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Arts CEATIE CA I A digital storywall has been launched to showcase what is special about the elsh capital and its creative individuals.

The city-based creatives selected by Creative Cardiff a network which connects people working in the creative sector were commissioned to make work which explores what is special about this city in . The pieces included digital illustration, a love letter to Cardiff, a comedy sketch and music, and the new work has been collated on the Creative Cardiff website.

One of the artists was eth landford, whose digital illustrations pictured right showcase prominent elsh women enjoying Cardiff venues. I created four images that depict prominent elsh women enjoying well-known Cardiff-based hubs, she says. The illustrations feature venues Clwb Ifor ach, Chapter, Wales Millennium Centre and Roath Lock, and the women include uth ones as essa, of course, hirley assey, Cerys atthews and more. or more creatiecardiffor k

Standing proud on King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff

Black History Month

PAINT IT BLACK As October is Black History Month, the Royal Mail has unveiled four special-edition postboxes in each UK nation, including one in Cardiff, on ing Edward II Avenue.

The code-activated postboxes are painted black with a gold trim, and each features a gure of signicance to the ritish black community, who has also appeared on a pecial tamp. Cardiff’s postbox features ary eacole, who nursed wounded British soldiers back to health during the Crimean War and built a dedicated place for them to recuperate known as the ritish otel.

“Black History Month is a great opportunity to celebrate the contributions that black people have made to this country over many generations,” says Peter De Norville, head of diversity and inclusion at oyal ail. e are also using it as an opportunity to celebrate the vital work that our black employees do throughout the nation. For more: www.royalmail.com

Education

TOP O TE CLA Cardiff etropolitan niversity has been named elsh niversity of the Year 2021 by The Times and he nday imes ood niersity ide. The et leapt 33 places in the league table, the institution’s highest ever jump in this guide. The award acknowledges the niversity’s progress in delivering on its ambitious strategy and associated range of developments as well as its supportive, inclusive and welcoming work and study environment.

Cardiff et’s performance in this year’s academic ranking is exceptional,” says Alastair McCall, editor of he nday imes ood niersity ide. It is the biggest riser in ales, and the third biggest in the . or more cardiffmetack

Cardiff’s Rugby Codebreakers campaign projected onto Cardiff Castle

Sport

GO TEAM GO ome of the country’s greatest sporting heroes are to be immortalised in a permanent artwork. One Team One ace, onouring the Cardiff ay ugby Codebreakers’ launched on porting eritage ay 3 eptember. The project will raise money to create three statues chosen from sports stars who made contributions playing in ugby League over the past years.

All 3 nominees including the likes of illy oston and oe Corsi grew up within a three-mile radius of Cardiff ay and many battled prejudice and racism before leaving ales to nd fame as ugby League superstars in the orth of England.

The public can take part by voting for their top three. For more: www.rugbycodebreakers.co.uk

Emma Cooney is one of the Heart of Cardiff writers

Theatre

LISTEN UP herman Theatre has announced the eart of Cardiff audio drama series, which pays tribute to the meetings, encounters, and transformative impact of community connection in our extraordinary city. The writers, who are all Cardiff based, highlight the richly diverse perspectives and stories of the city for example, Emma Cooney pictured has written one of the audio dramas, called Goodbye Memory Lane. Her audio can be experienced anywhere, but is also designed as a guided walk through the eath.

“It is a privilege to be sharing with our audiences such a diverse range of stories, says oe urphy, artistic director of herman Theatre. rom panthers in airwater, to the true story of a erchant navy seaman from Tiger ay, to the struggles of integrating lack and elsh identities, there is an amazing breadth of Cardiff communities and individuals represented in this season. At the heart of each story is a life-changing encounter that moment when we connect with someone, or something, that in a tiny or massive way has a profound eff ect on the course of our lives. For more: www.shermantheatre.co.uk

Recycling

TRASH TALK Vegan chef and former Dirty Sanchez star att Pritchard is backing a campaign to e ighty, ecycle’. The elsh overnment is spearheading a new drive to get people in ales to recycle more in a bid to be the world leader in recycling.

The campaign asks us all to make small changes in how we recycle and push ales towards the number one spot. att Pritchard says, oining the collection workers on their round has been a real eye opener. I can see for myself the colossal amount of food waste already being collected from people’s homes, and all this food waste gives us power when it’s converted into electricity for our homes. For more: www.walesrecycles.org.uk DIDYOURecycling two banana peels generates K enough electricity to charge one iPad N OW

Getting wasted: former Dirty Sanchez star Matt Pritchard is all for recycling

City

STREET SMARTS An open call has been put out for artists based in Cardiff to create a unique road crossing for Canton. It’s a partnership between multiartform venue Chapter and Cardiff Council, who are looking to commission a local artist to create a unique road crossing for Cowbridge Road East in Canton. The project is part of a range of improvements being undertaken by the Council, and the commissioned artwork is intended to be both a bold and vibrant addition to the location, and to provide a safe place for people to cross the busy area of Cowbridge oad East. The designs by three shortlisted artists will be presented for consultation with the local community who, in ecember, will select the nal artwork to be taken forward to completion in early . For more: www.chapter.org

One for the road: A colourful design like this would brighten Canton