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Texas have announced a 21 date UK tour, kicking off at St David’s Hall, to coincide with the release of their UK album Jump On Board  released on 21 April. Written and produced by Texas stalwarts Johnny McElhone and Sharleen Spiteri Jump on Board is the first new Texas studio album since The Conversation in 2013 and is nothing short of a pop classic. Having sold over 35 million records with 3 number one albums, 7 top ten albums and 13 top ten singles, Jump on…

Wales Millennium Centre’s poignant and powerful production of Manfred Karge’s Man to Man opens in Cardiff at the Richard Burton Theatre on September 8th, prior to a nationwide tour. The play will visit London, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Newcastle and Liverpool, before embarking for the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York. This will mark Wales Millennium Centre’s first production in the USA. This acclaimed one-woman play tells the life story of Ella; a woman forced to adopt the identity of her…

This September the team behind the popular Swansea Street Food Festival are bringing all the fun of Oktoberfest to the Patti Pavilion, Swansea. Encapsulating everything you would expect from the Bavarian celebration of all things German, expect overflowing steins of bubbly beer served by staff in traditional Lederhosen accompanied by mouth-watering German Street Food. At the bar you will find Lowenbrau straight from the brewery in Southern Germany, and from our Street Food Vendor Bratwurst UK you can expect delicious…

With buckets full of rum, and spices to tickle your fancy (and throat!), Turtle Bay is your go-to restaurant this summer. It is atmospheric, belting out Jamaican jingles and reggae, with a shack-like aesthetic; a popular choice for either a cocktail and a bite to eat, or simply a meal with friends. Seas every opportunity with this Caribbean cuisine… Drinks Watermelon Crush (left)  Not artificial in the slightest – tastes fresh out of a melon, and is one of the…

First Choice and Vue Cardiff gave local couple Ashleigh Rees and George Lippiard the A-List treatment by premiering their holiday movie on the big screen Part of a nationwide competition run by home of all inclusive holidays, First Choice, the couple’s amateur videos have been professionally edited into ‘Ashleigh and George in Jamaica’ The competition asked holidaymakers to upload their holiday footage for the chance to have a professional trailer created and premiered at their local Vue First Choice has…

For the very first time Bridgend based company Sharon McKinley Designs will be travelling to London to showcase their unique and stand-alone designs for buyers and businesses from all over the world from 3rd-4th September 2017 at LondonEdge. Held at the iconic Business Design Centre in Islington, LondonEdge is the planet’s only commercial platform for authentic, subculture fashion brands today. This February will be the 36th exhibition in the series of these iconic shows that track and record the changes…

Sunday August 20, 2017 Research* shows that almost 90% of Brits are concerned by the UK’s plastic usage and 70% of respondents in Wales are willing to see a similar 5p plastic bag ‘charge’ applied to other single-use plastics. A 10-metre whale – made from the same amount of plastic dumped in the ocean each second – visits Cardiff Bay for the Welsh public to see. The whale was met with great support from former British Olympic rower, James Cracknell,…

Welsh food and drink producers will be turning their sights to the important export market of the USA next month in search of new and competitive export trading opportunities. As part of the Welsh Government’s commitment to raising Wales’s business profile on the global stage, it is supporting fifteen Welsh food and drink companies on a visit to New York and New Jersey from 17-20 September. The Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural Affairs, Lesley Griffiths AM, said: “Our country’s…

The 29th July until the 13th August marked the annual Wildlife Trusts National Marine Week during which we have been celebrating all things marine. We’ve been throwing an array of exciting events, conducting marine mammal surveys from the shore and on boat trips run by Dolphin Survey Boat Trips and hundreds of people have had the opportunity to enjoy our 360 Virtual Reality experiences. We have also been asking people to take to social media to post their seaside photographs…