Green Man Rising competition announces the shortlisted acts who will compete to perform on the festival’s iconic Mountain Stage this August. The shortlist for Green Man Festival’s emerging talent competition, Green Man Rising, has been announced. Welsh language singer Mari Mathias is among the top five who have been selected. She is joined by TTSSFU, ladylike, Nature Kids and The Orchestra (For Now). The finalists will head to Cardiff on 13th June to perform at the city’s famous Clwb Ifor Bach, where a winner will be crowned. The winner will then open the Mountain Stage at Green Man 2024 in…
Author: Alice Gregory
Alice Gregory
Entertainment & Features Writer
Rumours of Fleetwood Mac, the world’s finest tribute to Fleetwood Mac, returns to the stage in spring-summer 2024 celebrating the very best of Fleetwood Mac via an extensive new UK & European tour. Personally endorsed by Fleetwood Mac founding member, Mick Fleetwood, Rumours of Fleetwood Mac is the hugely popular ultimate tribute to one of rock and roll’s most remarkable groups. The band has now played to more than one million fans across the globe, as well as achieving a staggering 125 million views to date via YouTube. Channeling the spirit of Fleetwood Mac at their very best, Rumours of Fleetwood Mac offers a unique opportunity for fans, both old and…
Looking forward to their first visit to this lovey venue, The Moonlight Serenade Orchestra UK will recreate the million-sellers of the 1940s and 50s with a show that’s guaranteed to get audiences In The Mood. The Glenn Miller & Big Band Spectacular features favourite swing chart-toppers including Moonlight Serenade, Little Brown Jug, Pennsylvania 6-5000 Take The A Train and April In Paris – numbers that shot band leaders such as Glenn Miller, Count Basie and Duke Ellington to worldwide stardom. Alongside cool vibe classics from Swing vocalists including Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin plus a song from our surprise guest…
Following a successful internship and work experience programme over the last year, Asda announced they have offered learners permanent positions at the store in Queensferry. Coleg Cambria and Asda’s Supported Internship Programme launched last summer and has been a huge success to date. In partnership with charity DFN Project Search, the retailer’s Queensferry store took on a group of Cambria’s ILS (Independent Living Skills) learners, providing full-time work experience on the shop floor and in the warehouse. Following a successful placement, Asda have offered paid roles to Leah Aldridge, Cai Jones, Laura Woodward, Daniel Hodson and Courtney McGarry. Leah, from…
Over 1,000 young people in Ceredigion have benefitted from Welsh Government’s Small Grants Scheme, which is aimed at enhancing Welsh-Medium Youth Work opportunities for young people aged between 11 and 25. In September 2021, the Wales Interim Youth Work Board’s final report made 14 recommendations to enhance and improve the Youth Work Offer in Wales. As part of this work, Local Authorities in Wales have received additional funding from the Welsh Government through the Youth Support Grant in support of Recommendation 12, which outlines that the Welsh Government should increase the availability of youth work services through the medium of…
The festival will see both established and emerging International, UK and Welsh artists and poets in attendance, including Anne Bean and Ansuman Biswas; Yue Minjun; W.N. Herbert; Sean O’Brien; Richard DeDominici; Tomasz Szrama; and Adam E. Holton. Running from 28 June – 28 July 2024, the inaugural Ruthin International Arts Festival is set to take place in the historic rural town of Ruthin in North Wales – a stunning, expertly curated new addition to the existing international art landscape, including work from acclaimed artists and poets Anne Bean, Yang Lian, Sean O’Brien, and more, centred around the theme of ‘Elsewhere’. Directed by distinguished Beijing-based poet Yu Er, curated by Cheng Xi,…
Eluned Morgan, the Welsh Government’s Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, has visited the sector-leading medical education facilities at the University of South Wales (USW). On a tour of USW’s state-of-the-art clinical simulation centre, which is on the University’s Glyntaff Campus, the Health Secretary was able to see for herself the facility which is set up to replicate an acute care NHS environment. Ms Morgan was welcomed to the campus by USW Vice-Chancellor Dr Ben Calvert, and was accompanied on the tour by Dr James Gravelle, who is the Dean of USW’s Faculty of Life Sciences and Education; Dr…
A Welsh Ambulance Service worker is lacing up his boots to trek up Wales’ tallest peak – Snowdon in aid of the Wales Air Ambulance. Colin Read, 33, from Swansea was inspired to fundraise for the Charity after seeing the first-hand work of Wales Air Ambulance. Colin who works in the 999 Emergency Call Centre in Carmarthenshire as an Emergency Medical Dispatcher, whose aim is to become a paramedic, said: “I have particular interest in the incredible skills available to the people of Wales because of our Wales Air Ambulance team. I’d love to join the team someday as a…
A group of 20 Level 3 Business and Level 3 Computing learners from Cardiff and Vale College have been on a once in a lifetime trip visiting the high-tech companies and cultural highlights of Silicon Valley and San Francisco in California, USA. The trip, which was funded by the Turing Project and gained some sponsored by IT company Trusted Data Solutions for branded clothing, saw the diverse group of learners – some of whom had never flown before – go on a 17-day adventure around California. They visited Sunnyvale, San Jose and attended a Stanford University seminar on lithium shortages…
The Queen’s Reading Room will partner with the world’s leading book festival on Thursday 30 May at Hay Festival Hay-on-Wye 2024. Established by Her Majesty The Queen as an Instagram book club in 2021, The Queen’s Reading Room is a literary charity on a mission to spread the joy of reading. This special event at Hay Festival Hay-on-Wye 2024 will see Waterstones Children’s Laureate Joseph Coelho join fellow authors Frank Cottrell-Boyce (Patron of The Reader Organisation) and Cressida Cowell (Children’s Laureate 2019–22) to delve into the history of children’s literature, giving us a whistle-stop tour of their own favourites. Taking…