Articles in Category : Lifestyle & Leisure

As days get shorter and the weather cooler, one of my favourite seasons arrives: autumn or as it is known in America the Fall. I have just returned from several weeks visiting friends in the US where I experienced this

There’s nowhere on earth quite like Canada in the winter. With its vast snow-strewn landscapes, frozen lakes and frosty forest trails, Canada is the definition of the Great Outdoors. Bay’s Nick Smith packed his cameras, notebooks and polar exploration gear,

Reaching your half century is a mile stone in your life. Some mark it by going on an exotic holiday, others by throwing a big party – Liz Hinds wrote a book. “Muriel was carrying a Marg Simpson cake with

PUSHKIN CHILDREN’S BOOKS —– ONCE AGAIN, THE FINEST CHRISTMAS GIFT CHOICES This year, Pushkin Press, offers once more, a selection of exceptional children’s books, ideal for the kids to curl up with and equally suitable for reading out aloud. Winter

CHARLES HAS BEEN LOOKING AT THE HISTORY OF SOME OF OUR CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS AND DISCOVERS THAT SOME OF THEM AREN’T THAT ANCIENT AFTER ALL. Christmas as we know it today, doesn’t have such a long history – most traditions are

THE SUEZ CRISIS In our August/September issue Bay’s family history contributor Charles Wilson Watkins, requested that any readers with information on the Suez crisis of 1956 to get in touch. WILLIAM EVANS of Brynmill contacted us to say that he

Across the bay from Swansea lies one of the most industrial areas in South Wales. Port Talbot is home to many engineering factories and one of the largest steelworks in Europe. It is also home to one of Wales’ premier

Emlyn’s choice of film for November is a big screen version of Lynda La Plante’s 1980s TV drama about four villainous widows, and features Mr ‘I will find you, and I will kill you’ Liam Neeson. What’s not to like?

If Chantele gets her way, we’ll all be ditching the jeans and donning a dress this season I love wearing dresses, pretty much all year round. They are feminine and chic, practical for all occasions and thanks to the huge

The Booker Prize 2018 was won predictably by a woman writer, Anna Burns for her novel Milkman, set in Northern Ireland. As a voice of the Irish troubles, Anna Burns joins a seriously illustrious panel; she also carries on the