The Vale of Glamorgan Festival celebrates its 50th Anniversary with a full programme of exciting events, bringing the best new classical music to venues across South Wales, featuring works by over 20 living composers to include Dobrinka Tabakova, Graham Fitkin, Ben Wallace, Robert Fokkens, Peteris Vask, and Steve Reich, as well as by the Festival’s own artistic director, composer John Metcalf. … Read More
For the first time ever there is a Welsh language Sofa to 5k podcast and app for Welsh speakers, and Penarth View’s Health and Wellbeing Influencer, Rae Carpenter is at the heart of it! Rae is the Personal Trainer for S4C’s FFITCymru which started at 8pm on Tuesday 2nd April for 8 weeks. She, along with 2 other experts, Sioned … Read More
The concept of Self Care became huge in 2018 and for once, it’s a trend I am VERY happy to back. I’m not one for trend; I back originality, ingenuity, and integrity, but when ‘life’ happens and shakes up your world, sometimes you have to start back at the beginning. What’s great is learning that self-care starts with taking care … Read More
An exhibition by two local Penarth textile artists Carol Bartlett and Haf Weighton which draws on the history of the area combined with contemporary art. Adre\Home will be exhibited at Penarth Pier Pavilion from 12 April until 30 May 2019. The exhibition’s opening party takes place 12 April at 7pm. Playwright Dafydd James who wrote Llwyth\Tribe and Tiger Bay will open … Read More
Shiny Happy People is a parent and baby/toddler singing group with a difference. Instead of being aimed at the little ones the focus is on you! Here’s how it all came about… We are Kate and Stef and we have been friends for almost 20 years. When we hit our joint 90th birthday in 2018 we decided that this was … Read More
Words by PV Influencer Miffy Shaw It’s been a fun 12 months in the Shaw household. My husband Gareth and I have been working hard to finish our home in the ‘gardens’ area of Penarth, ready for some exciting filming as part of BBC 1 ’s interiors show; ‘Best House In Town’. We couldn’t be more thrilled with the results! … Read More
Gillian Anderson already has a connection to Penarth’s Paget Rooms, with both starring in Netflix’s Sex Education. Until Gillian returns to Penarth to film Season Two, audiences can catch her in a live screening of the hit London play All About Eve on April 11th. Gillian Anderson (X-Files, NT Live: A Streetcar Named Desire) and Lily James (Mamma Mia! Here … Read More
Words by PV influencer Angharad Evans We are inundated with a barrage of healthy diets, but what exactly do they entail? And are they right for you? Here’s a whistle-stop tour of the main diets you can implement into your eating regime and the benefits and food types you can use. VEGAN In a nut-shell, this approach features no … Read More
Back in 1994 a group of Penarth parents, struggling with childcare, established a unique venture called Bear Pak. Twenty five years later the nonprofit organization, run by volunteers continues to go from strength to strength adapting and offering a multitude of services to meet the challenging childcare needs of parents, including but not limited to pickups, club/home drop offs and care … Read More
