadigol Let one and all thrive and be creative   An historic building in Cardiff Bay is being given a new lease of life through the creation…

The St. David’s Hotel and Spa is the first hotel in Wales’s capital city to have been awarded a prestigious Green Tourism Gold award – the highest national sustainability standard measured by the not for profit organisation Green Tourism. The St. David’s Hotel and Spa in Cardiff Bay was awarded the gold standard following a rigorous assessment process which evaluated water and energy efficiency, waste management, communication, transport and purchasing. The Hotel established a green committee made up of staff…

I recently had the pleasure of taking the family for a meal at Le Bistrot Pierre. We attended at 5.30pm and a few couples arrived at the same time.  We were taken to our seats and given menus for us as well as menus for the children.  I am always impressed when restaurants cater specially for children too.  They also brought over some colouring pencils to keep them occupied before food. As I looked around I noticed the room oozed class…