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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

    Local Rainbow

    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

    A cluttered wardrobe that could use the help of rental fashion

    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

    A cluttered wardrobe that could use the help of rental fashion

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

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    The Queer Culture Issue

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    The Mental Health Issue

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Rowan standing in front of the fantasy book section of Waterstones, reading fantasy paperback.
Social Life

‘Reading is like my shield,’ says fantasy book club co-founder

Waterstones bookseller, Rowan Maddock, talks about creating a safe community for readers to share their love of fantasy fiction through a book club
People sitting at tables in a café using their laptops
Work Life

Local cafe’s laptop sanctions create a social space for all

Owner of Rhostio Speciality Coffee, Tunahan Kirktepeli, says his restrictions upon laptop users have created a multi-purpose space for all the community
Magazine

Alt.Cardiff Magazine: The Autism Awareness Issue

This issue explores why an autism diagnosis means so much to adults in Wales. It also features news stories and an interview with Welsh illustrator, Karl Davies
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...
Magazine

Alt.Cardiff Magazine: Find it, fix it, flaunt it

This magazine focuses on how we can create a new cycle of reworking, rewearing and restyling our wardrobes to stop fast fashion brands thriving.
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‘We’ll clap you every Thursday night, but I can’t pay back my student loan from that’

Newly qualified nurse Ffion Nugent was a student nurse deployed during the Covid-19 pandemic, but the highest praise she received was a round of applause
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Culture

‘If one person buys my zine, it was a success!’: A creative lockdown for a South Wales artist

Local photographer Gavin Smith discusses how he turned the lull of lockdown into a creative project with his new zines
Active Life

Cardiff Character: Steven Rosser

The shihan of Pontypool Goshinkwai discusses a 30-year legacy club and keeping samurai art alive in the valleys of South Wales
CultureCulture home

Cardiff Character: Morgan Richards

The co-host of Sappenin’ Podcast is riding the podcast wave to success and connecting music fans around the globe along the way
CultureCulture home

Cardiff Character: Angie Evans

For those about to rock, they certainly salute this woman and her support for the music genre she loves and grew up with.
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