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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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    The Mental Health Issue

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Jack Courtney Fittes
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MA Magazine Journalism student at Cardiff University. On a mission to unearth all the weird and wonderful characters and the art they create.
Culture

How micro companies can creatively contribute to sustainability awareness

Changing production and consumer behaviour is vital to resolve the growing environmental disaster caused by the fashion industry. But what...
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Business

How are Welsh music festivals being supported to ensure they survive the pandemic?

We spoke to festival organisers to understand what support they are receiving from the government.
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Magazine

Alt. Cardiff Magazine: Alchemy of Change

A brief dive into the arts and culture of Cardiff and Newport. This issue focusses on the work of local theatre...
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Long Reads

How Welsh theatre is creating a powerful formula for change in the arts and beyond

A trio of companies have joined together in Wales, training someone working class to operate at the top table of creativity in theatre
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Active Life

A unique opportunity to celebrate Winter Solstice locally this year

Winter Solstice is here, as the Northern Hemisphere tilts its furthest from the sun - bringing long winter nights and an opportunity to get into nature
Culture

‘This was something we could do to keep people going during a difficult time’

Milk frontman Grant Jones talks about his wild past on Womanby Street and how lockdown has birthed The Indie Superstore...
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Culture

Tin Shed Theatre launches event trilogy, proving that three is the magic number

Bringing strangers together, putting live shows back into public space and unearthing an urban myth is the aim of Tin...
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Culture

A hub for health and healing in a city-centre yurt

A yurt in an inner city co-working building is providing treatments and workshops, creating a safe space for healing after...
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Culture

Artists escape black hole left by Covid-19 restrictions

Twelve graduates are collaborating to present an exhibition within guidelines
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