Our sister group Cardiff Green Drinks will be holding a meeting on:
Wednesday 19th November
From 6pm onwards in the upstairs area at The Yard, 42-43 St Mary Street, Cardiff, CF10 1AD.
For further information please contact Alun Watkins Email......
Lefty nice guys the Bevan Massive Crew is havin a Blogging Gig in Cardiff Bay.
It be happenin soon.
DJ Peter Black be there.
Boom boom, shake the room.
He big nice tie man, wear me shades.
Vicky W of the Bevan Massive Crew be there.
Betsan Bloop be there. She be be be by the sea woman.
Tea be there…. “re fresh ments provided”.
You be there......
It's that time of year again: the leaves are changing, the sunsets fall earlier, and the chill of autumn evenings are punctuated with explosions. Soon Britons will be setting fire to a Catholic bloke.Well, not exactly.Depending on how hot the girls were in your school, you may or may not have been paying attention on the day they mentioned Guy Fawkes. He was the chap who, more than 400 years ago, plotted to blow up Britain's Houses of Parliament with the king and most of the Protestant aristocracy inside.He failed, of course. But for his trouble he was tortured for several days, hanged and then cut into pieces. Afterward, it would appear that someone, somewhere, said to themselves: "You know, that was jolly good fun. But what with all the torturing and hanging and cutting into bits, I...
Ian Rush2.9.08 Watestones am 12:30Despite finding foreign countries a little, well, foreign, Ian Rush is a role model for the footballing youth of today. This is his own story, from his school team in Flintshire, to the dizzy heights of European success with Liverpool, (and breaking a few records along the way), and is a must-have for Liverpool fans and those fervent followers of the Welsh team. Plus, he'll be signing copies in branch at Cardiff on the 2nd September 2008, so come along and meet him for yourself! Mickey Thomas6.8.08 Borders am 12:00Mickey Thomas - Kickups, Hiccups, Lockups - The Autobiography 12:00 pm, Sat 6th Sep 2008‘Maverick’ is one of the kinder words uttered about Mickey Thomas, the ‘Welsh George Best’, during a remarkable football career spanning periods at...
Wife on the Ocean Wave by Graham Ibbeson at Cardiff Bay
There is a full set of photos of Ibbeson’s sculpture here on Flickr.
Graham Ibbeson’s official website contains a wealth of information on his......
The City of Cardiff has been chosen to represent the UK as its European City of Sport for 2009; an award which recognizes the work of professional and amateur sporting clubs across the city.
According to the European Capitals of Sport Association (Aces), several requirements of the award are showing a sense of enjoyment in exercise, a willingness to achieve, a sense of community, learning fair play and improvement of health.
Cardiff Council said the city had been selected to host the £3m UK School Games and hopes the award will mean more money will be invested into facilities in Cardiff to encourage further sports development.
Good news for Cardiff. Good news for Wales. Hopefully great news for Welsh athletes…
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- Minneapolis is fashionable. That vindicates me somehow. Even though I lived in St. Paul. I think it will be a while until Cardiff shows up in a fashion feature. Unless second-rate gothiness on slightly chubby girls becomes the new fashion rage.- There's nothing special about this video. It just amuses...
The Great Welsh Beer & Cider Festival, organised by CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale, will this year be held in June in the larger surroundings of Cardiff International Arena.
Open Friday 13th & Saturday 14th June 11-11
Admission £5 includes souvenir glass and programme
Over 250 real ales, ciders, parries and foreign beers will be available at the festival. The 2008 Great Welsh Beer & Cider Festival will be the biggest event of its kind in Wales and one of the largest beer festivals in the UK. CAMRA will aim to have every Welsh real ale brewery represented supplemented with other breweries from across Britain.
Entertainment will also be available at the CIA this year… Friday night will see Sheelanigig who offer an eclectic blend of folk, jazz and world music as...
HUNDREDS of Cardiff City fans have queued outside a city centre megastore to meet their heroes and get their hands on copies of Bluebirds Flying High, the club’s official FA Cup song.
Popstar James Fox and City players, Roger Johnson, Peter Whittingham, Joe Ledley and Darren Purse turned up to greet fans at HMV on Queen Street, Cardiff, yesterday, May 5th, for the single’s launch.
City centre-back Roger Johnson said
It’s a top tune and all the boys are behind it. I’m surprised to see so many people here but it’s wonderful support.
All we ask is that the fans buy the song and then maybe we can have a double success if it goes into the top 10.
Click on the button below to purchase Bluebirds Flying High on iTunes.
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Join the demonstration against the proposed military academy in South Wales.
Saturday 26 April, Assemble 1.30 pm, Cathays Park (opp. City Hall & National Museum)
The Military Academy is funded by defence multi-nationals like Raytheon, the manufacturer of cluster-bombs, £14 billion is being spent on this huge complex when we need hospitals & schools.
Needless to say the multinationals will be making a large profit on the scheme. It is also the biggest PFI (Private Finance Initiative) in history, and probably the biggest ever award of taxpayers money to Wales:
Why is there always a blank cheque for war, but no blank cheque for vital public services?
Called by the Stop the St Athan’s Military Academy Campaign and supported by UK Stop the War Coalition, CND Cymru, Cynefinywerin...
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Portsmouth and Cardiff are in the FA Cup final. Anthony, if you are reading this you'll want to read up on these teams because this is the match you will be watching when you and Maggie come to visit. Travelling several thousand miles only to find yourself watching soccer in a pub may seem a bit silly, but this is non-negotiable. You will be supporting Cardiff City. This is equally non-negotiable. I'm not necessarily happy about it, but supporting the home team is a matter of health and safety in this country. In the United States, it is a cheeky thing to sit in a bar in one team's town and support the other team, but this isn't the United States; people here don't think it's funny to do that. They will hurt you on principle.For those of you playing along at home, there's this game called...
Cardiff City, the only Welsh football team to take the F.A.Cup out of England, impressively disposed of Barclays Premier League Middlesboro to book a semi-final trip to Wembley and give themselves every chance of making it all the way to the final for the first time in 81 years.
Veteran Cardiff striker, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, admitted he could not believe he was heading for Wembley after helping to dump former club Middlesbrough out of the FA Cup. Hasselbaink admitted:
I am going to Wembley and cannot believe it.
I thought it would be a bad result for Chelsea to lose against Barnsley because I thought Middlesbrough would be more focused and determined.
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Aberdare Blog started as an experiment in communicating views of Aberdare and views from Aberdare. It remains an experiment in communication open to participation. Jane from Mountain Ash blogged the lead story on the Mountain Ash Opencast plans this week. Why not blog your own story from Aberdare today ?
Here is a list of the Top 100 tags used to describe posts on Aberdare Blog… if we haven’t blogged on a subject close to your heart, you can fix that yourself. If you prefer to blog a story with photos or video, that’ll do nicely thank you, send them today.
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WORLD AGAINST WAR
Cardiff Peace Conference
Monday 3 March at 7.30 pm
Law Building
Cardiff University
Park Place
Hosted by CARDIFF STOP THE WAR COALITION
WITH SPEAKERS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE INCLUDING:
HASSAN JUMAA, Leader of the Iraqi Federation of Oil Unions (Iraq)
ROSE GENTLE, Military Families against the War (Scotland)
IBRAHIM MOUSAWI, Editor of Al-Intiqad, Hezbollah Newspaper (Lebanon)
ANNE GREAGSBY, Co-ordinator, No2MilitaryAcademy Campaign (Wales)
PROFESSOR JUSTIN LEWIS, Head of Cardiff School of Journalism (Wales)
Chaired by LEANNE WOOD AM
FREE ENTRY! ALL WELCOME!
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In an artice rant about the proposed new Gaelic channel by the BBC, he only mentions to call the Gaelic language 'obscure' twice in the artice which was dissapointing.Language is a living thing or nothing at all if you ask me. And the rest of us, by a stroke of luck, are in possession of a tongue worth the weight of Ben Nevis in gold.This is often an argument used against any money being spent on the Welsh language, that it shouldn't be supported in any way by the state and that it should be left to fight it out with other languages, which is an argument that one can understand. But then he goes on to say:The English language is our greatest asset and the government spends far too little spreading it even wider. The money spend on Gaels and their obscure language could be spent by the...
I recently discovered a Facebook group for Cardiff Web Geeks. I liked the sound of what they were about:Hey there. Cardiff Geeks was recently formed due to the common feeling amongst many passionate geeks in Wales that there was a lack of community between them. We are comprised of researchers, computer scientists, web professionals and enthusiasts though are open to just about anyone who has an interest in the topics we discuss.While there's a strong (but very small) on-line community of Welsh speakers, usually referred to as the Rhithfro, there's no obvious Welsh (i.e about Wales) on-line scene, neither social or for business, something I find quite frustrating, but I suppose it's not all that surprising. Hopefully, this will change.I wasn't sure if Cardiff Geeks was still going, but...
Yn ddiweddar dois ar draws grŵp Facebook ar gyfer Cardiff Web Geeks. Roeddwn yn hoffi syniadaeth y peth:Hey there. Cardiff Geeks was recently formed due to the common feeling amongst many passionate geeks in Wales that there was a lack of community between them. We are comprised of researchers, computer scientists, web professionals and enthusiasts though are open to just about anyone who has an interest in the topics we discuss.Tra bod cymuned gref (ond hynod o fach) o ddefnyddwyr gwe Cymraeg a elwir y Rhithfro, does yna ddim cymuned ar-lein Cymreig amlwg o gwbwl, unai'n gymdeithasol neu ar gyfer busnes, sy'n rhwystredig iawn ond sydd eto efallai ddim yn annisgwyl. Gobeithio y bydd modd newid hyn.Doeddwn ddim yn siwr os oedd y grŵp yn dal i fynd, ond cefais wahoddiad Facebook ddoe...
You may remember last year that Cardiff, the capital of Wales, was chosen as one of the cities for the Monopoly Here And Now UK Edition. This year, Monopoly has gone global and is launching a worldwide vote to find the 22 greatest cities in the world to be included on the new MONOPOLY Here & Now: The World Edition game board.
Cardiff is once again on the short list of cities, but is currently lying in 64th position out of the nominated 68. Voting started on January 22nd and after March 9, 2008 no further votes will be accepted. The final board of the top 22 locations determined from all valid votes cast will be displayed in August 2008. A full list of terms and conditions can be viewed here.
If you don’t find a city you like on the official list, and you don’t want to vote...
Honestly Guv, we’re not militarist, war-loving type people… we are latter day peaceniks. The snaps are just because we love bronze sculptures. Look there, we have Henry Richard and Keir Hardie, both pacifists.
Thus our conscience does battle with the fact we spend much of our blogging time discussing imagery of war sculptures and memorials.
Photos of Lord Ninian Crichton-Stuart are now available in the Gallery.
The sculpture is situated in Gorsedd Gardens, opposite the National Museum of Wales, in Cardiff.
The sculptor was Sir William Goscombe......
A few turned out (see above) but I fear they were drowned out by the schools protests and insole court protest. In the end Elgan resigned rather than sit through an hours character assassination so the motion was withdrawn. Labour did raise the issue of reopening Wood St/St Mary's to private vehicles immediately following the vote a few months ago however. Senior Officers advise against it on safety grounds so that looks set to be the 'battle' for the next few months."Improve cycling for commuters in Cardiff, keep Bute Park open...
Well have you ever heard of a scheme to pedestranise not being successful? However the echo has a question- has st mary st pedestranisation been a sucess? YESGive us a chance ....hardly finished yet! ring to say YES 08716 930013facebook http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=17842248648 Traffic trial’s cost is £580k – so far Dec 10 2007 by Phillip Nifield, South Wales Echo TAX-PAYERS have forked out almost £600,000 on the controversial trial traffic shake-up in Cardiff’s St Mary Street, it has been revealed. Figures released by Cardiff council show that an initial £400,000 was initially spent on changes which led to the banning of private vehicles from the street in August. Since October another £180,000 has been forked out to alter the two-way traffic system,...
SON: "I'm not being funny, Dad, but when you're shagging your girlfriend, answering the phone isn't really on your mind, like."FATHER: "Yeah, you've got a...
can anyone explain to me how Cardiff Council can move these dormice?Park-Ride Plan to Be Not So Dormouse Friendly - Science - RedOrbitA council spokeswoman said there were plans to make alternative space available for the rodents, a European-protected species, including the planting of so-called "dormice-friendly" vegetation...A 1000-space park-and-ride site proposed alongside Cardiff's Eastern Avenue is set to be given the backing of planners - although protected dormice will not ...www.redorbit.com/news/science/1167302/parkride_plan_to_be_dormouse_friendly/index.html?source=r_science - 28k - Cached - Similar pagesPark-and-ride plans held up by dormice!Sep 11 2007 by Ben Glaze, South Wales EchoA 1,500-SPACE park-and-ride scheme has been delayed after environmental experts discovered rare...
Merthyr people raise a glass in celebration tonight as the local brewery wins the top award in Cardiff at the Great Welsh Beer & Cider Festival 2007.
The Champion Beer of Wales competition has been won by Rhymney Brewery of Merthyr Tydfil with their classic beer, Dark. The competition, run by CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale, was held at the Great Welsh Beer & Cider Festival at Cardiff City Hall today. The beer was judged by a panel of beer experts from a selection of more than 200 real ales that are brewed every year in Wales. The judges looked at the aroma, appearance, taste and aftertaste of the top beers of Wales and came to the unanimous decision that Rhymney Dark was the best beer brewed in Wales this year. The beer is 3.9% ABV.
Rhymney Brewery was set up 3 years in Merthyr...
Cardiff is the Capital for Welsh Cwrw this week as it hosts the Great Welsh Beer & Cider Festival.
The hugely successful festival, which regularly attracts over 4000 customers has been organised by CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale, for 7 years at the historic venue. However thousands of thirsty customers need not fear as in June next year the Great Welsh Beer & Cider Festival will be even bigger and better at the new venue, Cardiff International Arena.
According to James “Arfur” Daley, CAMRA spokesperson, “We’ve had a good few years at City Hall but have outgrown the venue. There is no room for expansion at City Hall and the Festival is getting more and more popular every year. CAMRA will be sorry to say goodbye to City Hall but we’re determined to make the...
The last weekend in November will see time finally called for Cardiff City Hall as the venue for the Great Welsh Beer & Cider Festival. The hugely successful festival, which regularly attracts over 4000 customers has been organised by CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale, for 7 years at the historic venue. However thousands of [...]...
There is a street in Cardiff's Roath (a) neighbourhood named simply The Parade. It gets its name from the days when a girls' college was located on the eastern end of the road and a boys' college on the western end. The street was a popular place for the young men and women to see and be seen.Similarly, parallel street The Walk served as a quieter area for the students to meet, and, in the words of the old lady who told me all this, "do more than look at one another."(a) Roath, by the way, gets its name from the Irish word "ráth" (prosperity). The area was once home to an enormous Irish population. These days it is home to a load of students. I feel as if Cardiff lost something in that...
This city is only as old as the stories that are told about it.I learned recently that Cardiff was established by the Romans 1,952 years ago. Nobody appears to have been keeping records before the Romans showed, so as far as we know Caerdydd (a) is the oldest city (b) in Wales. You wouldn't really know that from walking around. On the surface, Cardiff often resembles St. Paul, Minn., with its relatively wide and tree-lined streets, architecture that tends not to date back more than 150 years and ample parking. It is a city that Welsh people, Welsh speakers in particular, are often eager to dismiss. This modern, always changing, historyless place; it's not the REAL Wales.Of course, in fact, it is. Like the real Wales -- whatever the hell that's supposed to mean -- it's history is...
Cardiff recognised the contribution of David Lloyd George nearly fifty years ago with a prominent statue erected in Gorsedd Gardens, opposite the National Museum of Wales. It has taken London a lot longer to pay tribute. Today at 2pm a statue of David Lloyd George is being unveiled in Parliament Square.
The Lloyd George Society explains the background : “in Parliament Square there is no memorial to Lloyd George there, nor in any other street or square in London. Hence the David Lloyd George Statue Appeal, a charitable trust, was set up to rectify this situation. HRH The Prince of Wales became royal patron and Professor Glynn Williams was chosen as sculptor by a panel of advisers under the chairmanship of Lord Heseltine.”
Commenting on the unveiling of the statue of David...
