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Hay Castle

“A renovation, not a restoration” – how Hay Castle became a unique, 900-year-old heritage project

May 27, 2022

Ahead of Hay Castle's grand opening to the public for the first time in 900 years, Exectutive Director Tom True gave us a look round this unique heritage project.

Category: Travel, Life, Outdoors, Features Region: Mid Wales
Read more“A renovation, not a restoration” – how Hay Castle became a unique, 900-year-old heritage project

A delight to read, RIVERS OF WALES takes the nation’s rivers into its stride

May 25, 2022

Beautifully bound in a thick, matt-textured hardback, Rivers Of Wales is a delight to hold as well as read, with extremely high production values.

Category: Books, Environment Region: Wales-Wide
Read moreA delight to read, RIVERS OF WALES takes the nation’s rivers into its stride
Goodsheds

Barry’s GOODSHEDS: a smorgasbord of mouthwatering indie food faves

May 19, 2022

With Goodsheds delivering both quality and variety, Barry is fast gaining a reputation for more than just fish and chips.

Category: Food & Drink, Reviews Region: South Wales
Read moreBarry’s GOODSHEDS: a smorgasbord of mouthwatering indie food faves
La Cuina

LA CUINA: Cardiff’s Catalan hotspot is a local tapas treat

May 17, 2022

All things told, it’s obvious why La Cuina is the sort of local independent restaurant bustling with contented diners on a Saturday night.

Category: Food & Drink, Reviews Region: South Wales
Read moreLA CUINA: Cardiff’s Catalan hotspot is a local tapas treat
Ludacity Festival

Wales Festival Guide 2022: every major, unmissable event (updated August)

May 7, 2022

With festival season now underway in Wales, Buzz presents our comprehensive guide to the array of weekenders, all-dayers and general rave-ups across Wales in 2022.

Category: Life, Festivals, Features Region: Wales-Wide
Read moreWales Festival Guide 2022: every major, unmissable event (updated August)
BikePark Wales

BikePark Wales aim to make Downhill Mountain Biking more accessible with a TICKET TO RIDE

April 21, 2022

Ticket to Ride from BikePark Wales opens up the sport to all in an easy and accessible way.

Category: Life, Sport Region: South Wales
Read moreBikePark Wales aim to make Downhill Mountain Biking more accessible with a TICKET TO RIDE
Swansea Comic and Gaming convention

SWANSEA COMIC & GAMING CON: a welcoming geeky weekend for all

April 14, 2022

Wales is lacking Elysiums for geeks, gamers and fans. Luckily, Ricky Webber, Adam Wilmot and Simon Kendrick have managed to work together to sate our hunger, creating Swansea Comic & Gaming Convention.

Category: Gaming, Reviews Region: West Wales
Read moreSWANSEA COMIC & GAMING CON: a welcoming geeky weekend for all
The chocolate croissant at Alex Gooch - credit Ben Woolhead

ALEX GOOCH’s new Cardiff cafe takes his award-winning bakery to new heights

April 8, 2022

Alex Gooch has gone from strength to strength, but his new fully-fledged café with indoor seating in Cardiff takes his baking to another level.

Category: Food & Drink, Reviews Region: South Wales
Read moreALEX GOOCH’s new Cardiff cafe takes his award-winning bakery to new heights
Ray Mears

Living off the land, or “get off my land!” – Ray Mears has some thoughts

April 5, 2022

Ray Mears is once again stepping out of the screen and going on tour, titled We Are Nature - which includes dates in Aberystwyth and Brecon.

Category: Interviews, Environment Region: Mid Wales
Read moreLiving off the land, or “get off my land!” – Ray Mears has some thoughts
Queen Zee play a 2019 Record Store Day gig in Le Public Space, Newport - credit Theodore Swaddling

Wales’ grassroots music venues reflect two years after lockdown – in their own words

April 2, 2022

Laura Fedeli speaks to the people who’ve kept small Welsh venues running, through the good and bad times, and finds out how they did it as restrictions took over.

Category: Music, Community, Features Region: Wales-Wide
Read moreWales’ grassroots music venues reflect two years after lockdown – in their own words
Esports Wales

The future of esports in Wales – from the Welsh Masters to the Commonwealth Games

March 31, 2022

Ahead of the Welsh Masters, Hannah Collins spoke to Esports Wales' Founder John Jackson about the tournament, as well as the future of competitive gaming in Wales.

Category: Gaming, Sport, Features Region: Wales-Wide
Read moreThe future of esports in Wales – from the Welsh Masters to the Commonwealth Games
Screenshot of Who Pressed Mute On Uncle Marcus?

A fun little time filler but WHO PRESSED MUTE ON UNCLE MARCUS? isn’t the most inventive game

March 24, 2022

Thanks to the pandemic, any mention of an online quiz and we all run to the hills, screaming “no!” Here, though, you’ve got no choice, given one of your fellow contestant is a murderer.

Category: Gaming, Reviews Region: South Wales
Read moreA fun little time filler but WHO PRESSED MUTE ON UNCLE MARCUS? isn’t the most inventive game
La Pantera, Cardiff

LA PANTERA’s “unauthentic” tacos stand up to the real deal

March 19, 2022

A welcome antidote to the spread of Taco Bell, La Pantera proudly proclaims to be the “home of the unauthentic taco” in Cardiff.

Category: Food & Drink, Reviews Region: South Wales
Read moreLA PANTERA’s “unauthentic” tacos stand up to the real deal
Music Declares emergency with Mel C

CLIMATE CLASH CYMRU: making live music more sustainable

March 14, 2022

Taking place on 29 March, Climate Clash Cymru is an event dedicated to innovations in live music for tackling the climate crisis.

Category: Music, Environment Region: South Wales
Read moreCLIMATE CLASH CYMRU: making live music more sustainable
Yoga, wellbeing, resolutions

Wellbeing in Wales: why spring is the best time for New Year’s resolutions

March 12, 2022

The winter months can work against our wellbeing plans; spring, though, is a special time to rejuvenate and get into the swing of things.

Category: Travel, Life, Outdoors, Well-being
Read moreWellbeing in Wales: why spring is the best time for New Year’s resolutions
Jenipher's Coffi

The Welsh, women-run businesses changing tea, coffee – and the world

March 8, 2022

Hannah Collins speaks to the women who founded EISA Tea Co and Jenipher’s Coffi, who offer a more ethically conscious alternative in a hot drink industry where backgrounds are frequently murky.

Category: Food & Drink, Environment, Features Region: Wales-Wide
Read moreThe Welsh, women-run businesses changing tea, coffee – and the world
Super Fury Animals featuring Rhys Ifans

SUPER FURRY ANIMALS release unheard track from the archives feat. Rhys Ifans in support of SAVE THE SEVERN Campaign

March 4, 2022

SFA: Left in band archives for almost thirty years, the Bandcamp-only, one-week release emerges in support of the Save The Severn campaign

Category: Music, Environment Region: Wales-Wide
Read moreSUPER FURRY ANIMALS release unheard track from the archives feat. Rhys Ifans in support of SAVE THE SEVERN Campaign
Michael Sheen - Margins to Mainstream

Dydd gŵyl dewi hapus! – celebrating St. David’s Day in Wales with Michael Sheen, RWCMD and more

February 28, 2022

Led by Michael Sheen's Margins to Mainstream, there are a whole of host St. David's Day celebrations - new and old - occuring across Wales this week (and month).

Category: Culture, Music, Outdoors, Community, Features Region: Wales-Wide
Read moreDydd gŵyl dewi hapus! – celebrating St. David’s Day in Wales with Michael Sheen, RWCMD and more

Buzz on Tour!

February 21, 2022

Yes, you read that right, we’re going on tour! Between March the 17th and 24th, the Buzz team will be travelling the length and breadth of Wales and we’re keen to meet people that have unique and interesting stories to tell about Welsh culture.

Category: Buzz Magazine, Culture, Community
Read moreBuzz on Tour!
Gwenllian Anthony of Adwaith

“Band-based spaces can be very male, white, straight and cis” – the Cardiff music workshop platforming inclusivity

February 9, 2022

Launching this month, Pitch In Cardiff is a music workshop scheme centered around making more room in the "stale male" band scene for marginalised people.

Category: Music, Interviews, Community Region: South Wales
Read more“Band-based spaces can be very male, white, straight and cis” – the Cardiff music workshop platforming inclusivity
Pen Y Fan - from the top

A walk in Wales: why Pen Y Fan is becoming a hiking (and Instagram) favourite

January 28, 2022

10Adventures' Richard Campbell explains why Pen Y Fan is one of the best walks in Wales you can do - whether you're an ambitious hiker, Insta addict... or both.

Category: Travel, Features Region: Mid Wales
Read moreA walk in Wales: why Pen Y Fan is becoming a hiking (and Instagram) favourite
Taming The Garden

Trees have feelings too in environmental arthouse parable, TAMING THE GARDEN

January 27, 2022

Arthouse political critque Taming the Garden is a strange, sometimes frustrating film about one man’s arrogant determination to shape his environment.

Category: Reviews, Film, Environment
Read moreTrees have feelings too in environmental arthouse parable, TAMING THE GARDEN
Rhys Mwyn at Bryn Celli

Take a unique tour through north Walian history – ancient and modern – with REAL GWYNEDD

January 26, 2022

From “Roman” steps to 80s postpunk, Anhrefn's Rhys Mwyn will make you keen to explore the northwest of Wales in new travel book, Real Gwynedd.

Category: Travel, Books, Reviews Region: North Wales
Read moreTake a unique tour through north Walian history – ancient and modern – with REAL GWYNEDD
Nails, painted, at Annette's

Are manicures good for wellbeing? At this family-run Cardiff salon, results speak for themselves

January 25, 2022

Emily Edwards checks out a Cardiff Hair Salon who have embraced manicures during lockdown, not only as part of their beauty menu - but as a wellbeing treatment for locals.

Category: Well-being, Features Region: South Wales
Read moreAre manicures good for wellbeing? At this family-run Cardiff salon, results speak for themselves
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