Who was the first Welsh footballer who successfully crossed the Manchester divide to become a hero on both sides of the city? MANCHESTER UNITED and Manchester City renew one of world football’s great rivalries at Old Trafford today – but more than a century before Ryan Giggs, Erling Haaland or even the Premier League existed, […]
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Roald Dahl Story Day
Roald Dahl and the Cardiff Connection ROALD DAHL STORY DAY is celebrated around the world on September 13 – but many readers of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda and The BFG may not realise that the story of one of the world’s most famous children’s authors began in Cardiff. Born in the Welsh capital […]
Ironman Wales 2026
Your One-Stop Guide to This Sunday’s Grueling Ironman Wales Event in Tenby WHILE most of us are still tucked up in our beds on Sunday, thousands of athletes and spectators will descend on Tenby as one of the toughest events on the Welsh sporting calendar returns to Pembrokeshire. IRONMAN Wales 2026 takes place on Sunday, […]
Don’t Panic, Bluebirds!
Your One-Stop Match-Day Guide to Bolton Wanderers v Cardiff City “DON’T PANIC,” is the message to fans from head coach Brian Barry-Murphy as Cardiff City head to Bolton Wanderers still searching for their first victory since returning to the Championship. The Bluebirds have drawn four and lost two of their opening six league games and […]
Wrexham Hammered!
Wales’s Hollywood Dream Team Suffer Rude Awakening WREXHAM’S remarkable rise through English football suffered one of its most sobering nights as Phil Parkinson’s side were beaten 6-0 by West Ham United at the London Stadium. We asked before the game whether facing one of the Championship’s promotion favourites might represent Wrexham’s biggest challenge since the […]
Cardiff Pop Culture Invasion!
Comics, Cards, Collectables, Cosplay & Colourful Creations all on Cardiff Met Campus IF comics, film, LEGO creations, Pokémon cards or collectables are your thing, Cardiff has an unusually packed weekend in store this weekend. Three events are heading to the National Indoor Athletics Centre (NIAC), Cardiff Met Cyncoed Campus, 9 Cyncoed Road, Cardiff CF23 6XD, […]
Manics Back to the Future
Your One-Stop Guide to The Holy Bible Live and the Manics’ 2026 Touring Plans MANIC STREET PREACHERS have announced a major new live release revisiting one of the most celebrated – and darkest – albums of their career. The Holy Bible Live will take listeners back to the Welsh band’s sold-out 2014 tour, when they […]
St Fagans Food Festival
Your One-Stop Guide to St Fagans Food Festival 2026 ONE of Wales’s most popular food events returns to St Fagans National Museum of History this weekend, with more than 80 food, drink and craft stalls filling the museum grounds. The St Fagans Food Festival 2026 takes place on Saturday and Sunday, September 12 and 13, […]
It’s Hammer Time!
Friday Night Football… Will West Ham be Wrexham’s Biggest League Challenge of the Hollywood era? WEST HAM UNITED welcome Wrexham to the London Stadium on Friday night in a fixture which provides another extraordinary marker of just how far the Welsh club have travelled since their Hollywood takeover. Little more than five-and-a-half years after Ryan […]
Ashley Williams is back
WHY HAS ASHLEY WILLIAMS JOINED CRAIG BELLAMY’S WALES COACHING TEAM? Former Wales captain Ashley Williams is back with the national team after being appointed to Craig Bellamy’s coaching staff ahead of Wales’s forthcoming UEFA Nations League campaign. Williams has joined the senior set-up as an assistant coach alongside Alan Sheehan, with the pair added to […]