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SEÁN MCGOWAN | LIVE REVIEW Tiny Rebel, Cardiff, Sun 3 June Having sat through two similar single-male support acts, Heartwork and Anna’s Anchor, and not understood a word on …
SEÁN MCGOWAN | LIVE REVIEW Tiny Rebel, Cardiff, Sun 3 June Having sat through two similar single-male support acts, Heartwork and Anna’s Anchor, and not understood a word on …
[wpdevart_youtube]vn9mMeWcgoM[/wpdevart_youtube] Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom **** Dir: J.A. Bayona Starring: Bryce Dallas Howard, Chris Pratt (USA, 12A, 2hrs 8 mins) Look out for ripples in that water cup, the dinosaurs …
[wpdevart_youtube]5i6qITpFFmg[/wpdevart_youtube] That Summer *** Dir: Goran Hugo Olsson Starring: Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale, Edith ‘Little Edie’ Bouvier Beale (USA, 1hr 20min) If you’re a Jackie O junkie, resident of the …
Albums BENIN CITY *** Last Night (Moshi Moshi) Benin City’s third album is a treatise and threnody on London’s nightlife. The closure of places like Plastic People and, briefly, …
DEPOT IN THE CASTLE | LIVE REVIEW Cardiff Castle, Sat 2 June If there’s one thing Depot know how to do, it’s run a festival. After the success of …
Book Club ** Dir: Bill Holderman (12A, 102 mins) Four old friends have their literary and private lives shaken up after reading Fifty Shades Of Grey in their book club. Oh …
[wpdevart_youtube]YKRTCKcdM_8[/wpdevart_youtube] The Double Lover ** Dir: François Ozon Starring: Marine Vacth, Jérémie Renier (France, 18, 1hr 47mins) Opening with a graphic close-up shot of a gynaecology examination and proceeding to …
CARDIFF PSYCH & NOISE FEST | LIVE REVIEW Womanby Street, Cardiff, Fri 25-Sun 27 May The May bank holiday weekend saw the first Cardiff Psych & Noise Fest, which …
Turn of the Screw *** New Theatre, Cardiff, Tue 22 May Turn of the Screw, famously known as the ‘original ghost story’, was originally penned by Henry James in the …
Voices of Cardiff Brian Lee (History Press Ltd) Over the years, Cardiff historian Brian Lee has done a stellar job in documenting the city’s history. Now amended for 2018, Voices …
The Gilden Merkin: Burlesque and Cabaret **** Glee Club, Cardiff, Sun 20 May The Glee Club in Cardiff Bay was turned into a twinkly, velvet draped caberet club as The …
Cafes, Bakeries, and Sweet-tooth Saviours Bakeries, patisseries, dessert shops and ice cream parlours – you’re never far away from satisfying that sugar craving. From the humble Welsh cake to the …
Lone Stag Spirits Gin has been on the rise in popularity of late, particularly before meals as an aperitif, and here in the UK there are now double the number …
Mydidae **** The Other Room, Cardiff, Thu 24 May Jack Thorne’s Mydidae is not one of his most well-known projects to date. The prolific writer of Harry Potter and The …
The Last Ship ***** Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, Mon 14 May Once these isles were a shipbuilding powerhouse, but no more. The UK is dotted with cities and towns where …
May Naomi Kruger (Seren) Naomi Kruger’s debut novel, May, is a triumph. We follow the contours of dementia through our primary character May over one day in an old age …
BLACK PEAKS / CASEY / CHROMA | LIVE REVIEW Grand Theatre, Swansea, Tue 22 May In the wake of one of the biggest weekends of music ever to grace …
THE UNBINDING | THEATRE REVIEW Volcano Theatre, Swansea, Sat 19 May Wrong Shoes Theatre Company, in association with Arts Council England, has done it again and created a moving, …
Thai House 3-5 Guildford Crescent, Cardiff. 029 2038 7404 / thaihouse.biz Food *** Atmosphere *** Considering that the booking for this restaurant was last minute, and that I arrived with only four …
STELLA DONNELLY | LIVE REVIEW Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, Wed 16 May Anyone pondering the origins of Annabel Allum’s angst during her opening slot this evening is presumably unaware …
[wpdevart_youtube]nRRBajXoN4M[/wpdevart_youtube] On Chesil Beach **** Dir: Dominic Cooke Starring: Saiorse Ronan, Billy Howle, Emily Watson (UK, 15, 1hr 50 mins ) Ian McEwan’s superb novella about marriage, sex and inhibition …
[wpdevart_youtube]ersmu1yvUo0[/wpdevart_youtube] Jeune Femme *** Director: Leonor Serraille. Starring: Letitia Dosch, Souleymane Seye Ndiaye, Léonie Simaga (France, 15, 1hr 37mins) In the wake of a troublesome yet humbling break up, Paula (Letitia Dosch) …
ANONYMOUS ICONOCLASTS **** A.I. (Bywyd) You can almost smell the pubs these songs were honed in. At first a seeming tribute to the era of dad-rock, there’s a definite late …