Blog posts by year and monthFebruary 2010
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Weekend weather forecast
The forecast hasn't quite gone according to plan today with rain on the North Wales coast and in North East Wales. The rain will slowly ease and move away this afternoon with a few showers following. Further south and west - drier and brighter with some sunshine and a scattering of showers. ...
Wales Music Day
So, here we are, a handful of days away from Wales Music Day, BBC Radio Wales' inaugural celebration of Welsh music's contribution to Welsh culture and the economy, on St David's Day 2010. I had the idea a couple of years ago: a flag day for Welsh music staged by the national station. It would ...
Cable flies the flag for Welsh music
Stuart Cable returns to BBC Radio Wales on St David's Day to help celebrate the station's first ever Wales Music Day. The ex-Stereophonics man will be joining Roy Noble on Monday to chew the fat on all things Welsh music. Read the full story here
John Cale interview
In the run-up to John Cale's performance of his seminal Paris 1919 album at London's Royal Festival Hall, BBC 6Music caught up with the ex-Velvet Underground man. Read the full interview here.
Michael Sheen attends Alice in Wonderland royal premiere
Welsh actor Michael Sheen joined the likes of Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter and Anne Hathaway at last night's royal premiere of Alice in Wonderland in Leicester Square. Alice in Wonderland stars Michael Sheen (the voice of the White Rabbit) and Matt Lucas (Tweedledum and Tweedledee) at t...
Doctor Who fans snap up classic costumes and props
Doctor Who fans crowded a London auction room earlier this week in a bid to snap up some iconic props and costumes from the BBC sci-fi show. Lots on offer at Bonhams in Knightsbridge ranged from Daleks and Cybermen to the waitress outfit worn by Kylie Minogue in the 2007 Christmas special and...
A taste of spring
It's been a funny old week weather wise, with sleet and snow on Tuesday but yesterday most of Wales enjoyed a taste of spring with 7 hours of sunshine on Anglesey. In Pembrey temperatures rose to 12 Celsius making it the warmest day of the year so far on the Carmarthenshire coast. Mind you, ...
Accolade for Welsh photographer Terry Morris
Welsh photographer Terry Morris is to have his emotive portrait of a Welsh miner, entitled End of Shift, featured in a Best of Worldwide Photographic Artists volume by American publishers Kennedy. Known for his portraiture work, Morris has snapped some of the most famous Welsh celebs for his ...
Why play Welsh music on Radio Wales?
Wales Music Day this coming Monday (1 March) sees Radio Wales delve headfirst into the world of new Welsh music. Curated to a large degree by DJ Adam Walton and his production team, the day will involve a range of artists from across a few genres, from the country-tinged soft rock of Paper Aerop...
Facebook campaign aims for first Welsh-language hit single
Hot on the heels of the successful bid to get Rage Against The Machine to the 2009 Christmas Number One spot comes another Facebook campaign, this time to achieve the first Welsh-language Top 40 hit single.
