Now in its fifth year, Buglife’s UK wide oil beetle hunt is helping us to understand and conserve these impressive and intriguing insects. Their large, glossy, black bodies tinted blue or purple, long fat abdomens and stunted wingcases make them almost
Read MoreArticles from issue : May 2016
Scaredy Cats
On average Swansea Cats Protection spend £150 on each of their rescued cats, so fund raising is vital and coming up with different ideas can be challenging! Swansea Cats Protection teamed up with RIP South Wales Paranormal Group to form
Read MoreThe Written World
The Way Things Were by Aatish Taseer (Picador £16.99) We welcome a serious new Indian novel by a British/Indian writer Aatish Taseer, whose book The Way Things Were is a work that is as important in analysing the nature
Read MoreCulinary Causerie with Lesley Williams
THE SWIGG I was heartened to find a new addition to the food and drink scene, in the Maritime Quarter, bang opposite the Helwick Lightship. It’s called The Swigg but it has nothing to do with the adjective to swig
Read MoreCooking with Tatiana Bento
Ok, before you all shout out I know that it is unlikely that you are ever going to be able to source a whole kid in Swansea, but you have to remember that Tatiana is in Portugal where it is much
Read MoreMiniature Marvels
Rarely more than a centimetre in length, yet with exquisitely intricate patterns and often rich and beautiful colours, plant bugs (family Miridae) are living proof that the best things do, indeed, come in the smallest packages Like their larger
Read MoreSkin Health
The Grove Skin Clinic, GowertonJodie is an advanced clinical nurse prescriber with over 14 years’ experience. She is a member of the British Association of Cosmetic Nurses and the Royal College of Nurses and regulated by the Nursing and Midwifery
Read MoreDIG IT with Fulke Andel
Well the high winds of April caused a few problems. I now have to re-felt the shed roof and find the owners of a number of council garden waste bags that have blown into the garden. The wet weather should
Read MoreMotoring with Liam Bird
Publishing schedules being what they are I’m writing this at the very start of the motor-sport season; by the time you read this it’ll be well and truly under way. We’ll know if Formula 1’s new controversial qualifying system has
Read MoreEverything is Pixelated
TheBAY welcomes a new contributor to its stable this month. Steve Paris is an internationally published writer, an Apple Certified Trainer, and provides consultancy, training and troubleshooting services to the Swansea area. You can email him at steve@maclore.net or contact
Read MoreFamily History with Charles Wilson-Watkins
It’s Good To Talk THE CONCLUSION OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR CAME ON THE 7TH/8TH MAY 1945. THE COUNTRY CELEBRATED ON WHAT CAME TO BE KNOWN AS VE DAY – VICTORY IN EUROPE DAY, AND THIS MONTH MARKS THE 71ST
Read MoreSurfing with Chris ‘Guts’ Griffiths
Connor Griffiths (Chris’s son) is spending a year in Australia. Here’s his latest news… Week 9 The last two months have flown by. The little cove town house is done for 2016. What an experience. Noosa, fair play you
Read MoreWINTER WALKING IN LANZAROTE
REGULAR BAY READER STEPHEN MILES CONTACTED US AFTER HE HAD PACKED HIS WALKING BOOTS AND ESCAPED THE DREADFUL WINTER WEATHER WITH A WALKING HOLIDAY TO LANZAROTE For those who like getting their boots on and venturing out into the
Read MoreLlys Nini
LOOKING FOR LOVE Llys Nini Animal Centre has lots of small furry friends looking for a bit of love and and a new home. In this our new monthly column we try to match these BFFs (Best Furry/Feathered Friends) with
Read MoreClassic Motors
LIVING THE DREAM This month Ashley brings us an American classic, a 1957 Chevrolet owned by Gary Morgan Gary’s passion for classic American cars started back in the 80s when he invested in a Dodge van, but it wasn’t until
Read MoreGarden Birdwatch
BIRD FEEDING TIPS Welcome to this month’s Bird Watch. I’m one of two Ambassadors for the British Trust for Ornithology’s (BTO) Garden BirdWatch Scheme in South Wales. Subject of the Month: Feeding The types of food you offer your garden
Read MoreHealth & Wellbeing with The Herbal Clinic, Swansea
You may recognise this common weed that springs up from the cracks in footpaths, on roadside verges and in lawns. Native to Eurasia, Plantain is a hardy little plant that will settle in areas where there has been much disruption
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