Rugby ruminations

Cardiff is at its most exciting, most good-natured and most Welsh on rugby international days. There is a tangible feel of history in the air as the current generation walks in …

Rhyme line, rhyme

Every year around this time I am in creative ferment, composing my entry for the annual Cardiff International Poetry Competition (closing date March 14th). Organised by Literature Wales and now in its 14th …

Cardiff’s quarries

Did you know that Cardiff has the biggest underground cave system of any city in the UK? I thought not. Uncharacteristically, the authorities do nothing to publicise what could be a unique …

Apart

It’s a question all Cardiffians have asked: “Who the hell lives in those apartment blocks down the Bay?”  Well, after weeks of surveillance watching comings and goings, I have the answer: …