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Take a grand tour of Wales’ traditional produce with WELSH FOOD STORIES

August 4, 2022

Welsh Food Stories, Carwyn Graves (Calon/University Of Wales Press) Price: £14.99. Info: here words JONATHAN SWAIN

Category: Books, Food & Drink, Reviews Region: Wales-Wide

Sip & stamp for Cardiff’s new Wine Passport scheme this summer

July 28, 2022

Wine connoisseurs will be able to sample top-notch wins from independent Cardiff venues this August in what hopes to be an annual event.

Category: Food & Drink Region: South Wales

5 of the best: places to get your spice fix in south Wales

July 26, 2022

Jonathan Swain nominates a quintet of his personal favourite spicy food restaurants from south Wales for those of you seeking a Scoville-based rush.

Category: Food & Drink, Features Region: South Wales

7 cheap and cheerful travel gems to uncover in Wales

July 26, 2022

Emma Way recommends some fun and unusual experiences to travel around Wales and do - all at a cheap cost for those that are penny-pinching. (All of us, right?)

Category: Outdoors, Features Region: Wales-Wide

Spooky summer: 10 scary and magical haunts to visit in Wales

July 25, 2022

Hannah Collins recommends some dark and creepy spots to explore in Wales that summer goths and lovers of the weird and wonderful will love.

Category: Outdoors, Features Region: Wales-Wide

Stacey Roberts’ Steak & Stamp is Bridgend borough’s beefiest eatery

July 21, 2022

Steak & Stamp is clearly doing something right: you won't get a weekend table for five or six weeks. Even the most sought-after restaurants in Cardiff are easier to get into. What, then, is their secret?

Category: Food & Drink, Reviews Region: South Wales

Secret Vintage Newport: it’s not just a summer fashion fling, it’s the real sustainable thing, baby

July 21, 2022

With even mass telly ditching fast fashion brands, is 2022 the year vintage fashion becomes truly mainstream? Joseph Elijah heads to a brand new Newport shop aiming to ride this wave.

Category: Environment, Features Region: South Wales

10 unique and unusual castles & ruins to discover in Wales

July 21, 2022

From hidden caves to holy wells, Hannah Collins take a tour around some of the country's most unique and historic landmarks.

Category: Outdoors, Features Region: Wales-Wide

From aqua parks to ice cream parlours, make the most of Wales’ heatwave with these 10 things to do

July 16, 2022

With temperatures soon to creep into the 30s, here are 10 things to do in Wales over the weekend and beyond that won't over-exert you too much outdoors - from comedy to award-winning ice cream.

Category: Outdoors, Features Region: Wales-Wide

The small social businesses at the heart of Swansea’s food & drink scene

July 14, 2022

Eve Davies profiles three small food businesses beloved by the communities they serve in Swansea.

Category: Food & Drink, Features Region: West Wales

Roll up for D&D this summer – where & how to play in Wales

July 14, 2022

If you or your younger offspring are looking to get into the world's greatest role-playing game, there have never been more avenues for you to do so, both online and in-person.

Category: Life, Gaming, Roundups, Community Region: South Wales

Pizza by the slice at Cardiff’s hearty Italian ROMEAT

July 11, 2022

Romeat’s location – bang next door to the Globe on Cardiff’s Albany Road – makes it an ideal stop-off for pre-gig nourishment. But that’s certainly not all it’s got going for it.

Category: Food & Drink, Reviews Region: South Wales

5 of the best: chain-busting eateries to try this summer in Wales

July 7, 2022

While it’s all too easy to pop into one of the umpteen Starbucks or Maccy Ds while you’re out, about and hungry this summer, Dan Edwards is on a mission to persuade you otherwise.

Category: Food & Drink, Features Region: South Wales

“Meat-obsessed” YNYSHIR: Powys’ high-end concept restaurant tops the UK list for ‘22

July 7, 2022

As a Welsh food establishment comes out top at the National Restaurant Awards for the first time, Jonathan Swain sings the praises of the victor – and some of those …

Category: Food & Drink, Features Region: South Wales, Mid Wales

Business is blooming at Barry’s ALIUM – and keeping THE HUMBLE ONION spirit alive

July 5, 2022

Alium's Antonio Simone's cooking is characterised by skill and time well spent in preparation, but for far too long his food has been in the category of “those who know, know”.

Category: Food & Drink, Reviews Region: South Wales

From Insta-worthy food festivals to downhill derbies, here are 10 of Wales’ best July outdoor events

July 1, 2022

Here is our comprehensive list of 10 outdoor events happening around Wales this July, come rain or shine!

Category: Outdoors, Features Region: Wales-Wide

“Forget Loose Women, we’re the Loose Grannies!” – 4 Cardiff nans take over BBC Radio Wales with NANI HACKS

June 23, 2022

New radio series Nani Hacks offers advice and shared experiences about growing up and growing old. John Evans speaks to the four funny and lovable Nanis about generational divides and celebrating older women.

Category: Interviews, Community Region: South Wales

AN OPEN DOOR: powerful & diverse essays about travel to & from Wales

June 22, 2022

Thoughtful, passionate and sensitive to both the similarities and differences of non-domestic cultures, An Open Door is a worthwhile Welsh travel book.

Category: Travel, Books, Reviews Region: Wales-Wide

THE BIG RETREAT 2022: relaxing in & reconnecting with nature at Welsh wellness festival

June 21, 2022

The Lawrenny Estuary in Pembrokeshire is possibly the most perfect place to reflect and relax, and The Big Retreat is a festival with wellbeing and self-care at its heart.

Category: Festivals, Reviews, Well-being Region: West Wales

Cardiff’s first Louisiana crawfish festival boils up an appetite for more

June 8, 2022

The first of its kind, Neighbourhood Kitchen's crawfish feasting festival brings a taste of Lousiana to Cardiff - with a second serving already on the way.

Category: Life, Food & Drink, Reviews

Pride 2022 in Wales: 10 fabulous events of celebration & protest

June 7, 2022

2022 marks 50 years since the first-ever UK Pride took place. And with health restrictions eased, festivities are back in full swing for this historic year in Wales.

Category: Culture, Festivals, Outdoors, Roundups Region: Wales-Wide

Be Out & Wild at the UK’s first queer women’s wellness retreat

June 7, 2022

Hearing queer women’s frustrations about the chronic lack of spaces they can call their own, a Pembrokeshire excursion inspired Polly Shute to give them a refuge during Pride season.

Category: Life, Outdoors, Well-being, Features Region: West Wales

“We are different and that’s something to be celebrated” – Hay’s first Pride organisers bring queer colour to town

June 2, 2022

Hay Pride founders Helen and Graham discuss the importance and challenges that come with creating LGBT+ events in less urban areas.

Category: Interviews, Community Region: Mid Wales

Celebrate the Jubilee weekend with these top 12 events in Wales

June 1, 2022

Get those Union Jack flags waving and enjoy the long bank holiday weekend with these dozen displays of domestic deference in Wales.

Category: Roundups, Community, Listings Region: Wales-Wide

Take a grand tour of Wales’ traditional produce with WELSH FOOD STORIES

Sip & stamp for Cardiff’s new Wine Passport scheme this summer

5 of the best: places to get your spice fix in south Wales

7 cheap and cheerful travel gems to uncover in Wales

Spooky summer: 10 scary and magical haunts to visit in Wales

Stacey Roberts’ Steak & Stamp is Bridgend borough’s beefiest eatery

Secret Vintage Newport: it’s not just a summer fashion fling, it’s the real sustainable thing, baby

10 unique and unusual castles & ruins to discover in Wales

From aqua parks to ice cream parlours, make the most of Wales’ heatwave with these 10 things to do

The small social businesses at the heart of Swansea’s food & drink scene

Roll up for D&D this summer – where & how to play in Wales

Pizza by the slice at Cardiff’s hearty Italian ROMEAT

5 of the best: chain-busting eateries to try this summer in Wales

“Meat-obsessed” YNYSHIR: Powys’ high-end concept restaurant tops the UK list for ‘22

Business is blooming at Barry’s ALIUM – and keeping THE HUMBLE ONION spirit alive

From Insta-worthy food festivals to downhill derbies, here are 10 of Wales’ best July outdoor events

“Forget Loose Women, we’re the Loose Grannies!” – 4 Cardiff nans take over BBC Radio Wales with NANI HACKS

AN OPEN DOOR: powerful & diverse essays about travel to & from Wales

THE BIG RETREAT 2022: relaxing in & reconnecting with nature at Welsh wellness festival

Cardiff’s first Louisiana crawfish festival boils up an appetite for more

Pride 2022 in Wales: 10 fabulous events of celebration & protest

Be Out & Wild at the UK’s first queer women’s wellness retreat

“We are different and that’s something to be celebrated” – Hay’s first Pride organisers bring queer colour to town

Celebrate the Jubilee weekend with these top 12 events in Wales

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