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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

    Local Rainbow

    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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    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

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

  • 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

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    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 Mental Health Issue

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Megan Gaen
Joined29 September 2021
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Megan Gaen is a trainee journalist on the MA Magazine Journalism course at Cardiff University and Lifestyle and Opinion Editor at The Hysteria Collective. She specialises in lifestyle articles, in particular the promotion of midsize fashion and body positivity. She also writes news, opinion and features.
Magazine

Alt.Cardiff Magazine: Find it, fix it, flaunt it

This magazine focuses on how we can create a new cycle of reworking, rewearing and restyling our wardrobes to stop fast fashion brands thriving.
Long Reads

How Cardiff businesses are taking on the fast fashion industry one stitch at a time

Promoting slow fashion or repairing clothes we already own are the aims of various businesses in the Welsh capital, especially during the festive period
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One in three people in Wales will be affected by the housing crisis and homelessness

Shelter Cymru works to end homelessness by directly helping those affected and informing the public about the housing emergency
Podcasts

Podcast about Christmas food and how people with dietary requirements navigate the season

Cathy Icardo owns an artisanal and allergen-friendly marshmallow business. We discuss seasonal treats for people with food preferences in this episode
Food

Women’s community cafe returns, giving visitors a warm welcome and a hot meal

The Wales World Cafe in Riverside has now reopened and women in the community are meeting again for lunch after two-year break
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‘We’ll clap you every Thursday night, but I can’t pay back my student loan from that’

Newly qualified nurse Ffion Nugent was a student nurse deployed during the Covid-19 pandemic, but the highest praise she received was a round of applause
Culture

Cardiff’s pantomime returns and includes accessible performances (Oh yes it does!)

The New Theatre’s production of Aladdin will begin on 4 December and the pantomime's run will have special performances to include everyone in the festivities
Business

Cardiff Cycle Workshop could be on track for success at the Cardiff Business Awards

The focus on sustainability and the uniqueness of the business could help us to win at the ceremony, says the operations manager
Active Life

Don’t feel scared about picking pumpkins this Halloween as you can avoid adding to food waste

Picked and carved pumpkin lanterns can be repurposed into meals, bird food or nutrients for the soil, according to pumpkin patch owner
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