Articles in Category : Lifestyle & Leisure

I was contacted last month by readers Mr & Mrs Evans of Tycoch who wanted to know if I had any knowledge of the tree circles planted in the grounds of Sketty School. I went to the original Sketty School

New research has found that 83% of British travellers would prefer a UK staycation than a holiday abroad this year. Staycations became the thing to do in 2020 especially in Swansea, with Gower named the best staycation location in the

Gower College Swansea’s international students, who are aged between 16 and 18, come from countries all over the world. This year we have students from Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, Denmark, Germany, Romania, Russia and the United Arab

What’s your special No. 1? Mr and Mrs R. Harris contacted the Bay Magazine. This April, they will be celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. They wanted to know who was number one at the time of their wedding, 17th April

Tube riding is considered the ultimate manoeuvre in surfing. This is where a surfer positions himself behind the heavy pitching lip of a breaking wave and actually rides inside the space created behind it. Unfortunately, due to the large continental

During the recent winter, local photographer (and Bay regular) Nick Smith walked more than a thousand miles along Swansea’s seafront and surrounding areas in search of images for his new book of smartphone lockdown photography ‘Winter Bay’. Bay editor Lesley

While cinemas remain closed, we are still reliant on our televisions for small screen entertainment. Here are three more suggestions from Emlyn that he thinks you might enjoy. Le Mans ’66 Lousy title, very entertaining movie. Called Ford v. Ferrari

Ian takes us on a circular walk that will be familiar to many. With the current restrictions on how far we can stray from our homes, we are all making the most of our beautiful coastline. This walk takes in

Enough was enough! And Brian’s mother had had enough. She wasn’t having any of this nonsense giving her boy ideas above his station. She’d changed his nappies for goodness sake. Nothing very Messiah-like about those. Now that might have been

This article by Liz was due to be published last April 2020, but of course the world was turned on its head and that issue was never circulated. So here is the continuation of her Thai island hopping adventure. If

This month Charles looks into the origins of the phrase ‘Sweet FA’ and some ‘murder stones’ that can be found locally. SWEET F. A., that’s grabbed your attention! We will find out the origins of this saying which is commonly

This month we meet the superstars of the frozen north in the form of the Arctic dog, find out what makes the humble bumble bee so special, travel the world with Pan Am’s legendary air stewardesses, and take a look