Top Welsh festival welcomes World’s No.1 Brass Band for the first time
A brass band currently ranked number one in the world is set to join the line-up of a globally renowned musical festival for the first time. Foden’s Band will raise the roof in a concert in St Asaph Cathedral on September 14th as part of this year’s North Wales...
Talented Carmarthenshire carpenter Geraint crafts a new future and clinches award
A Carmarthenshire man who swapped his deskbound office job for a career as a carpenter has picked up an award for promoting the Welsh language. Geraint Edwards, from Llandeilo, fell in love with woodwork helping his grandfather in his shed in Dolgellau as a boy but...
Gwynedd Food Partnership champions artisan producers to keep the Welsh pound local
Members of a pioneering food partnership in Gwynedd heard how a leading restaurant chain spent £1.3 million with local artisan producers last year. Dylan’s, which serves 400,000 customers a year at its restaurants in Menai Bridge, Criccieth, Llandudno and Conwy,...
Hospice super heroes in training for mammoth fundraising trek in Spain
A group of hiking super heroes are in training to trek across the Spanish hills on a fundraising mission for a North Wales hospice. The 14 walkers have signed up to take on northern Spain’s historic Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route in aid of St Kentigern Hospice in...
Ambitious Chester sign new water deal
Ambitious Chester FC have their sights set on promotion from the National League North this season and in a refreshing change to matchday preparations have signed a new water deal. Gone are the days of filling up containers from the tap and instead the players will be...
Young Welsh conductor makes West End debut with singing star Lucy Thomas after rejecting advice of teacher to become a dentist
A talented young conductor from Wales who rejected a teacher’s advice to become a dentist is making his West End debut with singing star Lucy Thomas. Robert Guy, 36, who was recently appointed as the new principal conductor of the Liverpool Philharmonic Youth...
Talented young musicians treat North Wales care home residents to concert “fit for a king”
A talented young harpist swapped Buckingham Palace for a concert “fit for a king” at a care organisation. Bethan Conway was joined by flautist Charlotte Thomas for a series of performances at Pendine Park in Wrexham. The pair are long-standing members of NEW Sinfonia,...
Ceredigion hotel crowned the “Welshest place in the world”
A hotel cum language school in Ceredigion has been crowned as the “Welshest place in the World”. Nia Llewelyn has been running courses and Welsh language “boot camps” at Garth Newydd in Lampeter for the past three years. Welsh learners travel from as far afield as...
Indian choir delights Gwynedd care home residents by singing in Welsh
A choir from India delighted residents at a Gwynedd care home when they sang a selection of hymns in Welsh during a visit. The Mizoram Synod Choir are based in the north-eastern state, an area which has close links with Wales, and were making only their second tour to...
Genesis GV80 drive by Steve Rogers
Who says only the Brits and Germans can build luxury cars. Take a look at this Genesis. Never heard of it? Hardly surprising, there aren’t that many around and those that are will be found mainly in the affluent south. A more familiar name is Hyundai and Genesis is...
