Tenovus’s Cwmbran Sing With Us choir are hosting a concert in St Woolos Cathedral, Newport, to mark their first anniversary. It’s promising to be an evening of diverse musical talent, from the likes of the award winning Rustic Wind Quintet to the fabulous up and coming singer-songwriter Maddie Jones. The Cwmbran Sing With Us Choir […]
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Wild Garlic Festival
The second day of the Wild Garlic Festival is taking place this Sunday 12th May Woodland and wild food festival at Arcadia Wood, with Franco Tarruscio at the pizza oven. Streams, lake, boat house, Spring blossom and a wonderful show of woodland flowers. Other displays include green wood working, blacksmithing and charcoal making, with discussions […]
Abergavenny Eisteddfod
The competitions are now open for the 2013 Abergavenny Eisteddfod, which takes place on 15 June. Entry is free. Primary School Children who are finalists will receive medals and there are cash prizes for young people and adults. Closing date for all entries is Friday May 24th 2013 Solo and group competitions for primary school […]
May 2013 Issue
Dear Readers, Welcome to May’s issue of the Focus. In this month’s issue we have a special feature on Beautiful Homes, which got me thinking about the difference between a house and a home. Often a house becomes a home once you begin to fill it with your possessions and trinkets – those items […]
New Beginnings : Part Three
Part three of our serialised story by Queenie Young, Illustrated by Pete Hill It was unseasonably warm, but it didn’t matter to Lucy what the weather did – as long as it didn’t rain. It had been raining incessantly for the past week, so much so that the local river had swelled dangerously and eventually […]
Tenovus Mobile Monday Event – Free Health Check
Tenovus, Wales’ largest cancer charity is coming to Waitrose in Abergavenny to showcase our support services as part of Bowel Cancer Awareness Month. We will have a Bowel Screening Nurse on the Unit to discuss and explain the screening process, as well as members of the Cancer Support Team, who will be offering free health […]
Bringing offenders to justice in Monmouthshire
For the last two years, detectives in Monmouthshire have been tracking a gang of offenders, wanted for the thefts of agricultural equipment; Here we tell you how they did it… Overnight on 21st April 2010 and 17th May 2010 two large scale burglaries took place at Frank Sutton’s Agricultural and Grounds Care Equipment, Raglan with […]
An Evening with Elvis and his Memphis Mafia
An Evening with Elvis and his Memphis Mafia” at The Borough Theatre, Abergavenny, on Friday 17th May at 7.30 pm. All profits will be donated to Cancer Research UK, via the Abergavenny Fundraising Group. Also raffle to be drawn on the night. Tickets available from the Borough Theatre on 01873 850805. The local fundraising group […]
The Art of Glass
Carys Rodwell designs and makes colourful, contemporary Fused and Stained Glass in a quirky and imaginative way. Carys makes pictures, mirrors, bowls, glass bunting and decorations and she loves the challenge of a commission. She works from her home studio in beautiful Crickhowell, with her husband and three children, surrounded by superb countryside views to […]
The Art of Veterinary Science
I made the decision to become a vet at a young age. Concentrating on the sciences meant I thought I had to neglect the hemisphere of my brain that dealt with artistic ability. A-level Chemistry, Biology and Maths do not lend themselves to artistic expression yet with time you realise there is artistry in the […]
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