Articles from issue : April 2016

The Italian Job – WIN a cut and Sens.Us colour

Icon The Italian Connection Salon, Newton Road, Mumbles

30Mar 2016

Sens.Us has created a colour revolution and Icon Italian Connection is offering one lucky reader the chance to win a cut and an amazing high-performance colour. Italian company Sens.Us is dedicated to creating products that not only produce stunning shades

Year End Tax

with Simon Hodge Coast & City Chartered Accountant and Tax Advisor

30Mar 2016

SIMON HODGE OF COAST AND CITY ACCOUNTANCY LOOKS AT WHAT SPRING BRINGS TO BUSINESS OWNERS AND COMPANIES AT THE START OF THE NEW FINANCIAL YEAR The arrival of spring coincides with the tax year end and the traditional year end

Getting into Spring – the ancient Chinese way…

with Alex wood - Traditional Chinese Acupuncture

30Mar 2016

ALEX WOOD OF THE NATURAL HEALTH SERVICE IN PAGE STREET, JOINS US THIS MONTH. ALEX HAS JUST THE EXERCISE TO HELP US SHAKE OFF OUR WINTER BLUES AND PUT A SPRING IN OUR STEP. The earliest written text in China

Tennis elbow aka lateral epicondylosis with Rosie Jones – Osteopath

ROSIE IS AN OSTEOPATH WITH SWANSEA BODY KINETICS AT THE NATURAL HEALTH SERVICE IN PAGE STREET, SWANSEA. THIS MONTH ROSIE EXPLAINS THE CAUSES AND TREATMENT OF TENNIS ELBOW

30Mar 2016

Tennis elbow is normally experienced as pain over the lateral (outside) surface of the elbow, it usually radiates up and down the arm a bit too. The pain is often described as insidious as it is not associated with

‘Devolution’ or ‘Evolution’ in Health and Medicine?

with The Herbal Clinic, Swansea

30Mar 2016

Year 2016, fertility is declining. For couples who can conceive parenthood is tough – the rate of childhood disease is rising rapidly: childhood diabetes, mental health disorders and developmental disorders are all increasing. An alarming 1 in 40 boys (one

Acupuncture – The Evidence Base

By Tim Wright at Gower Acupuncture (Swansea)

30Mar 2016

Acupuncture is an ancient form of Traditional Chinese Medicine. It has been used for over 1000 years to cure numerous ills and alleviate many pains. Despite its illustrious history it tends to be most well-known in mainstream medicine for primarily

Vegan Recipe

with Rachel Jamison

30Mar 2016

RACHEL JAMISON OF NUTRI BALANCE SWANSEA BRINGS US TWO VEGAN RECIPES THIS MONTH. IF YOU ENJOY RACHEL’S RECIPES, WHY NOT CONTACT HER TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT HER VEGAN COOKERY CLASSES RUN FROM HER HOME IN SKETTY? TO FIND OUT

Dig It

With Fulke Andel Gardening advice for the new and not so new gardener

30Mar 2016

Well it’s time to get motoring with preparing the vegetable gardenfor this year’s crops especially peas and beans. As runner beans are notoriously hungry plants I thought I’d share with you how I prepare my runner bean bed (see all pics right from left

Weird & Wonderful

BAY BUGS with Dr Isabella Brey

30Mar 2016

Flies by name, related to wasps by nature, but largely vegetarian in their tastes and at the same time considered tasty by many, sawflies truly are some of the strangest insects in Britain. With over 500 resident species they are not uncommon, but many lead

Culinary Causerie

with Lesley Williams

30Mar 2016

La Dolce Vita Regular readers will know of my love of Italian food. I would even go so far as to say that it is possibly my favourite cuisine. We are fortunate to have several good Italian restaurants in the

Morning Glory

Surfing with Chris ‘Guts’ Griffiths

30Mar 2016

Living in Wales can mean months of rain, slate grey skies, howling wind and fairly rubbish surf. But on the odd occasion when the clouds part, and the sun peaks its little head above the horizon to illuminate a perfect

The Written World

with Sarla Langdon

30Mar 2016

Attention readers! Please note that all books reviewed in this column in every issue are available at the KILLAY LIBRARY. Just ring the lovely people there on 01792 516820 to check availability. I send them an advance list of the

Morocco – Mountain bike trails with Kim Jones

Frogs and avocados in the north Western Sahara

30Mar 2016

KIM JONES IS A REGULAR CONTRIBUTOR FOR TheBAY ON CYCLE RIDES AROUND GOWER AND THE SWANSEA VALLEY, BUT THIS MONTH HE WRITES ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCES CYCLING IN MOROCCO EARLIER THIS YEAR – A JOURNEY THAT’S NOT FOR THE FAINT

Classic Motors

With Ashley Lovering

30Mar 2016

Ashley Lovering has selected a 1958 VW Type Two Van owned by Tom Verney for his classic motor for April. Unusually this is a work in progress story and not a fully restored vehicle. Tom tells us the restoration story

Motoring with Liam Bird

This month Liam Bird test drives the new Honda Civic and causes a stir in his sleepy market town

30Mar 2016

Honda Civic Type R – not for shrinking violets It’s the looks you notice first, the lingering glances, the incredulous stares, the double-takes, the astonished gawps. Funny, when I drove a lurid green McLaren along the promenade at Brighton no-one batted

Picture Perfect

A profile on artist Chris Garrington

30Mar 2016

“It took a loaded gun pointed at my head to make me follow my dreams.” Have you ever stood in a gallery admiring portraits and wondered if you or a loved one could be immortalised in a painting? Chris Garrington

The Cotswolds

With Liz Barry

30Mar 2016

LIZ BARRY HAS BEEN ON HER TRAVELS AGAIN, ALTHOUGH NOT TOO FAR THIS TIME. THE COTSWOLDS ARE ONLY A COUPLE OF HOURS DRIVE AWAY, AND MAKE THE PERFECT DESTINATION FOR A WEEKEND BREAK All photographs by Liz Spring is a

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