Author: Alice Gregory

Santa is set to put smiles on Beechwood College students’ faces this December, as the historic Barry Santa Sleigh alters its route to visit the Sully students for the first time in its 50-year history. The visit to Beechwood College on Hayes Road is part of an increased programme of events and routes planned by Barry Round Table to celebrate 50 years of the Barry Sleigh Ride. Beechwood College will also be one of a group of local sponsors supporting Barry Round Table as they continue their proud history of local fundraising. First run in 1972, the festive sleigh visit…

First opening their doors in Cardiff just over 8 years ago, what a journey Wahaca has been on.  Thomasina Miers and co-founder Mark Selby brought us Wahaca from a love of authentic Mexican food, heavily inspired by Miers’ time travelling and living in the country. How grateful we are they choose to bring the vibrant flavours of Mexico, and the social dining culture to the UK. With plenty of fresh and exciting dishes made for sharing added throughout the year, there’s always something new to try. 2016 saw Wahaca become the first restaurant in the UK to be certified as carbon…

Dragon Taxis has pledged to support university students in the Welsh capital throughout the academic year with its Safe Taxi Scheme. Working in collaboration with the Students’ Unions at both Cardiff University and Cardiff Metropolitan University, the Safe Taxi Scheme – now in its tenth successful year in the city – ensures that all students can get a lift back to their halls or student residence after a night out, even if they don’t have any money for the fare on them. Between the hours of 10pm and 6am, seven days a week, students from the participating universities can book…

A local artist with a flair for fashion and an aptitude for acrobats is combining his two passions for a unique exhibition featuring live performances and immersive installations. Ollïï Park, who trained with No Fit State Circus in Cardiff and Bristol’s Circomedia, has developed the ‘Wánjù Concept’ exhibition which will showcase three carefully engineered sustainable skirts alongside interactive displays and culminate in an impressive performance. After receiving funding from the Arts Council of Wales to pilot a prototype design, Ollïï engineered the distinctive gravity-defying skirts based on toy mechanics and using solely recycled, repurposed and environmentally conscious materials. With acrobats…

Brought to the people of Cardiff by David Massey and his team, there are two immersive experiences at Wales Millennium Centre as part of the Llais Festival: In Pursuit of Repetitive Beats and FLIGHT that you can now book. We had the pleasure of experiencing FLIGHT this week. It’s truly an exhilarating, immersive, 360-degree sound experience created in conjunction with experts in tech, DARKFIELD. This takes place in absolute darkness, inside a 40ft shipping container just outside the WMC. So if you are wondering what an earth is going on outside the centre right now then this is what it’s all…

It’s that time of year again when we all start to wonder when are the clocks changing? Do they go forward…or back? There’s a quick mnemonic to help you remember, ‘Spring forward, fall back’ or as I say ‘March forward, fall back’ either way is helpful. The idea proposed in Britain by builder William Willett, was due to the ‘waste’ of useful daylight during the summer specifically in the morning. British Summer Time (BST) was then adopted in 1916 as a way to save candles and electricity as technology improved and became more widely available as well as money. British…

The Rogers and Hammerstein classic South Pacific directed by Daniel Evans has sailed its way onto the stage of the Wales Millennium Centre (WMC), Cardiff. Oscar Hammerstein was an anti-racism writer and campaigner from about 1927’s Show Boat, South Pacific expands this agenda. The 1949 musical based in the midst of World War II follows a company of American soldiers battling with the Japanese for control of islands in the Pacific. The twin love stories at the heart of this musical are simplistic, it’s hard to not get swept up in the romance that shifts from comedy to a more…

King Charles III and the Queen Consort are to pay their first official visit to Cardiff since the death of HM The Queen, on Friday, September 16. The visit will be the third of the couple’s official engagements following their attendance at ceremonies in Belfast and Edinburgh. The Accession visit to Cardiff will comprise a Service of Prayer and Reflection for the Life of The Queen at Llandaff Cathedral, attended by senior faith leaders from communities across Cardiff. The Royal couple are due to arrive at Llandaff Cathedral before further visits around Wales’ capital city. Their Majesties will be greeted…

Following on from the sad news that Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has passed away, begins 10 days of national mourning, where we will see the new King visit Wales next week. The First Minister of Wales, Mark Drakeford has expressed his sadness on the news of the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and offered condolences to the Royal family on behalf of the Government and people of Wales. He said: “It is with great sadness that people in Wales mourn the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Throughout her long and exceptional life, as our longest…

Today in Cardiff Castle at 13:00 BST, a gun salute of 96 rounds will be carried out by 104 Royal Artillery Regiment to mark each year of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s life. Across Wales between 12:00 and 13:00 churches are being encouraged to ring muffled bells. Cardiff City Hall will have a book of condolence opened to the public from 14:00 and floral tributes to Her Majesty can also be left. The Senedd is set to be recalled. Presiding Officer Elin Jones said: “That will be my first duty as Llywydd and we’ll be looking at recalling the Senedd…