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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
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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

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    The Mental Health Issue

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David Rogers
Joined29 September 2021
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David Rogers is a freelance journalist and writer from Cardiff. His interests include culture, technology and social justice.
Anne Gingell, a trader at Jacobs Antiques Centre, Cardiff
Work Life

Focus on Cardiff: One man’s junk is another man’s treasure

In the Christmas run-up, two Cardiff fleamarkets are handling the downturn and offering more than a shopping experience
Splott Market trader Ashley at his stall
Long Reads

Splott is losing its traditional market, and with it, part of the community

Redevelopment in an economically deprived area in east Cardiff is leading to the demise of a market that has been a community asset for decades
Kalah Wales offers anti knife crime classes
Public Life

Self-defence instructor offers free training for young people in the city to combat knife crime

James Bourne, 47, a trainer in the Kalah Combat System is offering free classes for young people following South Wales knife crime incidents
Local poet Johnny Giles
Culture

‘I’m working more now than I have in years’ – A South Welsh poet on life after lockdown

Local poet Johnny Giles on how he got through mental health problems and writer’s block to resume his creative practice after lockdown 
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
Refugees cooking at Oasis Cardiff
Food

The refugee organisation presenting a ‘home supper club’ that’s informative and delicious

The Splott-based social enterprise Oasis Cardiff is still connecting locals with the cuisines and cultures of asylum seekers
Culture

Ffotogallery Cardiff is showing a first of its kind exhibition of African photography

The exhibition explores different perspectives from across the continent and is the first such photography collection in Cardiff to have an African woman curator
Business

How independent local breweries are withstanding supply chain problems

Two independent Welsh brewers say they’ve had fewer problems with recent supply issues caused by Brexit than the bigger players
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