STREET ART – Peaceful Progress ‘The Last Dance’

Gracing a long wall in the depths of an old industrial estate on the edge of Cardiff’s city centre and providing a focal point for an otherwise rundown area sandwiched between garages and ageing warehouses – it’s the latest work by Peaceful Progress. This fantastic piece by local artist Peaceful Progress demands your attention as […]

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STREET ART – Jesus on a scooter in Rhiwbina

Set in the leafy Cardiff suburb of Rhiwbina – is the Beulah Church Community Centre and a piece of street art that I just would not expect to see in this part of Cardiff or on this type of building! The side of the community centre offers a huge blank canvas and someone has taken […]

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VIDEO – Cyclist sets off Speed Camera in Cardiff

Back in August 2012 some chaps from Cardiff uploaded a video to YouTube on their channel EFstopmedia. In the video a cyclist attempts to exceed the 30 mile per hour speed limit on a road in Cardiff thus trying to trigger the speed camera to jump into action and flash him. Watch the video below […]

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STREET ART – Marbles by Colour Doomed

Housed between Cathay’s City Road and Richmond Road is a lane that hasn’t been gated off yet and houses many types of street art across the array of brick walls and garage doors along it. Most of it has been throw ups, stencils and giant tags but nothing on such a large scale as this… […]

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GRAFFITI – Trackside in Cathays

Nestling behind Richmond Road and just off Fitzroy Street are the Trackside Studios in Cathays, Cardiff. Trackside are a graffiti and aerosol art studio and gallery featuring original aerosol art canvas and screen prints. A back lane runs between Richmond Road and the railway line (hence the name) and this drab back lane has been […]

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GRAFFITI-Lembo work around Cathays and Roath

Ever walked along a street around Roath, Cathays and even the City Centre and spotted a small cat lurking on a lampost or street sign? Well it’s probably by local street artist Lembo. I don’t actually know anything else about this character apart from to say that they predominently feature cats, stencils and the odd […]

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CANTON-Local ‘Mr Dog’ joins Twitter

Ever walked along the streets of Canton just before the old St David’s Hospital? Well recently you may have noticed a random tennis ball lying all alone in the road or lingering on the pavement!? Well it (lovingly) belongs to a guard dog from M & R Decorating Supplies based on Cowbridge Road West next […]

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GRAFITTI-Zen artwork on Tudor Road

Passing by the Riverside Farmer’s Market via Tudor Road and I was pleasantly surprised to see some new street art adorning the grey and dull walls of Tudor Road, Cardiff.

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GRAFITTI-New tag appearing in Cardiff

Wandering between the City Centre and Pontcanton I noticed some new grafitti tags springing up in Canton and Riverside. Attempting to be more colourful than the usual tags and sprayed in some prominent positions too.

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GRAFITTI-New blob grafitti characters!

I got myself a brand new Fuji FinePix HD20 EXP today and as it was so sunny it was time to take a wander and see how good this 16MP camera really was! As per usual I never read the instruction manual and prefer just to find out with trial and error….anyway another post coming […]

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4am Project 2011

Many people may not be aware what the 4am Project actually is and it’s a quite a hard one to describe. It’s the brain child of Karen Strunks who thought it would be a good idea to get people from all around the world to capture their own local area at the ‘magical’ time of […]

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CARDIFF-Lorry gets stuck under railway bridge

An articulated lorry got stuck under a railway bridge at the top end of Bute Street yesterday. Around 2:30pm the lorry, laiden with mattresses, approached the 14ft 9 bridge and attempted to pass under but obviously got stuck. No major structural problems have been reported about the bridge and roads were re-opened after an hour […]

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PHOTOS-Fred Keenor Road Sign at Cardiff City Stadium

At the start of December 2010 new signs were erected in Cardiff as a tribute to Cardiff City and Welsh International striker Fred Keenor. Ffordd Fred Keenor was unveiled before the Bluebirds’ game against Preston, in honour of the only player to lead the side to victory in an FA Cup final.

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PHOTOS-Graffiti in Newport

A quick trek to Newport to check out the emerging graffiti and stencil scene near the City Centre area. Firstly some stencils checking out the Ryder Cup which took place at The Celtic Manor site earlier in the year. Featuring some other random tags and stencils from around the dual carriageways. But my favourite was […]

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PHOTOS-Road sign while Pope visits UK and The Stig drives The Popemobile!

This is a genuine sign that has been amended ahead of The Pope’s visit to the UK.

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