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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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    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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    Fashion crisis unwrapped: The ‘rental revolution’ for Welsh consumers’ wardrobes

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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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‘My mind is at 100 miles an hour’ – how ADHD shaped a Cardiff singer’s new music

BBC Radio Cymru regular Mali Hâf talks finishing songs, impatient teachers and the speed of the creative process ahead of...
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Initiative sparks creativity in Wales

A literature project is providing new artistic ways for people to express themselves
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Voices on the Bridge: poetry and Ponty

Poetry readings and an open-mic night in the heart of Pontypridd
Octavo’s Book Café and Wine Bar is former home of a coaching inn known as the oldest building in the Cardiff Bay area
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Poetry sessions to support local artists

Could you be the next Dylan Thomas? Octavo’s Book Café and Wine Bar are hosting bi-monthly open mic events for poets and musicians
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NPC Tea brews new blend of fantasy

Orcs, elves and magic come to Cardiff in Sarah Millman's comic NPC Tea, which blends the everyday with high fantasy
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Youngsters keep Welsh traditions alive

A Welsh Folk Dancing Group based in Cardiff sees the participation of young people in traditional Welsh activities as integral to keeping the culture alive.
poetry open mic night
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A brand new poetry event offering a night of the experimental is coming to Cardiff

CRASH is taking over the Flute & Tankard for an evening to showcase quality poets with an added open mic session
Rare cabaret marquee from Belgium has opulent drapes and mirrors
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Rare cabaret marquee makes its dazzling debut in Cardiff Castle

For the first time, the city is hosting three Christmas shows in its historic castle grounds performed in a handmade tent called a Spiegeltent
Taylor Edmond is reciting poetry at the COP26 protest
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Young Welsh poet in residence recites poems to make social change in Wales

After reciting poetry at the Global Climate Change Conference, Taylor Edmonds will expand her Writing For Joy initiative to encourage social change in Wales
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