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    Women in cowboy hat at country music event.

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

    Outside of Cardiff Central train station, showing the Christmas illuminations

    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

  • Work Life
    Work Life

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

    Local Rainbow

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

    Picture of monitor on.a film set, showing actors preparing for a scene in the background

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

  • Active Life
    Active Life

    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

    Three girls playing netball, laughing and smiling

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

  • Public Life
    Public Life
    Everywoman festival background and a set of four chairs with microphones lying on them

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

    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

  • Long Reads
    Long Reads

    ‘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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    The Grassroots Issue

    Magazine cover showing Christmas presents wrapped up

    The Mental Health Issue

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Alfie Bennett
Joined30 September 2024
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Alfie is a trainee journalist, with a passion for popular culture and music journalism
Outside of Cardiff Central train station, showing the Christmas illuminations
Social Life

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

Light of Winter trail projects local Welsh art this Christmas, telling the story of Welsh traditions on Cardiff Central train station
The old Michaelston College site, showing fencing all over the ground and the children's centre in the distance.
Long Reads

Why people are angry at Cardiff’s first wellbeing village

A new housing village is set for development in Ely on the old Michaelston college site, despite traffic fears from residents
Public Life

Dickens’s ‘darker side’ revealed in poignant production about his life

What The Dickens? gives a voice to the forgotten women of his past, amid the #MeToo movement and rise of cancel culture 
Work Life

‘Everyone deserves to feel cool; it’s a hard world’, says clothes store owner

Knight Vintage owner discusses how he wants his shop to make people feel after struggles in the market
Girl using disposable vape, blowing smoke outside.
Public Life

Welsh government tackles rise in vaping with disposables ban starting in June

11% of Welsh population vape with a Public Health Wales consultant says vaping is ‘affecting health and wellbeing non-stop’
Podcasts

Small businesses are ‘feeling the pinch’ of the autumn budget, says shop owner

The founder of Plant + Pot in Cardiff’s Royal Arcade talks about how new financial pressures will affect independent businesses in a new podcast
Active Life

Women worry about running alone and seek groups to run with as nights get darker

#LetsLiftTheCurfew reaches 1.7 million in last few weeks, showing women's fears on running due to darker evenings
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