Packed up and out of the way, this is The Vulcan pub as you have never seen it before. The focus of a long campaign to save it – attempts were even made to get Star Trek actor Leonard Nimoy on board – the pub now lies in bits before reconstruction at the St Fagans […]
Review: Hairspray, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff
On a warm summer’s evening in Cardiff Bay, the mood inside the Wales Millennium Centre was already excitable, the musical Hairspray was in town. So it was hardly surprising that when Tracy Turnblad burst on the stage with the trademark wide grin and endless enthusiasm that has become synonymous with the much-loved character, the whole […]
Kyffin Williams and RS Thomas are Welsh cultural greats and a credit to their country
Both RS Thomas and Kyffin Williams give the lie to the attack once made on Wales by AN Wilson in the London Evening Standard when he said: “The Welsh are held in universal derision. They have never made any significant contribution to any branch of knowledge or culture.” It says more about Wilson than Wales for here […]
Old Grangetown Memories of Cardiff suburb recalled in new book
The reminiscences in Old Grangetown Memories Book Two are in part both sad and humorous. One would have to be a hard nut not to be touched by Alex Peterson’s extract, Dead Flowers For Christmas, which is housed with the Cardiff Story Museum. “One Christmas we had finally reached the position of being homeless. Times […]
Cardiff ‘Water Tower’ home goes on sale for £1.25m
These pictures show what you could get your hands on for £1.25m as a former water tower goes on the market as a four-bedroom luxury home. The Water Tower at Cyncoed was built in 1898 by the Cardiff Corporation engineer CH Priestly and borough engineer William Harper. But after lying empty for several years it […]
Bute Park has rich history bought to life by smartphone QR technology
Bute Park was landscaped for the 3rd Marquess of Bute 140 years ago – but now the latest technology is helping to bring the history of one of Cardiff’s most famous parks to life. Visitors to Bute Park, in the city centre, can now read the park’s fascinating story on their smartphones or tablets as […]
Notorious Welsh killers may never have been caught under new DNA laws
Some of Wales’ most notorious Welsh killers might never have been brought to justice under new government rules for keeping DNA, experts have warned. The Home Office is in the process of destroying six million samples in a move that has been labelled “impossible to understand” by one victims’ charity. They are all expected to […]
Cardiff Comedy Festival aims to put the city on the world comedy map
Q: What can we expect from Cardiff Comedy Festival ? A: Hopefully a serious amount of comedy. We’re five years in now and I can’t believe we’re where we are. The scale and impact from a small idea that emerged all those years ago is everything we’ve aimed for. We’ve got Edinburgh previews at Porters […]
