The One Show’s Alex Jones presented the first virtual Bafta Cymru Awards
Out and about
WALK THE TALK
Local storyteller Tamar Eluned Williams has released a Story Walk podcast for people to discover new routes around Cardiff – as a listen-as-you-walk adventure, or to just enjoy hearing stories from home. Pathways/Llwybrau features varied routes in Cardiff, such as greenbelt areas and Coed y Felin woods. Each bilingual podcast will suggest a route for listeners to follow as a way of stepping into the stories. “Responses so far have been wonderful,” says Tamar. “I’ve chosen stories rooted in Welsh mythology, with lots of transformations and fantastic creatures. It’s not a guided tour, but an aural journey.” For more: www.pathways-llwybrau.com
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Cardiff Bay Barrage is one of 14 Green Flag spaces in the city
Landscape
Cardiff’s parks and green spaces now boast a whopping 14 Green Flags. Forest Farm Nature Reserve and Hailey Park have been presented the prestigious accolade for the first time, meaning a total of 14 parks and green spaces managed by Cardiff Council now hold this coveted international recognition. Bute Park, Cardiff Bay Barrage, Cardiff Bay Wetlands, Cathays Cemetery, Flat Holm Island, Grange Gardens, Heath Park, Parc Cefn Onn, Roath Park, Rumney Hill Gardens, Thornhill Cemetery and Victoria Park have all retained their existing awards. “Cardiff now has more Green Flag-standard spaces than anywhere else in Wales,” says Cabinet Member for culture and leisure, Cllr Peter Bradbury. For more: www.keepwalestidy.cymru
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The enchanting Fforest Fawr Sculpture Trail is one of our favourite woodland walks
GREEN SCENE
Everybody’s talking about… At the 2020 Bafta Cymru Awards in October, which, for the first time ever, were held virtually, there were plenty of local success stories. His Dark Materials, much of which was filmed in Cardiff’s Wolf Studios, won three awards. In My Skin received two awards, with its writer Kayleigh Llewellyn – who grew up a few streets away from the Cardiff location where In My Skin was filmed – also gaining a victory. Siân Jenkins, who divides her time between Cardiff and London, won her second Costume Design award for Eternal Beauty, and Original Music was awarded posthumously to Pontypridd composer Jonathan Hill for The Long Song. The awards, hosted by Alex Jones, honoured excellence in broadcasting and production within film and television in Wales and by the Welsh in UK productions and inspire the next generation of creative talent. For more: www.bafta.org/wales
Art
MOMENT IN THE SUN
We’ve all experienced that little feel-good party that happens in our brains when someone flashes a big smile at us. When you smile, the world often smiles back. Suzanne Carpenter of Cardiff surface pattern design studio The Patternistas took on that mentality during the original lockdown and developed a Kindness is Catching design, which was turned into a billboard and poster campaign around the city. The public response, she says, was so great, that The Patternistas have created a print of the design, so that people can keep the message in their homes. “The pattern of sunshine smiles felt like the perfect antidote to the general anxiety about spreading the virus. We rolled out our campaign as part of the Build Hollywood/Jack Arts ‘Your
Space or Mine’ project, helping to bring positivity to the streets. The response was overwhelmingly uplifting.” The prints can now be placed in a sunny spot in your house, and 20 per cent of profits will go to Velindre Hospital. For more: www.patternistas.co.uk
The Kindness is Catching campaign spread joy around the city, and now it’s been made into a print
