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    A popular country music night in Cardiff brings fans together to make new friends

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    Local Welsh art projected on station as part of a huge Light of Winter trail

    Author and storyteller launches typewriter-for-hire service in Cardiff market

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    Two chefs to open a restaurant after the decline in Wales’ hospitality industry

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    How Welsh musicians are using social media to keep the spirit of bilingual music alive

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    Training project that aims to make screen sector more accessible gets funding boost

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    Local yoga instructor sees a rise in men embracing yoga classes to improve wellbeing

    ‘Men and women are not built the same’: Fighting for female-friendly fitness gear

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    Netball participation among adults is growing as women seek a sense of community

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    Fibroid advocate takes the stage at Everywoman Festival to raise awareness of this common condition

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    The last act? Wales’ arts sector faces an uncertain future in challenging times

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    Fashion crisis unwrapped: The ‘rental revolution’ for Welsh consumers’ wardrobes

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    ‘Men and women are not built the same’: Fighting for female-friendly fitness gear

    AI Generated image of an empty theatre

    The last act? Wales’ arts sector faces an uncertain future in challenging times

    A cluttered wardrobe that could use the help of rental fashion

    Fashion crisis unwrapped: The ‘rental revolution’ for Welsh consumers’ wardrobes

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    The Queer Culture Issue

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Abby Allen
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Trainee journalist writing for alt.cardiff and studying MA Magazine Journalism at Cardiff University. Interested in female culture, entertainment, travel and food.
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Magazine

Alt.Cardiff Magazine: The Home Front Issue

This issue takes a look at the lives of working mothers throughout the Covid-19 pandemic and considers the wider impact they have on society.
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Business

Corp Market is encouraging locals to shop sustainably and provides a safe space this Christmas

A month after its grand opening, Canton's beloved market has become home to several sustainable independent businesses
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Long Reads

Against the odds: Why Covid-19 could be one giant leap backwards for gender equality in Wales

Working from home has kept the economy alive during the pandemic, but officials worry about the impact on women’s positions within the workplace
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Culture home

Refugee charity hosts storytelling supper night this Christmas for those new to Cardiff

Refugee charity Oasis Cardiff is opening its doors for a Mari Lwyd supper night of surprises including stories, songs and performances by local artists
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Work Life

‘I feel a real pressure to prove that independent businesses are worth staying open’

Vegan entrepreneur Nicoleta Pana talks about the financial trials of maintaining an independent business in the eye of a pandemic-induced storm
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Active Life

Gardening group champions importance of communal growing ahead of World Soil Day

A network of local gardeners is digging its way to a more community-focused future by cultivating organic kitchen gardens in communal gardening allotments
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Public Life

Mind Cymru celebrates social prescribing project in fight against Covid-19 impact

A Cardiff mental health charity is raising awareness of the successful techniques used to help people in need this winter
Podcasts

Dating podcast talks to matchmaking society about next dating event and ‘cuffing season’

The Lonely Hearts fundraiser is back in December, say the organisers, to raise awareness of cardiac arrest conditions and fund kits which can help save lives
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Food

The new fusion café in Roath blending flavoursome food with Instagrammable aesthetics

Aiming to kickstart the Cardiff brunch scene, Kaya Kafe is coming to snap up the two things everyone wants: food and Instagram likes
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