A Year of Covid in Cardiff

REMEMBER Friday the 13th? March 13, 2020 to be more specific – a year ago and a world away before everything we considered normal turned on its head.

It was the first day Covid hit Cardiff for real, when hordes of men in kilts found out there was no Wales v Scotland match to go to.

In this week-long special we look at the many ways Covid has transformed Cardiff and ponder whether the city will ever be the same again. Here are some of our stories:

How Welsh musicians have kept going without an audience to play for

How trainee teachers have navigated the pandemic

Weddings, walkers and websites: The lockdown tales of Castell Coch

Loneliness, lockdown and language barriers: Cardiff mums on pandemic parenting

How has lockdown changed worship in Cardiff?

Thousands of Welsh care home staff still haven’t had Covid vaccine