In our new Guest Column, we invite Abergavenny based Cartoonist Mumph (Mal Humphreys) to talk about his career producing cartoons and caricatures for The Western Mail, The Independent and the BBC. I sold my first cartoon to a publication when I was nineteen. It may seem an early age, but in reality my journey to […]
Focus Magazines
The local magazines for Abergavenny, Crickhowell, Brecon & Talgarth – Events, News and Advertising
Monthly Archives: June 2012
Breakin’ Out Music Festival Postponed
The much anticipated urban music festival, “Breakin’ Out” which was due to take place this weekend at Bailey Park, has been postponed until Saturday, 8th September 2012. The organisers state that, “this will enable the Festival to be bigger and better than originally anticipated.” It has been reported that this last minute change of plan […]
Sugar Loaf from Bettws
Summer is a marvellous time to walk one our most distinctive mountains, the Sugar Loaf. Although there are some steep climbs, this walk includes plenty of level walking, and a beautiful wood in which to cool off. The circular part of the walk can be done in either direction; the route described here will give […]
Flash Fiction 2012
Regular readers of the Abergavenny Focus will know that over the past few months we have been running a Flash Fiction competition, which we organised together with Bookish and The Words Counts. Our Flash Fiction competition formed part of a national series of events, which took place to mark the first National Flash Fiction Day […]
Junk
And the final story has been written by myself. As editor of the Abergavenny Focus, I couldn’t help getting in on the Flash Fiction action too! By Hannah Hill She straightened the net curtains, the yellowing hem catching on the dust-clad objects that lined the sill. A thimble, decorated with a red fox […]
How it All Began
The following Flash Fiction is very special as it was kindly written by Philip Schofield during our Flash Fiction Event. Philip put pen to paper as the evening’s events unfolded and came up with this. Enjoy! By Philip Schofield It is a little known fact that Flash Fiction originated in Abergavenny in middle of […]
As Most Cats Do
Highly Commended Under 12 Years Category By Robyn Pearce I padded slowly, as most cats do, up to the old stable and peered inside the gap between the doors. I saw the hooves of the horse, and heard a gentle ‘neigh’ from inside. I decided to slink through the small gap, as most cats do. […]
Are You Mad?
Highly Commended Under 12 Years Category By Lily Newsam I love this skating it’s a really fun thing to do. Oh dear here comes my mum. She’ll go mad. Now the ice is starting to crack. If only I had been sensible enough to practice even better flying skills. Then I wouldn’t have to skate […]
The Lady in Disguise
Highly Commended Under 12 Years Category By Bethan White It was the seventh second, of the seventh minute, of the seventh hour, of the seventh day, of the seventh month, oh you get it there is lots of sevens. It all started when me and my family went on holiday to Miami in this spooky […]
The Dragon and the very annoying skeletons
Highly Commended Under 12 Years Category By Sydney Bawler Dick the Dragon dwelt in a magical part of the woods in a cave full of skeletons. Dick had a problem because every minute the skeletons would play a tune with their bones. Now that was a problem because it really annoyed him and it would […]
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