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The Great British Sewing Bee, BBC Two, 8pm The three finalists enter the sewing room for the very last time time in the battle to be crowned Britain’s best amateur home sewer. After Welsh contestant   Lynda Lewis   left last week, it is left to either Tamara, Chinel or Heather to be crowned the winner. Tonight, they enter the …

From The Heart/O’r Galon was the first of three concerts in the Wales Anthology series, which celebrate heritage and innovation in Welsh music. Three outstanding Welsh musicians joined forces to play traditional songs in new arrangements, their own material and a piece composed especially for this concert. Harpist Catrin Finch, singer/songwriter Al Lewis and pianist Gwilym Simcock forged something new …

We might know him and love him best as Sherlock, but now Benedict Cumberbatch has announced he is to play Richard III on television – the same character his Holmes co-star Martin Freeman will play in the West End. The award-winning actor  has been cast in the second series of Shakespeare’s History plays (Henry VI in 2 parts and Richard …

As Sian Williams juggles filming a new series with studying for a psychology degree and caring for five children, she dreams of holidays in Wales. The 49-year-old presenter, who left BBC Breakfast in 2012 after 11 years on the red sofa, has put broadcasting on the back burner since announcing plans for a career change. But even though she has …

Writing has always been associated with freedom. The development and mass production of the printing press in the 16th century helped form popular movements for democracy and radicalism. The ability to share ideas widely, quickly, often anonymously and without censorship – through pamphlets and mass publications – was at the heart of these movements. It’s possible to draw parallels with …

EastEnders Ronnie is behaving even more erratically than usual as she plays Cupid for Roxy and Aleks, only to then fear she’s losing control of her sister. Lola is also feeling confused when her supposedly romantic trip to The Shard with Peter ends in a row and a charged moment between her and Jay. The two mixed-up Mitchell blondes then …

The foibles of our British weather used to make that most unique of dining pleasures – the al fresco barbecue under the sun – something like the culinary equivalent of Halley’s Comet. One or two days of blistering heat a year would justify the effort of retrieving and cleaning the barbie (for they are always somehow filthy, even when cleaned …

Svengali creator Jonny Owen will star in a new eight-part edgy youth drama, Glue for E4. The Merthryr-born actor, who said it was a “great part”, will appear opposite Rizzle Kicks’ Jordan Stephens, Submarine’s Yasmin Paige and Line of Duty’s Charlotte Spencer. Also signed up are Shallow Grave’s Kerry Fox and former EastEnders actress Kierston Waring. Glue looks at the …

Schubert famously enjoyed a glass of wine or two as a way of helping him compose his masterworks, while Sibelius ranks among one of the greatest drinkers of all time among composers. Perhaps Schubert was too busy drinking with friends to find the time to complete his Symphony No 8 (the “Unfinished”). Sibelius admitted to drinking copious amounts of whisky …

Griff Rhys Jones will be in the Wellfield Bookshop, Roath, Cardiff, on Saturday, April 5, at 11am to talk about his journey and to sign copies of his new book Insufficiently Welsh. Griff has been searching for that Welsh part of himself that he has felt ever since being forced to sing in the choir in church and pack down …