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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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    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

    AI Generated image of an empty theatre

    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

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Culture

Art scene in Cardiff kicks back at Qatar’s human rights laws

The World Cup has prompted artists to install art in solidarity with the LGBTQ+ community
Could Welsh choirs be the antidote for gen Z's loneliness epidemic?
Long Reads

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
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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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
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
Rare cabaret marquee from Belgium has opulent drapes and mirrors
Culture

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
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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
Social Life

Narcotics support group makes history supporting LGBTQ+ addicts

A new support group aimed at members of the queer community who are struggling with drug addiction launches in Cardiff
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Culture

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is making a stop in Cardiff

The Wales Millennium Centre is opening its doors to the sweetest musical in town despite the recent controversy over insensitive character descriptions in Dahl's books
Culture

‘The world of board games has been my first work environment to feel like home’

Manager Rhys Chamberlain hopped from job to job before landing the jackpot at one of Cardiff’s most popular board game...
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