It’s time to rejoice, summer in Swansea is here! After these few months of lockdown, we’ve come up with an exciting line up of interesting and delicious wines for you. Starting with two cool and delicious rosy roses followed by
Read MoreArticles from issue : July 2020
Arena takes shape at key gateway to Swansea
A new skyline is emerging in Swansea city centre, and as shoppers returned to the re-opening retail outlets, they found themselves looking upwards. Their focus of attention was two huge steel frameworks that have been expertly constructed over the past
Read MorePrawns with pasta and seaweed sauce
This month’s recipe comes courtesy of Graffeg’s ‘Flavours of Wales – The Seaweed Cookbook’ by Gilli Davies with photographs by Huw Jones, as featured in Bay’s Dr Alyson Hitch’s book review. INGREDIENTS 400g raw king prawns, shelled 200g pasta 175g
Read MoreLockdown Learning
Liz, has like many of us, used her time in the past few months to learn some new skills. Things I have discovered during lockdown: I am not an artist; the Welsh language is incredibly difficult to learn and Paul
Read MoreDig it – July
Well, what a couple of months we’ve had! I, for one, didn’t see the lockdown happening so quickly – so was not at all prepared from a gardening perspective. Very little compost and only last year’s seeds to use. 3
Read MoreGrease is the word at Ffynone House School
In March 2020, we were fortunate to be able to enjoy Ffynone House’s production of the iconic musical ‘Grease’. Whilst the world seems quite different now, we wanted to share a magical memory with you and say “Thank you” to
Read MoreWelsh Beef Bolognese Pasta Soup
This month’s recipe from eatwelshlambandwelshbeef.com is the perfect comfort food and is kind to your purse as well as your soul. It will feed 4 hungry people but add more pasta and vegetables to make it go further if necessary.
Read MoreHelping you get the most out of your Mac, iPhone & iPad
Q: Windows have Dragon Naturally Speaking. What does the Mac have to help me control my computer with my voice? A: You’re right that Dragon Naturally Speaking doesn’t exist for the Mac, but that doesn’t mean to say your computer has no
Read MoreWildlife you just have to see this year!
It seems that we become blasé about the wildlife we see throughout the year here in the UK and feel the need to jump aboard a plane to a new destination to explore more exotic species. But there is a
Read MoreAudi A6 allroad
The Covid-19 lock-down put paid to Liam’s well-laid plans, but at least the Audi A6 came in useful for the supermarket trips. This was going to be the place where I told you all about my drive to this year’s
Read MoreEditor’s Choice 2 – Smartphone Swansea under lockdown
With only one session of outdoor exercise allowed per day under the lockdown rules, local photographer and regular Bay contributor Nick Smith (pictured right) used his ‘allowance’ to go cycling along Swansea’s promenade, photographing the brighter side of Dylan Thomas’
Read MoreWeird waves and weird times
WELL, IT’S BEEN A FUNNY FEW MONTHS BY ANY STANDARDS. I HAD NO IDEA THAT DAYS AFTER WRITING MY “WEIRD WAVES” ARTICLE ABOUT MY TRIP TO THE BRISTOL WAVEGARDEN COMPLEX IN MID-MARCH THAT THINGS WERE ABOUT TO GET PROPERLY WEIRD.
Read MoreDon’t let setbacks hold your business back
You may have experienced setbacks in your journey as a business owner. When running a business there will always be wins and losses, successes and failures, ups and downs, and many things in-between. It can be easy to keep your
Read MorePwll Du Circular
Ian originally planned this walk for the April issue, so the photographs he took were decidedly wintry. In mid-June Simon and I took our 5-year old grandson on this walk to update the photographs, so what you see here is
Read MoreMediation
A family mediation service can help resolve a wide range of disagreements such as arrangements for your children, financial agreements and other matters. Family mediation can help you to maintain a reasonable relationship and level of communication with your partner
Read MoreHMT Sancta Maria Hospital reopens for private patients
Since March, HMT Sancta Maria Hospital has been supporting the local health board by mak-ing the whole hospital available to NHS patients. As we begin to emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic, hospital director, Geoff Bailey ( right), discusses how the
Read MoreFinancial Support for Business during coronavirus (Covid-19)
We hope you are all keeping well during this challenging time. At Allchurch & Co we are feeling very grateful for our family’s health and the new arrival of Ellie’s son Arthur Thomas Gallagher. However, we are very aware the
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