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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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    ‘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

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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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Richard Burton exhibition details the life of the international star of stage and screen

A new exhibition at National Museum Cardiff reveals how a boy from Port Talbot became award-winning film and theatre star Richard Burton
44-year-old Ben Rive, a man with a brown stubbly beard, stands smiling, facing the camera, in front of the Penarth Pier Pavilion.
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‘Covid-19 pandemic showed me the fragility of my dream job running an indie cinema’

Part-time indie cinema manager Ben Rive almost quit his day job to become a full-time cinephile, but the pandemic has left him glad he didn’t
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Vintro magazine launches today

The vintage magazine takes their readers into a retro lifestyle with a more modern twist in the streets of Cardiff
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Cardiff Character: Anthony Rhys

An artist, writer and teacher delves through the depths of the glamorgan archives discovering some of Cardiff's most infamous streets
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‘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
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Cardiff Hearthstone team aims to win

Team are confident of retaining their title despite battling new university competitors
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Sŵn Festival pioneers talent

Sŵn festival, Cardiff’s original multi-venue music festival, will make a huge return this weekend with more venues and acts than...
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‘I’m proud to be from Wales, but I don’t think I’ve got much of a nationalist streak’

Local poet Cal Ellis talks about using the written word to highlight the reality of growing up in Cardiff 
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Art installation opens in Queens Arcade

Arcade Cardiff has been transformed into a pink utopia exploring femininity and consumerism by local artist Sarah Roberts.
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The long awaited reopening of Sherman Theatre’s Christmas performances

After a long period of closure due to Covid-19, the Sherman Theatre opens its doors to the public for the return of its Christmas performances
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