Power StationsWorking Street, Eldon Road, Colchester AvenueThe first public supply of electricity in Cardiff was a speculative endeavour of the Anglo-American Brush Electric Light Corporation. The business, founded in 1876 …
Cardiff has the largest gull population of any city in the world. There are 20 different gull species but two predominate here: the Lesser black-backed gull (Larus fuscus) and the …
CAMEOWellfield RoadOpened in 2015 in the old Halcyon Daze shop, this Roath off-shoot of the members-only Cameo Club in Pontcanna was accessible to all (if you could afford it), unlike …
In a brazenly sham ‘public consultation’, which runs until February 4th, Cardiff Council has been asking residents for their views on the savage cuts it is proposing to make to …
The 1851 ‘Great Exhibition’, organised by Prince Albert (1819-1861) and civil servant Henry Cole (1808-1882), was held at London’s Hyde Park in the ostentatious ‘Crystal Palace’ designed by Joseph Paxton …
Town HallsVarious locationsFollowing the Norman conquest of lowland Glamorgan at the end of the 11th century, the derelict fort beside the River Taff that had been abandoned by the Romans …
With apologies to Noel Coward (1899-1973) ♫ To the tune of London Pride ♫ Cardiff shame has been foisted onto us.Cardiff shame’s in the foul air we breathe.Cardiff shame means …
33 WINDSOR PLACEWindsor PlaceAn 1850 townhouse, used as offices for many years, was converted into the calculatedly posh Bar Essential by Brains in 1998 and all the corny trappings of …
All over Cardiff a not particularly important but still highly irritating misconception is rampant. The city’s area dialling code is 029, yet Cardiff phone numbers are incorrectly formatted everywhere you …
Bute West DockThe idea of constructing a dock at Cardiff established itself in the materialistic mind of the 2nd Marquis of Bute (1793-1848) during the 1820s when his advisers persuaded …