Articles in Category : Lifestyle & Leisure

Subsequent to my article in the June issue of Bay magazine about a prospective programme of artists’ ‘Open Studios’, workshops and other events on Gower, I am delighted to report that the bid to the Gower Landscape Partnership for funding

Once again I was delighted to be contacted by the Ocean Film Festival with the tour dates for 2017. If you’ve never been along to see their short ocean-themed films then I urge you to put the date in your

Today, we take the care and services that the NHS provides us with for granted, but if you think getting an appointment to see your doctor is difficult now, think how it was in medieval times This month I am

My son Connor is spending another yeari n the land of Oz and is having a fantastic time. Here he updates us with his latest news explaining the experiences he had competing in his first surfing competition for quite some

THIS MONTH EMLYN ROBERTS-HARRY REVIEWS THE BIG SICK – A ROMANTIC COMEDY ABOUT A SUBJECT THAT SIMPLY SHOULDN’T BE FUNNY – BUT IS We see loads of biopics and Oscar-baiting historical dramas with the ‘based on a true story’ label

By the time we reached camp in Mozambique’s Gorongosa National Park, we were beyond exhausted.A sleepless overnight flight south from Heathrow to Johannesburg, followed by another international flight to Beira and a ten-hour drive in a boneshaker Land Rover, most

CHARLES WILSON WATKINS has been doing a bit of digging on Gower farming, to tie in with the 100th Gower Show. Bay magazine will be there again this year – pop along to our stand and say hello if you’re

DO THE LOCOMOTION! SIMON FRY PREVIEWS AN EXTRAORDINARY EVENT Once a year the historic town of Tywyn, Gwynedd (inhabitants 3,264) has its population swell when up to 1,800 runners and their familial support teams arrive for a race with a

When I received Kim Jones’ copy for his bike ride for August, I read it and thought ‘this sounds like a lovely ride’. So as soon as we had delivered the July magazine to the printer in Merthyr, we continued

The Unaccompanied by Simon Armitage (Faber & Faber £14.99) How pleasant it is to settle down with a small bag of M&Ms and a fresh new volume of verse — especially when the poet is Simon Armitage and the volume