Tag Archives: Cardiff

Anyone who has witnessed the children’s shows from Tiddy Prom team Richard Berry and Helen Woods, aka Bert and Cherry, will attest to their enduring appeal. For more than a decade, the delightful pairing have been keeping kids entertained with a formula of songs, jokes and interactive storytelling that ensures families return year after year to their shows. For veteran …

1. Take a trip to the Red Kite feeding centre at Gigrin Farm This is a great way to see and snap Red Kites. You can feed these birds of prey at 3pm. There are special hides for photographers and there’s also wheelchair access. And when you finish birdwatching you can have your fill in the on-site cafe. 2. Support …

The genre entitled “coming of age” is about as clichéd as they come, but the films which live within said genre are anything but cliché, well most of the time. This statement can definitely said about Richard Linklater’s latest movie, Boyhood. Linklater is somewhat a figurehead of “coming of age” films in which the story takes place over a number of …

Craig Bellamy snubbed an offer to go on Strictly Come Dancing as he bids to become a respected manager, it has been reported. The 34-year-old striker hung up his boots at the end of the season and is now aiming to get his UEFA pro-licence as he bids to become a future manager. It is understood he was approached to …

Kids In Glass Houses have announced a string of intimate Welsh shows. Titled ‘The Road To Merthyr Rock’, the dates will see the band playing gigs at Theatr Soar, Merthyr – Saturday, August 2; Sin City, Swansea – Sunday, August 3; Ebbw Vale Institute on Sunday, August 3; Hobos, Bridgend – Tuesday, August 5. KIGH, who play a farewell tour …

There’s so much incredible music being made in Wales right now that we thought it remiss of us if we didn’t let these wonderful sounds loose on your ears. Every Monday our music writer David Owens (aka @asoundreaction) will be serving up an hour (or more) of the best new music from Wales to soundtrack your week. Listen, investigate and …

Shakespeare is the bard of choice when it comes to summer alfresco drama performances. So it’s refreshing that the annual Everyman Open Air Theatre Festival has launched with Stephen Sondheim’s macabre Sweeney Todd. While it was difficult to imagine how the play would unfold in the great outdoors, director Richard Tunley and his team have come up with an innovative …

View gallery “ “ “ View gallery   The hit music video has been viewed a record two billion times since being released by South Korean singer Psy. But now his famously catchy pop-song Gangnam Style has created a whole new record much closer to home. A whopping 1,100 children, parents and grandparents danced their way into the Guinness Book …

What a competition it’s been so far. The best in years I’m told. We’ve had near misses, hissy fits and bite marks. Serious contenders have dropped out at early stages, and unlikely underdogs are steaming ahead to the finishing line. I’m talking, of course, about the Wales Book of the Year Award 2014. Six judges, three in Welsh and three …

Glastonbury – June 2009 From Beyonce to Stevie Wonder and Metallica, anyone who’s anyone in the music world has headlined the world’s most famous festival, so of course the Welsh has quite rightly taken his place there. And what a treat for festival-goers as he hip-swivelled his way through old favourites like Delilah and What’s New Pussycat to later tracks …