Author: Alice Gregory

A grade II west Wales listed mansion with historic links stretching back to the Afghan War of the nineteenth century is being offered for sale at auction with a guide price of just £50,000. One of the previous owners of sprawling Job’s Well House, which has its roots in the mid eighteenth century, was Carmarthen-born Victorian military hero William Nott famous for his exploits at the defence of Kandahar in the first Afghan War (1838-42). The house, which was latterly variously used as an asylum, a convalescent home and most recently offices, is being sold by Newport-based Paul Fosh Auctions.…

Casting has been announced for Stephen Daldry’s multi award-winning National Theatre production of JB Priestley’s AN INSPECTOR CALLS, which returns to Wales Millennium Centre from 18 – 22 February 2025 as part of a UK tour. Tim Treloar will play ‘Inspector Goole’, alongside Jackie Morrison as ‘Mrs Birling’, Jeffrey Harmer as ‘Mr Birling’, Tom Chapman as ‘Gerald Croft’, Leona Allen as ‘Sheila Birling’, George Rowlands as ‘Eric Birling’ and Alice Darling as ‘Edna’. Katy Dean, Michael Gukas, Pena Iiyambo, Simon Pothecary and Philip Stewart complete the cast. Tim Treloar’s theatre credits include Richard II, Romeo and Juliet, and Hamlet, all at the RSC. His other…

Rhys Roberts has worked in community nursing in the Cynon Valley for 14 years, supporting patients in their own homes to manage a variety of health issues and later managing teams of community staff to deliver great care. He loves his job, but when he started noticing how many disposable gloves were being used unnecessarily, he wondered how much this waste was costing the NHS. He was shocked to learn that NHS Wales spends over £40m a year on disposable gloves. In response, Rhys teamed up with the Bevan Commission, Wales’ leading health and care think tank, to spreading the…

More than 80 people living in Kilgetty have had a boost to the sustainability of their homes thanks to the completion of Welsh housing association, ateb’s first optimised retrofit programme. 25 properties in Park Avenue in Kilgetty, Pembrokeshire have benefitted from a range of improvements that are designed to drive decarbonisation and improve the living environment. The project, which has been funded by the Welsh Government’s Optimised Retrofit Program is the first to be completed as part of a three-year program of activity that will see ateb implement retrofit works on 100 properties throughout Pembrokeshire and a further 1000+ properties…

More than 1,492 walkers strode Macmillan’s Gower Peninsula Mighty Hike on Saturday 6th July, tackling a full or half marathon distance, so far raising over £460,000 for the UK’s leading cancer charity. Helen Hancock, Challenge Events Team Manager at Macmillan Cancer Support, says: “Macmillan Cancer Support is incredibly grateful to the 1,492 people who braved the elements by taking part in the breathtakingly beautiful, but physically challenging Gower Peninsula Mighty Hike. So far, they’ve raised an incredible £460,000! “The thousands of people who are taking part in Macmillan Mighty Hikes this year are part of something very special. Every mile…

A campaign group is calling on artists to submit their masterpieces to an independence-inspired competition. YesCymru, which is campaigning for an independent Wales, is encouraging submissions from artistic talent in the area for the Art of Independence. The competition and exhibition, which is being organised by the YesCymru Penybont ar Ogwr branch will be held at the Queen Street Art Gallery, in Neath. The competition will be judged by top professional artists Iwan Bala, Bethan Ash and Claire Hiett. The exhibition will open on Saturday, November 2 and it will run until Saturday, November 30. Bethan Ash, who is based in Neath,…

An Aberystwyth academic is leading an international team to explore the position of the Amazon Rainforest in climate politics and its place in the academic study of international relations. In November 2025, the Amazonian city of Belém do Pará in Brazil will host the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP30).  It will be the first time the Conference has been held in the Amazon. While COP international climate meetings are negotiations between governments, they have become a central political meeting point for a multitude of groups that seek to influence climate action. Dr Hannah…

Sherman Theatre has confirmed the cast of its forthcoming production of Tim Price’s Odyssey ‘84; a re-telling of the 1984 Miners’ Strike, inspired by Homer’s Odyssey. In the 40th anniversary year of the Miners’ Strike, this brand new play tells the story of one of the most explosive chapters of Wales’ history, shining a new light on the international support the miners received as well as the role women played in the stand-off with the British government. The personal and political collide in Odyssey ‘84, which follows the story of a married couple caught up in the conflict, played by Rhodri…

A hugely gifted young North Wales pianist has paid tribute to his inspirational late grandmother ahead of his first starring appearance at a top festival. Ellis Thomas, from Penrhyn Bay, will be performing with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales at the North Wales International Music Festival at St Asaph Cathedral on Friday evening, September 20. The 23-year-old Cambridge University Music graduate, who has just gained a Master’s degree from the Royal Academy of Music, will play festival founder William Mathias’s First Piano Concerto while the BBC National Orchestra of Wales will also perform Edward Elgar’s Enigma Variations. Professor Mathias,…

The new owners of a Ruthin country estate are organising a football match to raise funds for a local schoolboy currently in hospital. Aiden Jones, 8, from Denbigh, is being treated for Acute Myeloid Leukaemia at Alder Hey Hospital in Liverpool after falling ill a few weeks ago. Andrew and Louisa Godfrey, who are restoring the historic Pool Park Estate in Ruthin over the next five years, are hosting a football match between Aiden’s school, Ysgol Bryn Clywd, and its Federated school this month. Pupils from years 4, 5 and 6 at Ysgol Gellifor and Ysgol Bryn Clwyd, both in…