Did you know there’s a book shop in the South Wales coastal town of Penarth that’s just for children? Award-winning Griffin Books in Penarth have expanded and opened a brand new store dedicated to children’s literature, with hundreds of new and classic titles, from tots to teens....
Thanks to Wales Millennium Centre for providing review tickets for Cruel Intentions: The 90s Musical Seductive, scandalous and with a soundtrack jampacked with 90s hits, Cruel Intentions: The 90s Musical opened last night in Cardiff. It’s running at Wales Millennium Centre until Saturday as part of its first UK tour...
Here we go again with another bank holiday and May half term – only four weeks after the kids went back to school after the Easter holidays! The good news is that there’s plenty of family-friendly events happening in and around Cardiff to keep you entertained over the Whitsun bank holiday...
Thanks to Wales Millennium Centre for providing us with review tickets for Chicago Sexy, scandalous and, still packing out theatres 50 years on, Chicago the musical opened last night at Wales Millennium Centre for a week-long run as part if its 2025 UK tour. First staged in 1975, Chicago is...
The bluebells at Coed y Wenallt woods, Cardiff are one of our favourite spring traditions. For hundreds of years, bluebells have magically appeared every spring at the ancient woodland in North Cardiff. You don’t have long to see them in their full glory. They usually bloom from the end of...
I’ve only just recovered from putting together the Easter school holiday listings and here we are again with another bank holiday weekend and plenty of family-friendly events to keep you entertained over the May Day long weekend. I’ve rounded up a brilliant selection of events, from theatre and historical reenactions...
Thanks to Wales Millennium Centre for providing us with review tickets for Dear Evan Hansen Broadway and West End hit musical Dear Evan Hansen is on its first-ever UK and Ireland tour, opening to a packed house at Cardiff’s Wales Millennium Centre last night, where it’s playing until Saturday. With...
I was always a bit ‘meh’ about gnocchi, it had always seemed a bit bland and stodgy. And then about two years ago I discovered Dirty Gnocchi at Cardiff Market and, oh wow, they totally changed my mind on this dish. Turns out, if it’s cooked well, with a crispy...
Thanks to Wales Millennium Centre for providing us with review tickets for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is in Cardiff for the first week of the Easter holidays – and what a magical joy it is. Based on Ian Fleming’s novel and the much-loved 1968 musical, this...
Two weeks of no school is about to begin for most Cardiff kids – and if you’re looking for ideas to entertain them over the holidays and the long Easter weekend, then look no further. Here’s more than 100 ideas for events and activities at attractions in and around Cardiff....
Paid collaboration with Climate Action Wales Earlier this month, we took the My Green Choices Quiz from Climate Action Wales to find out what small changes we could make to help create a greener, cleaner Wales. The My Green Choices Quiz asks you eight questions about your lifestyle, such as...