PLAGUE SONGS | INTERVIEW
PLAGUE SONGS | INTERVIEW Guardian cartoonist Martin Rowson’s words and images, Welsh playwright Jon Tregenna’s music and production and two volumes of songs performed by various actors and musicians. …
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HIP HOP FOR BETTER MENTAL HEALTH | PREVIEW
HIP HOP FOR BETTER MENTAL HEALTH | PREVIEW A livestreamed event happening on the last Thursday of October looks set to be a diverse and interesting evening. Organised by …
CATE LE BON | INTERVIEW
CATE LE BON | INTERVIEW Welsh psychedelic pop champion Cate Le Bon recently took to the stage for a behind-closed-doors gig, livestreamed for free in aid of Music Venue …
KOTATSU FESTIVAL 2020 | PREVIEW
KOTATSU FESTIVAL 2020 | PREVIEW The wide and rich variety of Japanese animation is given an annual platform in Wales by the team behind Kotatsu. This year it’s online-only, …
WALL2WALL JAZZ FESTIVAL | PREVIEW
WALL2WALL JAZZ FESTIVAL | PREVIEW “Abergavenny – Home To Great Jazz” trumpets a brief promotional video by the people behind the Wall2Wall Festival. Replete with images highlighting the attractiveness …
IRIS PRIZE 2020 | PREVIEW
IRIS PRIZE 2020 | PREVIEW October 2020, and a festival being moved online generates little surprise, this one very much included. A silver lining to this Covid cloud, however, …
UNIVERSITY AND COVID-19 | FEATURE
UNIVERSITY AND COVID-19 | FEATURE As a new academic year starts, Robert Taffurelli – Programme Director and Senior Lecturer in Media & Journalism at Cardiff Metropolitan University – reflects …
PREGNANCY DURING LOCKDOWN | FEATURE
PREGNANCY DURING LOCKDOWN | FEATURE Back in March, I wrote a short piece on pregnancy during lockdown, as the repercussions of the Covid-19 pandemic began to take hold. Almost …
MUSEUM WALES VIRTUAL FOOD FESTIVAL | PREVIEW
MUSEUM WALES VIRTUAL FOOD FESTIVAL | PREVIEW Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales will host a virtual food festival online on Sat 12 and Sun 13 September via Facebook, …
THE CASE FOR REOPENING WELSH THEATRES | FEATURE
THE CASE FOR REOPENING WELSH THEATRES | FEATURE With shops, restaurants and pubs reopening and children allowed to return to school, at the time of writing things slowly but …
BECOMING AN ACTOR IN QUARANTINE | FEATURE
BECOMING AN ACTOR IN QUARANTINE | FEATURE I’m not sure, to begin with, that I’m happy to call myself an actor as yet, but ‘Becoming An Acting Student In …
STREET FOOD CINEMA: DRIVE-IN | PREVIEW
STREET FOOD CINEMA: DRIVE-IN | PREVIEW Splott Market, Cardiff Fri 7-Sun 16 Aug What we all need now is some uplifting nostalgia to see us through these dark times, …