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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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Women in cowboy hat at country music event.
Social Life

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

Cardiff has a new club night for country music as the genre continues to grow in popularity across the UK
Outside of Cardiff Central train station, showing the Christmas illuminations
Social Life

Local Welsh art projected on station as part of a huge Light of Winter trail

Light of Winter trail projects local Welsh art this Christmas, telling the story of Welsh traditions on Cardiff Central train station
Social Life

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

After a life of travelling the globe, Adam Holton is offering a new service which allows people to practice writing on old-fashioned manual typewriters
Social Life

Local grassroots theatre company puts on their first stage production

Cardiff-based theatre company Curtain Up is dedicated to ensuring full inclusivity by offering low-cost activities and providing scholarships to support those who need them
Could Welsh choirs be the antidote for gen Z's loneliness epidemic?
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Could Welsh choirs be the antidote to gen Z’s loneliness epidemic?

Young people increasingly seek connection online, but a choir's Welsh Wellbeing Award suggests the answer to combating loneliness could lie in Welsh history books
A view of Womanby Street, filled with nightclubs
Social Life

The death of the nightclub

In 2024, three nightclubs shut across the UK every week. Could we be facing a clubbing extinction by 2029?
Young Welsh Musician stands in front of a field
Social Life

 ‘Be a man, talk about your emotions’: Singer-songwriter discusses new EP release

Four years after his first single, Tangerine Peels, was released, Tom Parry’s first EP is set to be released by the end of 2024.
Social Life

‘No, thank you guys’: Meet the man who skipped partying with Oasis for football

Allan Parkins has as many stories as records in stock at Cardiff’s Kellys Records, including anecdotes featuring Oasis and Bruce Springsteen
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The future of Cardiff’s art scene? ‘Shipping containers’, says multidisciplinary artist

Mark James has had a creative personality since his childhood, but his approach to art and design has always been forward-thinking
Verity Green plays guitar and talks about upcoming music
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‘Music isn’t just a hobby, it’s a natural part of me – it’s like breathing’

Singer-songwriter Verity Green discusses the south Wales music community and the struggles of social media, following her new single
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