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    A popular country music night in Cardiff brings fans together to make new friends

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    Author and storyteller launches typewriter-for-hire service in Cardiff market

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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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    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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A man and a woman dressed up in Slytherin and Gryffindor uniforms, standing in front of the Hogwarts house banners in Coal Exchange Hotel
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Fancy some tea or butterbeer? Harry Potter themed afternoon serves up a treat in Cardiff this weekend

Coal Exchange Hotel is hosting an enchanting event for fans, just in time for the 20th anniversary reunion of the beloved franchise
Matthew Pritchard standing outside his tattoo and barber shop, Sleep When You're Dead.
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Matthew Pritchard’s Dirty Vegan returns for a second serving

The former Dirty Sanchez star sat down with Guise Magazine to talk about life post-Sanchez and his next vegan cookbook
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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
The front facade of Gwdihŵ is all that remains of the former bar.
Culture

Music venues continue to close despite ‘music city’ status

Five years ago, consultancy began to protect and grow Cardiff’s music scene, but plans to redevelop the site of Porter’s in Harlech Court has brought the strategy into question.
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Blackadder goes forth to Chapter

A local theatre group present stage production of Blackadder Goes Forth in celebration of the centenary of the First World War
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Cafe bar celebrates its 10th birthday

A cafe bar is throwing a 10 day birthday bash to mark reaching double figures, with live music acts from the venue’s past and present
Polly Amorous doing her makeup before the show.
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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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In-depth: Cardiff’s pop-up progress

Pop-ups are changing the city’s shopping scene, but where are these hidden gems?
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In depth: Cardiff’s virtual reality

Can virtual reality headsets be used as 'empathy machines'? Cardiff’s creative agencies are raising awareness using VR
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Local graffiti artist brightens up run-down residential street

Cardiff-based street artist, Unity, helped the council “make people smile” with her colourful paintings on Fanny Street
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