A Resolution to Write
Father Andrew Pearce, Rector of Bishopston makes his debut message to TheBAY readers a reassuring one. Just remember to make every day a New Year’s Day and refresh your resolutions daily!!
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The Written World - February 2012
The Written World - With Sarla Langdon
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Valentine's Day - by P J Vanston
Regular contributor P J Vanston takes a look at the origins of Valentine’s Day and I’m sure I won’t be alone in concluding that he considers it all a bit soppy!
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Llangenith super session
Well, this winter so far has been the warmest since records began - or so the nice weatherman on the telly told me recently.
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Book Reviews for December 2011
Here are some of the finest books published last month, Christmas gifts that your bookish friends will treasure—the absolute crème de la crème of literary output.
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Santa and Sam. A Seasonal Suprise...
Recounted by Rob Morgan.
Strange things happen in the grotto. Well this year, as for so many years past, I'm about to go through my annual phase of being Santa in and around these parts.
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Petra Rediscovered
Last month, Liz Barry journeyed to Jordan and spent some time discovering the ancient city of Petra where as recently as the 1980s the Bedouin lived in caves, carved from the sandstone cliffs.
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The Latest Literary Books for Christmas 2011
Publishers across the UK have risen to the Christmas challenge with a crop of extraordinarily good fiction – ideal gifts for 2011.
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Mumbles Gower Oceanfest
Well after a two week hiatus because of hurricane Katia, the Oceanfest competition at Langland eventually ran...
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Day trip to Lundy Island
It had been a very long time since I visited Lundy Island, so long in fact that I couldn’t really remember anything about it...
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The Attic People
Take some innovative minds, give them a fair bit of spare time and a stipend of money every three months and with enough drive and enthusiasm, you should be able to create something unique.
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Badger's Album Choice - Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto
Badger’s selection this month will be a challenge if you have to ask for it by name – thank goodness we can
download it without making ourselves look silly!
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Chasing the Northern Lights
Liz Barry loves to travel and has been to many countries around the world, but she still has a wish list! On her to do list was witnessing the Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights and earlier this year she got her wish.
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Cardigans...for men?
It seems that men are wearing cardigans again. I remember knitting a Starsky and Hutch style cardie for my loved one only for it to be relegated to the back of the wardrobe as “men don’t wear cardigans until they are old”! Chantele has been seeking out the coolest knitwear for the winter and has found plenty that don’t need to be accessorized with a pipe and slippers!
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Liz Barry visits... Bryher
What are the odds of meeting someone on holiday who has a connection with home? Liz Barry experienced this situation on a visit to the Scilly Isle of Bryher earlier this year.
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Badger's Album of the Month - James Morrison - Awakenings
James Morrison has returned with a new album - The Awakening is his first album for three years
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Mother's Little Helper, Part One
Part one of PJ Vanston's short story....
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Seashore Safaris By Judith Oakley
John Ashley has several times confessed to retaining his boyhood hobbies – it seems that rock pooling was a favourite and still may be!
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The Booker Prize 2011 Candidates Reviewed
This month, Sarla Langdon has some light reading - she's read the entire Booker Prize Longlist!
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Mother's Little Helper Part Two
Last month we left Gwyneth, our unlikely drug dealer gaping in shock when gangland bosses catch up with her at home. Continuing well-known Swansea author PJ Vanston’s farcical comedy
Mother’s Little Helper (Part 2)
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The Boy's Trip
This month Chris ‘Guts’ Griffiths goes North on a boy’s trip away – a real father and son break where they all have a ball!
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Liz Barry visits Kinsale
Liz Barry visited the town of Kinsale in the Republic of Ireland and discovered some of the great things going on in October.
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Bay Beats - The Adelines
Hashim Piperdy continues his search for local bands worth seeking out. This month he’s been talking to The Adelines.
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Badger's Album of the Month - Charlie Simpson - Young Pilgrim
Time for the music to grow up!
Badger’s choice this month may not make ‘Busted’ fans happy but will the rating please his heavier following?
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Badger's Album Choice - Will Young - Echoes
Badger’s selection this month is sure to be a hit. It seems impossible that it’s been 10 years since Will Young won Pop Idol – doesn’t time fly?!
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Prepare to get Your Feet Wet!
Last month, local author PJ Vanston joined Judith Oakley on a seashore safari and discovered that there is more going on around our coastline than meets the eye.
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Compare The Miaccats....
Hashim Piperdy met up with Swansea Ska Band Miacca
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Liz Barry Canvases Available to Purchase
Liz Barry canvases available to purchase.
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It's Shoe Time!
Shoes can make or break an outfit and sometimes the cost of the 'right' shoes can break the bank! Chantele Cross-Jones has been looking at what's available on a budget.
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Swansea's Got Talent?
With Stand-Up Comedy being described as the new rock 'n' roll, isn't it time you went to an event... or even had a go yourself?
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In the Summertime...
What do Chris 'Guts' Griffiths and Mungo Jerry have in common?
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Geocaching - 21st Century Treasure Hunting
Geocaching is a game of high-tech hide and seek, combining the pleasures of orienteering and treasure hunting – Carl Ryan has been bitten by the bug!
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Bantry Bay - Golfers' Paradise
During her stay in Ireland earlier this year Liz Barry took the opportunity to visit Bantry Bay and its golf course.
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The Written World
The Written World - With Sarla Langdon
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Liz Barry Visits The Scily Isles
A short plane journey from mainland UK, a leisurely ferry crossing or for the more adventurous a helicopter flight, will transport you to a different time and place where life is slower, skies seems endless and the sea shimmers across deserted white sandy beaches.
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The Slip Scandal
How Will the Council's Adoption of the Slip Road in Langland Affect Surfers?
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Meet Greg Healey - Everest Climber
In April I got a call from a gentleman who asked if I would be interested in a story about his son Greg Healey. He was on Mount Everest and hoped to reach the summit on or around May 26th...
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Liz Barry Visits Cork
This month Liz Barry explores the city of Cork and discovers just how easy it is to pop across the Irish Sea and experience the craic.
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White Dice
Life is busy for local band, White Dice who are currently working on their second album, but they took time out to chat to Hashim Piperdy for The Bay.
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No Obligation
Live music has always been an important part of the Swansea arts scene – and this month Hashim Piperdy caught up with No Obligation and found out that life isn’t all rock and roll for an unsigned band.
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Bra Fitting
Fashion with Chantele Cross-Jones
This month Chantele has been doing a spot of mystery shopping for underwear - gentlemen will now turn the page – real men will look at the pictures. There really is no excuse for not having fabulous underwear on every day; it’s available on the High Street or in specialist shops with prices to suit all budgets.
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Santorini
Liz Barry is never happier than when she is travelling with her camera – here she visits the Greek Island of Santorini – I defy anyone not to be envious!
Santorini -Tremors, tourists, tavernas
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Springtime in Paris
“I love Paris in the Spring time.” So goes the Cole Porter song and I have to agree! We recently spent a couple of days taking in the sights of France’s capital city and enjoyed the whole tourist experience.
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Buffalo Bill Comes to Town!
Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show Comes to Town!
Tuesday 14th July 1903
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Guts Goes on a Road Trip
Guts goes on a road trip to a favourite surfing spot –
but he’s keeping the location to himself!
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Eco Friendly Fashion
Chantelle Cross-Jones joins us this month to bring us the latest news from the catwalk
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Triumph for Wales at Big Wave Tow surfing event
Welsh surfers have a long history of success in major international surfing contests, dating back to the seventies when Pete Jones was crowned the "King of Europe"
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Swansea boys shine at the Brits
Chris Guts Griffiths successfully defends the British stand up paddle board crown.
Swansea's Chris Guts Griffiths made it two British titles in a row (and his 12th overall) at a packed Fistral Beach, Cornwall over the August bank holiday.
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Eyes along the coast
The National Coastwatch Institution (NCI) is a voluntary organisation set up in 1994 to restore a visual watch along UK shores
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Cambodia
Ancient Culture - modern carnage
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Adult Education
It’s a shame in a way that we can’t live our lives backwards .
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