Fantastically frustrating, Cardiff’s new Escape Reality game really tests your brain. Admittedly #TeamCardiffTimes chose the hardest room at the launch, a mock miniature of the Parisian Louvre that makes you really take a look at Da Vinci’s best known and suddenly eerie works of art. Embarrassingly we didn’t get past the second room, possibly the result of a group of journalists painstakingly trying to figure out very maths-based puzzles. But even so, the hour we spent in the mysterious torch…

Following successful roll-outs across a variety of UK cities in recent months, food sharing app OLIO launches in Cardiff as its first city in Wales. Smartphone users throughout the capital now have access to the app providing local people and businesses with a simple way to reduce food waste and connect with their community. OLIO is a free app that connects neighbours with each other and with local independent shops so surplus food can be shared, not thrown away. This…

The Lower Machen Festival is delighted to launch the Lower Machen Festival Singers who will give their first performance in a concert of Handel’s Messiah at St Michael and All Angels’ Church, Lower Machen on Saturday 12 December at 6pm. The new vocal ensemble will be performing with The Welsh Chamber Players and will be conducted by Peter Esswood. An exciting line up of soloists include: Anastasiia Golovina (Soprano) from the Eastern Ukraine, currently at the Guildhall School of Music…