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Buying Art Where to buy art. Pitfalls to avoid COLLECTING ART CAN NOT ONLY ENHANCE YOUR HOME BUT BE A HUGELY ENRICHING HOBBY. HOWEVER, IT CAN BE HARD TO KNOW WHERE TO BEGIN. DAVID AND ALEXANDRA ROE, DIRECTORS OF SWANSEA’S
Read MoreBIRD OF THE MONTH FOR OCTOBER: COAL TIT Welcome to this month’s Bird Watch. I’m one of two volunteer Ambassadors for theBritish Trust for Ornithology’s (BTO) Garden BirdWatch scheme in South Wales. Each month I introduce you to a bird or
Read MoreDaniel Hill started making furniture for a living almost 10 years ago to the day and set up New Red Furniture at their Mumbles workshop in 2008. New Red Furniture specialise in high quality bespoke free-standing and fitted furniture in
Read MoreWHY BUY ART? DAVID ROE, DIRECTOR OF SWANSEA’S ATTIC GALLERY, SAYS THAT A WALL WITHOUT PICTURES IS LIKE A BOOKCASE WITHOUT BOOKS. HERE HE EXPLAINS THE VALUE OF COLLECTING ART Picture this: you are redecorating your home, or have bought
Read MoreSPOTLIGHT ON LETTINGS Rent Smart Wales launches ahead of Landlord Licensing in October Advises lettings expert Hannah McCartan, McCartan Lettings, Killay ‘RENT SMART WALES’ HAS NOW BEEN LAUNCHED BY HOUSING MINISTER LESLEY GRIFFITHS AHEAD OF THE HOUSING (WALES) ACT 2014
Read MoreThe best of bugs The word ‘bug’ usually brings to mind one of four things: a recent unspeakable disease and the evil microorganism that caused it, an annoying problem that is slowing down the laptop, a secret service listening device,
Read MoreGardening Advice for the NEW (and not so new) Gardener During September, there’s not as much to do in the flower garden, other than dead-heading and weeding. However, if you have a fruit or vege-table patch, you should be busy
Read MoreWelcome to this month’s Bird Watch. I’m one of two volunteer Ambassadors for the British Trust for Ornithology’s (BTO) Garden BirdWatch Scheme in South Wales. Each month I introduce you to a bird or other animal that you might see
Read MoreTHREE EXECUTIVE PEDIGREE CATS IN THIS MONTH’S EDITION LET’S MEET POSHER BREEDS OF MOGGIE (SORRY CATS), LOOKING AT A FEW DIFFERENT BREEDS EACH MONTH Although I am a cat lover I don’t have a pedigree cat! All eight of mine
Read MoreDIG-IT Gardening advice for the new (and not so new) gardener Well, at the time of writing (mid July), the weather has been dreadful – so much for July being a hot and balmy month! My poor bedding plants looked
Read MoreARE YOU A LANDLORD? Be aware of imminent changes to lettings legislation says Hannah McCartan McCartan Lettings, Killay THE LEGISLATION – THE HOUSING (WALES) ACT 2014 – gained Royal Assent last September and is due to come into effect this October. It
Read MoreHoverflies – The Great Pretenders It is a sunny summer’s day and you are walking along a scenic path fringed with wild flowers. Suddenly a black and yellow insect flies up from a flower and hovers on the spot, right
Read MoreTaming your feral or stray cat It’s not easy to make friends with a stray or semi feral cat; a cat will be thinking who is this big thing trying to pick me up? Their defence mechanism will kick in
Read MoreSpecies of the month: Domestic Cat Welcome to this month’s Bird Watch. I’m one of two volunteer Ambassadors for the British Trust for Ornithology’s (BTO) Garden BirdWatch Scheme in South Wales. Each month I introduce you to a bird or
Read MoreSPOTLIGHT ON LETTINGS Change in Regulations brings Landlord Licencing to Wales Lettings expert, Hannah McCartan, Director of multi-award winning agency McCARTAN LETTINGS, explains that changes to regulation in Wales will require all Landlords to be registered and if they manage
Read MoreDR ISABELLA BREY’S INSECTS FOR JULY ARE THE SEEMINGLY MAGICAL DRAGONFLIES AND DAMSELFLIES – BUT NOT EVERYTHING IN THE GARDEN IS LOVELY Of Damsels and Dragons On sunny summer days near lakes and streams, dragonflies delight with their spectacular aerobatics
Read MoreGardening advice for the new (and not so new) gardener Well we’ve experienced some extremes, weather wise over the last few months! A fantastically warm April, a colder than normal May and so far a windy June. However, according to
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