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When their eyes met across a crowded nineties bar in 2014, little did Robyn and Sean Grainger know that they would be back in Retro celebrating their romance three years later. The Cardiff couple have won Retro’s Truly Madly Deeply competition, after the nineties themed club set out to find couples who have met on its dancefloor and tell them their stories to win some romantic goodies. Retro received tens of entries but the winners were announced on…
Relate Cymru offers tips for deepening your friendships In a UK-wide study looking at the state of social relationships, people living in Wales were the most likely to report having good relationships with their neighbours – 67% or two thirds.* People living in London were the least likely to report good relationships with their neighbours (52%). A report on the study’s findings, You’re not alone – the quality of the UK’s social relationships, was released this week by national charities…
Do you have some spare time and want to do something enjoyable, rewarding and inspiring? The Positive Steps project needs volunteers across South Wales to support older people over the age of 50 to regain and maintain their independence. British Red Cross and Royal Voluntary Service charities are working together to enable individuals to take charge of their situation and, with support, become more independent and live more fulfilled lives. Whatever your age, you’ll find volunteering will change your life…
On the 8th February, the staff and students from St David’s College came together for a charity fashion show in order to raise funds for the Teenage Cancer Trust. While the event was organized by Enterprise Champion Liane Wigley, staff and students also helped a great deal to make the evening a success; from the marketing department who designed the posters and ticket, the canteen staff who helped with refreshments, and the students who ran their own stalls selling things…
This spring, don your Easter bunny outfits, hop to Cardiff’s Revolution and get the party started with a shot of the new egg-citing limited edition Easterserve. Named the Chocolate Egg Vodka, this creamy, sweet treat promises to add a little more temptation to 2017’s chocolate-fuelled celebrations. The 31st offering from Revolution’s iconic Handcrafted Flavours vodka range, this ultra-sweet and gooey Chocolate Egg Vodka is the perfect cheeky tipple served straight, available from 31st March whilst stocks last, so hurry up…
The Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod partners with Australia’s Gold Coast Eisteddfod once again to offer the 2017 Voice of Musical Theatre competition winner a 10,000-mile trip down under (Entries to close on Friday 3rd March 2017). The Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod has partnered with one of the world’s biggest cultural festivals for the second year running, to offer musical theatre hopefuls the chance of winning a trip of a lifetime. The winner of the 2017 International Voice of Musical Theatre…
LONG SHOTS will be produced by Matthew Doman (Doctor Who, Kerb Crawlers) and Rosie Vaughan (Urgent Assistance Required, Larrikin Productions) and the opening episodes are to be directed by James Plumb of Mad Science Films (Night of the Living Dead: Resurrection, Kerb Crawlers) from a script by writer Lucas Eisele. Cinematography will be handled by Tom Barker. Principal photography begins on 11 March 2017. Set in the ever evolving, ever stressful Welsh Film Industry, this is the story of four…
CITY legal firm Clarke Wilmott has hired the first apprentice ever to be based at its Cardiff office in line with a call from Wales’ leading training provider for businesses to ‘think apprentice’ in 2017. Chris Matthews, 18, joins Clarke Wilmott’s administration team as the first candidate to be recruited as an apprentice into the national firm’s Cardiff office, which provides a broad spectrum of legal services for both individuals and business clients. Chris, from Whitchurch, fulfilled plans to access…
As Wales Air Ambulance marks its 16th anniversary, the charity’s latest aircraft will be extending its service to operate seven days a week – helping children like Elain James who needed two emergency transfers at just 12 weeks old. The EC135 T2e aircraft, based in Cardiff, is dedicated to completing inter-hospital transfers for neonates, children and adults. Extending this helicopter’s operating hours from five days per week will mean that all four of the charity’s aircrafts will now run seven…
Vancouver-based sextet, Brasstronaut, release new album ‘Brasstronaut’ on the 3rd March, via Tin Angel Records. With roots in a myriad of musical styles, including pop, rock and jazz, the band has developed a distinctly unique sound that continues to defy genre pigeonholing, weaving together unexpected textures of clarinet, slide-guitar, trumpet, noise, synthesizers, voice and rhythms. Their third and most collaborative release yet, Brasstronaut spans everything from Broken Social Scene-ish clouds of orchestral indie-pop (‘Hawk’) to Afrobeat jams sung from the…
