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What a pleasure is the sight of a beautifully designed book jacket—-and what a potent argument against digital books. On my desk are these three slim, exquisite volumes, each from a different publisher, all lyrical in content and all covered
Read MoreWinter getaways have been a fixture of the Welsh surfing scene for decades. Since the early 60s, surfers have looked to warmer climes for a little respite from the long cold winter months. Destinations like Morocco, the Canaries and Sri
Read MoreThe Netherlands National Circus will be arriving in Swansea at the end of March. Look out for the big-top setting up home on the Recreation Ground on Mumbles Road from Tuesday 26 March until Sunday 31 March. Showtimes will be:
Read MoreAT SWANSEA’S GRAND THEATRE Bay is giving you the chance to WIN a pair of tickets to watch the Solid Silver 60s Show at the Grand Theatre on 19th April. Featuring original popstars of the era, Peter Noone of Herman’s
Read MoreJust for Fun. Here are two starters for 10. Who is Rebecca and what’s the connection between Dylan Thomas and Wynford Vaughan-Thomas? Also, what is the connection between Swansea and Radcliffe Road in Nottingham? There’s a Brucie bonus if you
Read MoreLAST YEAR LIZ PACKED HER CAMERA BAG AND HEADED OFF TO THE TOP OF THE WORLD TO TICK ANOTHER DESTINATION OFF HER BUCKET LIST. After spending a few days in Nepal’s capital Kathmandu, the settlement of Bandipur situated midway between
Read MoreKim Jones’ bike ride this month is in the Scottish Highlands – there is no route – if you want to follow in his tyre tracks you will have to be like Kim and follow your nose Don’t move Jones,
Read MoreFor many, Saturday afternoons in the 70s and 80s meant watching men with names such as Big Daddy and Giant Haystacks sweatily body slamming and pinning each other to the canvas in the wrestling ring. I’m not sure why it
Read MoreEmlyn’s film choice for February is a love story – and, as is so often the case to quote the Bard, the course of true love never did run smooth. If this doesn’t make it to mainstream cinema in Swansea,
Read MoreAs the temperature drops, excitement rises ‘cos you know that you’re going to be surfing plenty over the next few months. You may have to don a bit more rubber and suffer a bit of what the elements throw
Read MoreKilling Commendatore by Haruki Murakami (Harvill Secker £20.00) The mighty Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami enriches his narrative with a strong infusion of western cultural allusions in every book. In his foreword to an early work, Wind Pinball (reviewed in Bay
Read MoreIt’s not every day that a work of art by arguably the most famous living artist in the world pops up in your hometown. But that’s exactly what happened in Port Talbot when the anonymous street artist Banksy decided to
Read MoreHere it is, the second part of the Source of the Tawe walk started by Ian in our last winter issue. He originally thought it would be a 3 Part walk but after careful consideration, he thinks it might be
Read MoreWhen we were working out the schedule for Nick’s articles last year, it was decided that we would publish his travels in Sulawesi in the New Year. Shortly after our meeting, the island was to suffer catastrophic damage following an
Read MoreThis month Liz ponders the subject of time. As we get older it certainly seems to pass more quickly – but maybe that is all relative to our age. A year to an eight year-old is one eighth of their
Read MoreFirstly, I would like to wish all the readers a Happy New Year. I don’t know if it’s still acceptable to say but this is the first time I’m speaking to you all in 2019, so I’m gonna roll with
Read MoreSPANISH FLU November 1918, the guns on the Western Front fell silent ending the First World War, however the world was still at war. The ‘enemy’ didn’t need to use modern warfare to claim its victims, this enemy was the
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