Articles from issue : February 2019

How to cope with those winter blues

With the Bay Cluster Network

01Feb

Many people feel lethargic during the cold dark months of winter. However with the right exercise and a healthy diet we could help combat those winter blues. It is estimated that over 2 million people in the UK suffer from

If Beale Street could Talk

The Cine Files with Emlyn Roberts-Harry

01Feb

Emlyn’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,

Winter Garden Birds

Wildlife watch with Danielle Rouse

01Feb

Bay is delighted to welcome Danielle Rouse on board as our resident ornithologist in 2019. Dan is a passionate conservationist, with a keen interest in ornithology. She lives on the South Wales coast where she spends much time observing the

Culinary Causerie

With Lesley Williams

01Feb

The Riverhouse I think I may have found another Swansea restaurant that will be filed under ‘reserve for special occasions’. I have previously said that I like to keep some places just for high days and holidays – otherwise how

Healthy Eating or Eating for Health?

With Carmen Gresa-Alemany

01Feb

Bay welcomes Carmen Gresa-Alemany as a contributor this month. Carmen used her own personal experience with health to take on a 3 year course with College of Naturopathic Medicine in Nutrition, making her passion her profession. She is now part

When is it time to make a will?

Wills with Giles Van-Rees

01Feb

Making a will is not top of everybody’s to-do list – it’s hard enough thinking about what needs doing tomorrow let alone once you’ve shuffled off this mortal coil. Your will is your means of controlling how your assets are

Cold Comfort!

Surfing with Chris 'Guts" Griffiths

01Feb

As 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

Quadratum Lumborum

With Tim Wright - Gower Acupuncture (Swansea)

01Feb

Lower back pain is often diagnosed at the GP’s surgery as non specific lower back pain. It’s called non-specific as the cause is often tricky to track down. One muscle that can quite often get involved in lower back is

Are You Ready? Making Tax Digital

With Allchurch & Co

01Feb

We have previously published an article on Making Tax Digital, which is a key part of the government’s plans to make it easier for individuals and businesses to get their tax right and keep on top of their tax affairs.

Helping you get the most out of your Mac, iPhone & iPad

Bay Mac's Help Desk with Steve Paris

01Feb

Q: Your last question about scanning with an iPhone was great, but what’s the best way to transfer these scans or photos so I can use them on my Mac? A: Actually, if you own a Mac with the latest

Looking forward, looking back on another year at Swansea Cats Protection

at Swansea Cats Protection

01Feb

We’re now well into the New Year and already busy helping the many cats and kittens in need within the area – our work barely slows down for any national holiday! So while we’re certainly looking forward to what we

Vote to WIN

With the Golden Chopsticks Awards

01Feb

The “Oscars of Oriental cuisine” The Golden Chopsticks Awards is back with a bang for the second year running and we want to make sure that Wales’ finest Oriental eateries are included in the line-up. Devised by TV host and

Have you thought of Becoming a Magistrate?

With the West Glamorgan Branch

01Feb

The West Glamorgan Bench are currently recruiting new magistrates. Magistrates are volunteers who hear cases in their community. The courts need to recruit applicants from across the spectrum of society and almost anyone can apply to become a magistrate although

In memory of Jon Lewin

With the Bay team

01Feb

Last month, Bay heard the incredibly sad news that photojournalist and cook JON LEWIN had died while surfing in Sri Lanka. You may remember that Jon contributed to our magazine for some years, collaborating with chef Tatiana Bento to provide

From a personal perspective…

Exercise and Parkinson's Disease

01Feb

MOLLY is a physiotherapist with special interest in neurology, helping people with Parkinson’s Disease (PD). I’ve decided to pause from the series of articles on the seven core principles of PD Warrior and look at the experiences of my past/present

The Written World

with Sarla Langdon

01Feb

Killing 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

Worried your BMI may bar you from surgery? A Swansea-based clinician shares some advice

With the Sancta Maria Hospital

01Feb

Dean Boyce (pictured right) is Clinical Lead for Plastic Surgery at The Welsh Centre for Plastic Surgery & Burns, a Council Member and Chairman of Education and Training for the British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgeons, and a

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