Articles from issue : July 2018

THIS MONTH LIZ REMINISCES ON FAMILY GET-TOGETHERS PAST AND PRESENT. HER AUNT VIOLET SOUNDS LIKE A CHARACTER WITH A COLOURFUL TURN OF PHRASE – I WONDER WHO TOM CHALK WAS. ‘I don’t know when our Violet has time to do

ATTIC GALLERY – the next chapter Mark Rees joins the gang at Bay to keep us up to date with Swansea’s cultural scene. This month he updates us on the changing faces at the Attic Gallery as current owners Alexandra

LIZ TRAVELLED DOWN TO DORSET LAST YEAR TO WITNESS A SPECTACLE OF STEAM. THIS YEAR THE FAIR TAKES PLACE ON AUGUST BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND – AND AS IT IS THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY IT WILL PROBABLY BE BIGGER AND BETTER THAN

Chantele’s (pictured wearing her Ada and Alfred jumper) picks for July are for some of the UK based designers who have benefitted from the ability to set up a store on the internet without the huge costs associated with opening

Regular readers will recall that in our May issue, I reported that I had emptied my jewellery box of all the unloved and broken bits of gold that I either didn’t or couldn’t wear, and took them to NORTHERN STAR

You don’t have to stretch the imagination too far to conjure up an image of the paradise that is the Caribbean. Smoked salmon sunsets, rum punch sundowners, exotic birdsong and tropical flowers. When it comes to putting on a show

This year the annual GOWER AGRICULTURAL SHOW will be held on Sunday, 5th August 2018 in the stunning parkland of Penrice Castle Estate near Oxwich Bay The show is a traditional, one-day event set in one of the finest locations