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Continuing her series of articles exploring small businesses and entrepreneurs in Cardiff, this month Sarah-Jane visits the only 100% vegan restaurant in Cardiff, Anna Loka, and meets the owner Adam, whose journey to entrepreneur is definitely not a traditional one! Since I have been writing for the Cardiff Times I’ve been incredibly spoilt. So many local businesses have given me a warm welcome. They have taken the time to share with me what motivates them as well as revealing their…
Continuing her series of articles exploring small businesses and entrepreneurs in Cardiff, this month Sarah-Jane samples the delights of local, independently run Bon Café on Fidlas Road, and finds a warm welcome from a café that prides itself on providing a quality service. The last five years has seen a huge increase in coffee shop chains. They seem to be on every street within our city centre, and spreading to our local high streets. If you’re in the need of…
My Dear Chums, Here’s another little story of big business and the way it operates from the shadows. Upon a recent visit to a large supermarket with the Sainted Mother-in-Law, she dropped a jar of honey which she had secreted in her coat (only kidding). It conveniently failed to bounce. She then looked for an assistant and explained what had happened. She was advised that no instore cleaner would be available for many hours (this being late morning) because the…
Le Cordon Bleu the world-leading culinary school has announced that they will be launching the UK Scholarship Award this year. They will be travelling the country and hosting exclusive events in different regions. These events are a great opportunity to find out more about Le Cordon Bleu and the UK Scholarship Award, and also a way for potential entrants to experience a taster of life at the prestigious school, with exclusive culinary demonstrations from Le Cordon Bleu London’s renowned Master…
FANCY a night of rocking riffs from some of the greatest bands to ever have rocked the earth?Well, get ready to turn the amps up to 11 as The Classic Rock Show: A-Z of Rock thunders through St David’s Hall, Cardiff, next Thursday (16 February) at 7.30pm. Now in its seventh year, this foot-stomping and fist-pumping extravaganza celebrates the ‘Alphabet of Rock’ with soaring solos and killer chords! Relive some of the most memorable six-string sounds from AC/DC, Aerosmith, The Eagles,…
My Dear Chums, It’s Election Time again and I have a number of comments to make. So let’s start with our recent Assembly Elections? I should emphasise at this point that I have no particular political affiliation but I have a number of overseas clients and trying to explain to them the outcome of the Election made me look at what really happened in a more critical way. The turnout was 45% of those entitled to vote. This meant that…
My Dearest Chums, Is it just me or is there more than a passing resemblance between Holly Johnson of Frankie Goes to Hollywood fame and our World no 1 rugby referee Nigel Owens? Talking of singers, what about Gloria Leicester Fan? Very popular of late. Staying with showbiz, I read that the recently departed David Gest was in the UK to tour in his musical show “David Gest Is Not Dead, But Alive With Soul”. I must confess to having…
My Dearest Chums, I am given to understand that a number of Senior Lawyers read this drivel every month (by which I mean the drivel wot I write rather than the eminently more readable stuff my fellow scribes put together for your delectation). It is only to be hoped that no Senior Psychiatrists do the same or my days of freedom may well be over. Anyway, the law is an interesting area. I have been embroiled in litigation of late…
Friday December 23rd started inauspiciously and then got worse. I was due to take The Girl (my 10 year old daughter who happens to have Down Syndrome – DS) to what would be the last in a seemingly never-ending procession of Christmas events; school parties, activity-based parties, parties with yet another ‘ho-ho-hoing’ Santa sucking desperately on breath mints so as not to offend the olfactory sensibilities of our little terrors. Well, you get the gist. This was my morning… The…
The Girl, my ten year old daughter, has Down Syndrome (DS).My phone rang just as The Girl and I were walking into the clinic for her speech therapy appointment. It was the therapist calling. She had just returned to her car in Whitchurch and found that two of the windows had been smashed. She keeps no patient details unattended in the car but it had been ransacked. We cancelled the session so that the therapist could contact the police and…
