Jodi Bird Named International Voice of Musical Theatre 2019

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A Penarth performer has been named Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod’s International Voice of Musical Theatre for 2019. Jodi Bird, aged 21, wowed audiences and adjudicators with her performances of Woman, originally sung by Stephanie J Block, Tell me on a Sunday by Marti Webb and 14g, a stand alone written by Janine Tesori but made famous by Kristin Chenoweth on the stage of the Royal International Pavilion … Read More

Style, personality and adventure

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Let’s look at the most fun style personality out there—adventure, also known as dramatic, or eclectic. It’s a highly individualised style that can verge on the eccentric! We all have a dominant style preference, and often a second one too, and I often meet clients who have lost knowledge of their own individual style personality. Indeed, you may have many … Read More

Cosy Under Canvas

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Words by John Davies, PV Editor Camping is affordable, good for the body and mind, and gives access to spectacular coast and countryside. Wales is dotted with hundreds of campsites. Here’s three of the best, taking in sea, sky and soul. We’ve compiled our top 3 camping sites this summer for your next adventure, whether you’re looking for starry nights, … Read More

Penarth Summer Festival 2019

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Penarth Summer Festival unveils line-up Penarth’s Summer Festival returns on Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th July! Based on Penarth’s famous seaside Esplanade, Saturday features the thrills of the Downhill Derby soapbox race, with plenty of entertainment, street-food, games and live music before Saturday’s events are brought to a close with fireworks from the pier. Sunday is Penarth’s traditional carnival day, with … Read More

Penarth’s Downhill Derby open for entries

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One of Penarth’s most weird and wonderful events is open for participants.  The Downhill Derby is a much-loved fixture of the summer and returns this year on Saturday 13th July. The annual soapbox race attracts thousands of spectators and entrants even travel from overseas.  Organisers have now opened entries for this year and welcome homemade go-kart racers who’ve never taken … Read More

Too Vexed to Vote?

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Words by Dr Emily Warren Too vexed to vote? I am. For months, years in fact we have been unwittingly trapped in a Brexit Bubble. It’s the one where politicians talk in riddles which start with “let me be absolutely clear,” whilst being anything but; where beleaguered but heroic newscasters like Emily Maitliss and Laura Kuenssberg try their hardest not … Read More

A plastic-free supermarket is opening in Barry

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Hot on the heels of Penarth being awarded ‘plastic-free’ status, two Barry residents, Stuart Burnell and Amy Greenfield, are fundraising to open the Vale of Glamorgan’s first Zero waste store, on Holton Road in Barry. The business, called Awesome.wales, will also host a coffee shop and community hub hosting workshops and cooking demos. Awesome.wales will be a plastic free shopping … Read More