A unique video project commemorating the 100th anniversary of the death of Wales’s most famous Great War poet, Ellis Humphrey Evans was last Thursday (November 10th) beamed onto the front of the National Library of Wales in Aberystwyth after receiving backing from the ScottishPower Foundation. Snowdonia shepherd Evans – better known by his bardic name of Hedd Wyn (Welsh for ‘Blessed Peace’) – was killed on the opening day of the Battle of Passchendaele in 1917, days after being sent…

Filming dates 12th Feb – 16th Feb Must be within 1 hour radius of Cardiff Must be over 18 To apply email [email protected] Think you can whip up a food frenzy and host a dinner party like no other? Think you’ve got what it takes to walk away with a £1000? If so, you could soon be part of the nations most favourite teatime show. The only criteria’s are that you must be over 18 and not working or trained as…

CARDIFF’S own best-selling author and world renowned filmmaker Jon Ronson returns to the Welsh capital at St David’s Hall on Thursday 16 November – and only limited tickets are now remaining! Over the last 20 years, Jon has made his name for his ‘gonzo’ style journalism and investigations of controversial fringe politics and science. In 2011, he released the fascinating book The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry, which delved into the topic of psychopathic behaviour via the…

Wales Millennium Centre is thrilled to announce the full cast of Tiger Bay the Musical, which includes a 39-strong cast with many notable names from right here in Wales. Tiger Bay the Musical – created by a multi-award-winning team composer, Daf James, writer Michael Williams and director, Melly Still – is set in the flamboyant multi-ethnic community of Cardiff’s Butetown in the early 1900s. Extreme poverty meets supreme wealth. Gangs of street children roam the docks. Coal is King, and…

Young people from across South Wales have been recognised at an awards ceremony celebrating the most highly skilled Welsh learners, students and apprentices. 24 young people were presented with medals recognising their talent and achievements as medal winners in this year’s Skills Competition Wales finals, where they were named the best in their skill. The competitors have spent the last few months battling it out against their peers in more than thirty different skills, from patisserie, aeronautical engineering and plastering,…

Lloyds Bank and BBC Children in Need announce the return of school fundraising campaign ‘The Big Spotacular’ Last year, local schools including Eastern High School, St Brides Major Church, Cwmlai Primary School, Cyfarthfa High School, Tonyrefail School, Victoria Primary School and Woodlands Montessori Nursery raised  a huge £136,590 for BBC Children in Need Since 2015, over 324 schools in Cardiff have raised money for the charity year on year   Lloyds Bank is calling on schools across Cardiff to join the…

Cineworld is once again supporting BBC Children in Need with special screenings of the hugely popular BBC Children in Need Rocks the 80s concert which will be screened in 49 Cineworld cinemas across the UK on Monday 13th November at 8:30pm. BBC Children in Need Rocks the 80s is a spectacular concert featuring a star studded line up of artists performing some of the biggest hits of the 80s, those taking to the stage include; a-ha, Bananarama, Boy George, Erasure,…

Marie Curie is appealing for local volunteers to help manage the charity’s collection boxes in and around South Wales. The local Marie Curie fundraising team are seeking Collection Box Co-ordinators to help look after boxes that are on display in shops, newsagents, chemists, pubs and doctors’ surgeries and also place collection boxes in new locations. Sara Bass, Marie Curie Fundraising Manager for Wales says “As a volunteer Collection Box Co-ordinator you’ll help to raise vital money and awareness for Marie…

Redrow Homes continue to show support to their 2016/17 chosen charities as they complete Wales’s 3 Peaks Challenge, raising a total of £5,354.50 for Prostate Cancer UK. A team of 11 staff took on the gruelling challenge, which involved climbing Wales’s 3 highest mountains; Pen Y Fan, Cadair Idris and Snowdon in just one day. The team started at 4am and braved the cold autumnal weather to impressively summit all 3 peaks just after 8pm, walking a distance of 20.35…

Did you hear the story of the Johnstone twins?  Set in 1960’s Liverpool, the story surrounds the ever growing Johnstone family. Blood Brothers is a heart-warming story of twin brothers Mickey (Sean Jones), and Edward (Mark Hutchinson) separated at birth. Soon they are brought together again by friendship, but their mothers, alongside social divisions, strive to keep them apart. The narrative is echoed distinctly through dark rhymes and moving musical numbers, which bring plenty of laughs (and tears!). Lyn Paul…