The Kids are Alright Liverpool four-piece Clean Cut Kid are anything but. Between them the band’s three chaps sport beards, hair and tattoos evoking rednecks scraping up roadkill for dinner outside an Arkansas trailer. This trades description violation notwithstanding, they
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The Art of Surf Photography with Paul Gill
PAUL GILL IS ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS AND SURF TRAVEL BUDDY. HE ALSO HAPPENS TO BE ONE OF BRITAIN’S TOP SURF PHOTOGRAPHERS. HIS SHOTS HAVE REGULARLY FEATURED IN BRITAIN AND EUROPE’S FINEST SURF PUBLICATIONS. ENJOY HIS INSIGHTS INTO WHAT
Read MoreMini Countryman – The big small car
Liam’s car for July is the BMW MINI, the small car that just got a whole lot bigger and that includes the price-tag Remember The Italian Job? I’m talking about the Michael Caine, Tony Beckley, Benny Hill, 1969 original version.
Read MoreEverything is pixelated
The column that focuses on providing help, top advice and news about your Apple devices, namely Macs, iPhones and iPads. Please send any questions to Steve via the contact details at the end of this article Q: Is it possible
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THE ELEGANT, EXOTIC AND ESOTERIC AT 2017 CARTIER ‘STYLE ET LUXE’ CONCOURS D’ELEGANCE AT GOODWOOD FESTIVAL OF SPEED For more than 20 years now, one of the most popular and stylish attractions at the annual Goodwood Festival of Speed presented
Read MoreRobberflies
FLIES – their buzzing drives us crazy, they insist on walking all over our food and like to lay their eggs in very unsavoury places. Their relations the horseflies are out for our blood. It is fair to say that
Read MoreCulinary Causerie – PLUS your chance to WIN a case of Rocks Sparkling Elderflower
Arthur Neave You may have passed Arthur Neave – it’s the smart newly re-furbished building in Mansel Street – on the right as you drive into town. It must be an age thing as I always think of the antiques
Read MoreRow the Thames
POETRY AFLOAT Simon Fry investigates the literature and history encountered in a fascinating rowing trip Readers of Bay will be familiar with its excellent articles on books, history, stately homes and waterborne activities: rowing trips offered by Row The Thames,
Read MoreBusiness Personality – Alan Brayley ab Glass
ALAN BRAYLEY – A love affair with Building Façades This month’s Bay business personality is the pleasant and personable Alan Brayley, who operates AB Glass from a modern 14000 sq. ft. production facility on the Swansea West Business Park, Fforestfach,
Read MoreThe Lost Treasures of Swansea Bay
‘The Lost Treasures of Swansea Bay’ is the first Community Archaeology project funded by the HLF (Heritage Lottery Fund) project Saving Treasures, Telling Stories. It runs until 13 August 2017 at the Swansea Museum and is a FREE exhibition. The
Read MoreThe dentist will see you now…
THIS MONTH I AM WRITING ABOUT THE SOCIAL HISTORY OF DENTISTRY. WE TAKE IT FOR GRANTED THAT WE CAN VISIT A DENTIST – YOU MIGHT EVEN BE READING THIS WHILST WAITING TO BE CALLED IN! Modern dentistry as we know
Read MoreTips for Summer Reading – The Written World
2017 WINNER OF THE BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE Multi international award-winning Israeli novelist DAVID GROSSMAN has been awarded the Booker Inter-national Award for 2017. The prize is shared by his translator. Grossman’s winning novel A Horse Walks Into A Bar has
Read MoreBaby Driver
It’s been four years since Edgar Wright, the mad genius behind Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, The World’s End and Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, gave us a new film. He was famously supposed to direct Ant-Man for Marvel,
Read MoreRoad trip through ancient Persia
With its desert landscapes and magnificent architecture, Iran – or Persia as it is still sometimes called – is somewhere you have to see to believe. Virtually untouched by tourism and with a relaxed, friendly atmosphere, this really is the
Read MoreBay Gigging
Bay’s GIG REVIEWER SIMON FRY CAUGHT A PERFORMANCE BY A YOUNG MUSICIAN WHOSE RECORD BRAZIL HAS BEEN LAUDED BY BBC NEWS AS ‘AN EXTRAORDINARILY MATURE SONG FOR A 16 YEAR-OLD SONGWRITER’ AND MATT WILKINSON OF NME CALLED IT ‘ONE OF
Read MoreEditor’s Choice – Elle Electrical
I know only too well what it’s like to be a woman in a man’s world, having been in that position in a previous life before Bay. So I was very pleased to welcome ELEANOR DAVIES on board as an
Read MoreGlorious Gloucestershire
LAST MONTH, Bay’s PHOTOJOURNALIST LIZ BARRY AND HER PARTNER GARETH VISITED THE HISTORIC TOWN OF TEWKESBURY IN GLOUCESTERSHIRE TO CHECK OUT A COUNTRY HOUSE HOTEL, SPA AND A CASTLE Tewkesbury Park Hotel Within walking distance of the medieval town of
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