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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

  • 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

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    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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Millicent Machell
Joined29 September 2021
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Reporter at Alt.Cardiff and former Editor of 'indigo' magazine. Currently undertaking an MA in Magazine Journalism at Cardiff University. Email me at machellme@cardiff.ac.uk
Magazine

Alt.Cardiff magazine: The Deaf Awareness Issue

This issue explore the state of mental health services for deaf people in Wales. It also features local news stories and an interview with drag queen, Polly Amorous.
Long Reads

Silent inequality: The critical lack of mental health support for deaf people in Wales

Wales is the only country in the UK without a specialised deaf mental health service. A new report calls for the government to make a change
No logo

Cardiff and Vale bike schemes paused due to ‘staggering’ levels of vandalism and theft

Nextbike has temporarily put the brakes on its Cardiff and Vale services after an escalation in damage to bikes and abuse towards staff
Polly Amorous doing her makeup before the show.
Culture

‘If you’d told me 10 years ago that I’d be a full-time drag queen, I would have laughed in your face’

Cardiff’s up-and-coming drag queen describes how the pandemic encouraged her to ditch making martinis for makeup brushes
Talk it out: LGBTQ+ Churches
Podcasts

LGBTQ+ Churches: an inclusive Church in Cardiff celebrates its 10th Anniversary

The Gathering, a Christian church that preaches that everyone has a right to worship regardless of sexual orientation or gender, turned 10 years old last Sunday
Food

Whitchurch chippy will serve free Christmas meals to homeless and key workers

Victoria Fish Bar in Cardiff will open on Christmas day to feed those in need for the third year running
Culture

Accessible performance film rebels against ‘What you’re told deafness is’

'Not Sorry' by Stephanie Back, explores her experience of becoming deaf at 15 and "rebirth" after discovering British Sign Language.
Business

Cardiff Christmas market crowds not expected to return to pre-pandemic numbers

The market will go ahead this year. However, organisers are being 'realistic' about the level of attendance
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