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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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    Two chefs to open a restaurant after the decline in Wales’ hospitality industry

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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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    ‘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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Social Life

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?
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Social Life

Cardiff Zine Fest is set to hit Chapter Arts Centre

The first-of-its-kind festival aims to rival other UK cities’ similar events through its celebration of illustrators and zine makers
Poet Cal Ellis stands holding a copy of his poem 'The Dragon in a Bally'
Culture

‘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 
Speed dating questionnaire being filled out
Social Life

Speed dating makes a comeback after young people are ‘completing dating apps’

Speed dating sheet for daters to fill out who they like and who they would like to contact
The Welsh beach korfball team and supporters holding the Welsh flag at the Beach Korfball World Cup in Poland, 2023.
Social Life

Korfball grows in Wales as beach korf joins the World Games

A niche sport you’ve never heard of is growing in popularity as beach korfball takes its next steps towards the Olympics
The drag queen Polly Amorous is dressed in white fur and holds a large book.
Culture

Review: The Lion, The B!tch and the Wardrobe

A queer alternative to C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia takes its audience on a hilarious and heart-warming journey
A sunrise coming over the summit of Pen y Fan Mountain.
Social Life

Winter walks help you form friendships and combat loneliness

Bright lights at Christmas can often prove overwhelming and make some feel lonely but walking groups could be the answer this winter
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New podcast explores the hidden costs of sport participation

Jumping the Hurdles talks to Disability Sports Merthyr about a new fund which aims to support families of disabled children participating in sports
the overwhelming response to Canolfan Pentre's toy appeal as tables are flooded with gifts
Long Reads

Toy donations for families affected by the cost of living

More people than ever are seeking charitable aid this Christmas because of the cost-of-living crisis but toy donations can help struggling families
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Social Life

Getting creative to avoid loneliness through the financial crisis

A number of people within the UK fear that they will experience loneliness during the cost of living crisis due to limiting their socialising costs
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