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A cold snap in late November 2016 introduced winter weather to Cardiff and much of Wales. Subzero temperatures, heavy frosts, clear skies, frozen windscreens and freezing breath, the world turned an icy white. My post on early autumn colours a short while ago looked at parkland towards the middle of Cardiff, in and around the city […]
When autumn arrives in Cardiff, the parklands explode in a riot of colour. As a city rich in greenspace from its centre to its suburbs, most people get to enjoy a part of it. Cardiff Autumn Bute Park is a giant green lung of the city, playing a central role in any Cardiff Autumn. Wide […]
Remember Wales in Euro 2016? Bale, Ramsey, Robson-Kanu’s turn, Allen, Ledley, “Together Stronger”, all that. The 2016/17 football season is now dawning. Over the coming weeks, fans of Swansea, Cardiff, Newport, Wrexham will return to the weekly grind. Hope, elation, anger and despair: a gamut of emotions that typify being a fan. Football moves fast. […]
The old barge, Eben Haezer mattered to Atlantic Wharf. Our small part of Cardiff is a poorer place after losing of one of its few distinctive features. Granted, it’s no real tragedy. Nobody died. Hopefully not even an unsuspecting coot was trapped as the rusty old vessel burped, clanked and went sliding under, one final […]
Photographers need photographers. There’s a large and diverse ecosystem of us in Cardiff, in Wales, across the UK and the world over. Barriers to entry continue to fall with developing technology, meaning more affordable cameras capable of capturing great images, and more people trying to make money from photography. As a medium, the visual image […]
When it comes to hosting big events, Cardiff is repeatedly proving it can cut it. The last few weeks alone proved that authorities in the Welsh capital have what it takes to organise and host major events, both in the middle of the city and right the way around it. A few Fridays ago the […]