4+ hour, 22+ min ago   (377+ words) Visitors to west Wales are set to experience their own slice of Middle-earth when three hand-built underground ‘Hobbit Houses’ inspired by Tolkien open up to guests this year. Coed Y Ddraig, set amid the beautiful Cambrian Mountains near Tregaron, is…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (550+ words) The National Library of Wales has announced a major new immersive experience that will open its doors in October to celebrate the life and work of beloved Welsh artist Kyffin Williams. The free visitor experience, Profiad Kyffin Experience, commemorates 20 years…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (345+ words) Richard Evans, Local Democracy Reporter More than £2.2 million is set to be invested in transforming long-empty town centre buildings into new homes and refurbished shop units. At a Denbighshire County Council cabinet meeting this week at the council’s Ruthin County…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (1619+ words) Architects behind a dementia care home, a major theatre redevelopment and an emerging designer are to be honoured at this year’s National Eisteddfod. First, the festival’s Gold Medal for Architecture will be awarded to the team behind an innovative project…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (475+ words) A ceramic artist whose delicate porcelain vessels have been praised for their craftsmanship has been awarded the National Eisteddfod’s Gold Medal for Craft and Design. Justine Allison, who lives in Newcastle Emlyn, will receive the prestigious award and a £5,000 prize…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (930+ words) I’m in Tywyn, where the parched marsh is scratchy with heat. A warm breeze rustles the phragmites, Cader Idris hoves into view and now a cormorant flies across Afon Dysynni, like a Japanese print come to life. Cheap as noodles…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago   (474+ words) An award-winning interior designer with a growing roster of clients across the UK has established a striking new studio in the heart of a Welsh city, expanding her team in the process. Mairead Turner, founder of Mairead & Co Interiors, who…...

2+ mon, 6+ day ago   (1044+ words) Jon Gower Portmeirion is a fascinating architectural confection set on the rim of the Dwyryd estuary. Its visionary creator, Clough Williams-Ellis was a human magpie, collecting pieces of buildings or rescuing entire ones to transplant to his ‘home for fallen…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (517+ words) With just over 75 days to go until Wales turns its attention to the National Eisteddfod, preparations are about to begin to prepare local communities for the arrival of more than 175,000 visitors. For several years now, villages and towns across each…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1142+ words) The Green Man sculpture stands on Kilvey Hill overlooking the Swansea Valley. Built in 1998 by Pete Thomas, a local man, he was placed as a sentinel over one of Britain’s earliest large scale post industrial reclamation schemes. Today, the hillside…...