Articles in Category : Lifestyle & Leisure

A MYSTERY IN SINGLETON PARK At 250 acres, Singleton Park is the largest park in Swansea. Originally it was known as the Singleton Estate and comprised of 12 farms; it was owned by the Vivian family. In 1919 the estate

Last year Liz travelled to Southern Spain to explore the towns of Andalucia. We covered Seville in our February issue and this month we visit Ronda Ronda is one of Spain’s most ancient towns, perched on top of a deep

CHRIS GUTS AND HIS SURFING MATES DROVE TO SNOWDONIA’S WAVEPOOL FOR SOME MUCH NEEDED SURF WE ARE OFFICIALLY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BEST SUMMER WEATHER FOR OVER 40 YEARS, AS HIGH PRESSURE HAS TAKEN UP RESIDENCE OVERTHE UK FOR

The Golden Man Booker Prize Winner The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje (Bloomsbury Publishing) is the worthy winner of the Golden Man Booker Prize, award-ed to the best of the 51 prize winners since the inception of the prize. From the

Danielle of the Mumbles Rowing Club updates us on what they have been getting up to recently What a stunning summer we are having. We are so lucky to live here in Swansea Bay – and there is no better

Here’s a question for you: If you were in a cafe and outside sitting at one of the tables you saw a dusty, dishevelled cyclist of unknown nationality sipping coffee and eating cake, would you go and talk to him?

Emlyn’s choice of film for his cinema review in this issue is sure to come to the cinemas in Swansea. The Peter Pan of cinema AKA Tom Cruise – (what is his anti-aging secret?) stars in another Mission Impossible film

Mark has been exploring the exhibition of N S Harsha’s installations at the Glynn Vivian Gallery – not just for adults, they are the perfect introduction for children, to the world of art. As I walked towards the Sky Gazers

LIMESLADE ROCK POOL You can play water.   The first stone dropped into the rock pool makes a musical note. Then a second. Deep bass pianos in the shadows, the shallows offer high peals. We find more stones, limestone, flint,

This issue, Chantele continues in her quest to find some of the best UK independent designers. While their products may be a bit more expensive than the High Street stores, you can be sure of getting something a little more

There’s nothing better than getting out into the African bush on safari. And, it seems, there’s no place better to check the Big Five off your list than South Africa’s Sabi Sands Nature Reserve. But, there’s so much more to

Back in 1948, as a nation struggled to overcome the ravages of war, some of Britain’s more visionary towns and cities had the same idea: to launch an annual festival of the arts. Swansea was one of them. From Edinburgh

FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE Liz and her husband have recently celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary and last month went on their second honeymoon. Their first one sounds a bit of a nightmare – but at least their marriage survived