Cardiff Life
Cardiff Life celebrates the best of city living. Published every three weeks, it includes the very latest on property, arts, dining and shopping, in Cardiff, Cowbridge and Penarth
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WELCOME Croeso
Issue 50...out now!
Stay gold
The corn had already turned a rich late-summer gold when we turned up at Nash Point Lighthouse last month, trailing tulle and tiaras for our first Cardiff Life wedding shoot. The sky, on the other hand, was a rather ominous grey – in Wales in July, what were the odds? – but thanks to photographer Mei Lewis, this just ended up adding extra drama (see page 16). And to channel Stacey, the little bridesmaids were lush . . .
Oh, and speaking of all things gold, this is our 50th issue! To celebrate, we’ve come up with 50 of the things we most like about living in Cardiff – turn to page 29 for our multi-sensory guide to the capital. In other news, Ben takes a look around two of Cardiff’s most exciting new art galleries (page 52); and since we’re still giggling from the Cardiff Comedy Fest (anyone else go to the gala evening?) we decided to ask comedian Chris Corcoran to tell us about his Cardiff life (page 98).
Hope you enjoy this rather special issue!
Hwyl,
Deri
LATEST ISSUE
Issue 50
• Prepare to be swept off your feet by our vintage-style wedding shoot at Nash Point Lighthouse. Even the most dyed-in-the-wool-cynical among us swooned to the romance of the thing
In both senses of the word, really
• Album launches, those ever-frisky Calendar Girls and Santa Claus. Yep, Santa. In August. Coming up next issue, presumably, the Easter Bunny
• Lon Cefnbonc by Stephen John Owen
• The diminutive yet delectable Dylan Moran, sensational Steve Earle and the expeditionary Ellen MacArthur, among many, many, many others
• Ben takes a look at pop-up art in Cardiff. No, not Pop Art. Pop-up art. It’s quite different
• Comparisons with Jamie’s Italian are odious, accepts Deri, who goes right ahead and makes them anyway
• Jackie Moradi of the Village Hotel Cardiff guides you through that pesky midweek dinner party minefield: what to cook?
• Laura Rowe, who allegedly spent an entire day tasting sausage, looks forward to the True Taste of Wales Awards
• Wedding rings and other things, ranging from the just-about-affordable-as-long-as-you-sell-the-car, to the second-mortgage level. Well, you only get married once. Probably
• Kate eats her way through a mini-break to Valencia. And sees Goyas. And the Holy Grail.
• Another jam-packed round-up of news from Cardiff’s professionals
• I t’s Rhiwbina, Siam, but not as you know it
• Chris Corcoran wants to know what ToysRUs is doing in the middle of the sports village, among other pressing questions
