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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

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    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
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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

    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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Blathnaid Chennell
Joined29 September 2021
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Trainee journalist for Alt.Cardiff. MA Magazine Journalism at Cardiff University. Interested in all things lifestyle, fashion and culture.
Long Reads

A third of children live in poverty in Wales and offering free school meals won’t go far enough

The Welsh Government has announced free school meals for all primary school children by 2023 but will this really end the UK’s highest child poverty rate?
Food

Put your chef whites on, Cardiff council’s healthy cooking competition is back

The cooking challenge will see 50 households battling it out to make the most delicious looking wholesome meal and win a £150 shopping voucher
The Pale White taking the stage at Clwb Ifor Bach on 11/12/2021
Culture

Small live music venues are adjusting to new Covid-19 guidance

Clwb Ifor Bach remains open and fully functioning, but urges attendees to comply with its Covid-19 policies to maximise safety
Food

‘I had something to fight for, and I became very passionate about it, very quickly’

Thibault Courtoisier won Bake Off: The Professionals in the first lockdown. Since then, he has started his own plant-based patisserie business in Cardiff
Work Life

Hospitality staffing crisis causes temporary closure for local business before Christmas

Staff shortages have led to apprentice winner, Alana Spencer, reducing the opening hours of her Cardiff café months after opening 
Active Life

Christmas at Bute Park will follow environmental suggestions to protect its wildlife

The largest light show in Wales is set to open in Bute Park this week amid concerns regarding the ecological impact that the event may have
Public LifeUncategorised

South Wales Police partners with Cardiff’s LGBTQ+ bars to tackle hate crime

The Cuppa with a Copper scheme invites people from the LGBTQ+ community to chat with police and comfortably report hate crime
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