Blog posts by year and monthFebruary 2014
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Sixteen spiritual steps to Saint David
It’s around fourteen hundred years since the death of St David or Dewi Sant as he’s known in Wales but other than wearing a daffodil or leek on St David's Day, what do we really know about our patron saint?
Future of Welsh film at heart of St David’s Day celebrations
New Welsh sci-fi action thriller The Machine has been creating a buzz at film festivals on both sides of the Atlantic and now Cardiff audiences will have their chance to see it at an exclusive screening this weekend to mark St David’s Day.
'E.T. galw adref': Elliott speaks Welsh
"Mae Elliott yn siarad Cymraeg?!" (Elliot speaks Welsh?) "Well, yes... well, no... Not Elliott - the actor who played him - Henry J. Thomas Jr." "Really?" "Yes... well, I think so... hang on, I'll find out." That was essentially the gist of a conversation I had in August 2012 with a colleagu...
Mongolian band Hanggai visit Bangor
Didn’t they have a lovely time… when Mongolian band Hanggai arrived in Bangor! A few years ago I presented a series on World Music for BBC Radio Cymru, called 'Beth yn y Byd!' (a play on words meaning What in the World!). During this amazing sonic journey I made friends with a wonderful con...
Some sunshine for St David’s Day
This winter has been very wet and mild - in fact Hawarden in Flintshire was the warmest place in the UK last Sunday with a top temperature of 13.6°C, several degrees above the average which is nearer 7°C.
How Green Was My Valley takes the Oscar
On the evening of 26 February 1942 the cream of Hollywood society – all the actors and directors, the technicians and movie moguls of the film industry, as well as many members of the press and general public - turned up at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles to witness and take part in that year'...
The British Home Children of Wales
If you have never heard of the British Home Children (BHC) then prepare to be amazed by their story - a story that is soon to be told through the artwork of Nerea Martinez de Lecea and Michele Woodey.
The red dragon
Think of Wales and you invariably think of the dragon, the red dragon. Yet Wales is not alone in this. Many other cultures or people have also taken and embraced the dragon symbol, an emblem that has featured quite prominently in numerous ancient mythologies and folklores.
Not couponing - extreme couponing!
Now, you know we love saving a bit of cash on X-Ray, and we pride ourselves on knowing how to do it pretty well. In fact, it’s not often we’re surprised by money-saving tips. But the results of extreme couponing - and we are talking extreme here - have been the talk of the office.