Photomarathon 2014 – The trail of thoughts!

After 9 years of watching everyone else take part in this Cardiff-based photography competition it was with great trepidation that I decided to put myself forward and enter it as it celebrates it’s tenth anniversary. From humble beginnings this photography contest has grown and now attracts hundreds of entrants from across the whole of the […]

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Photomarathon 2014 – My entry no 370

1. Photomarathon 2014: Me, Myself and I? 2. Photomarathon 2014: Street level 3. Photomarathon 2014: Camouflage 4. Photomarathon 2014: Ten 5. Photomarathon 2014: We’re all in this together 6. Photomarathon 2014: Attention to detail 7. Photomarathon 2014: Control 8. Photomarathon 2014: Crossed wires 9. Photomarathon 2014: The dying of the light 10. Photomarathon 2014: Stacked […]

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Extreme Sailing Series in Cardiff

Taking place over the Bank Holiday weekend in August – the World Extreme Series paid a visit to Cardiff as part of the worldwide tour.

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VIDEO – The American’s take on the UK Premier League!

It’s mid-August and it’s time for the Premier League to kick off in style with newly promoted Cardiff City away to West Ham and fellow rivals Swansea City home to giants Manchester United. All these games get syndicated throughout the world with NBC pushing the American coverage for the 2013/2014 season with a 5 minute […]

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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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GRAFFITI – The Custard Factory, Birmingham

The Custard Factory is it’s own little piece of greatness set just a few minutes walk from the ultra busy Bullring shopping centre in the heart of Birmingham. Located in the Digbeth area of the City, and as the name suggests, has a strong to connection to the famous yellow stuff and so this is […]

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CARDIFF-Street signs

Most cities are home to a rich tapestry of street names ranging from detailing local history, local characters and places to some that are just a bit odd! People adding pictures, extra words or just deleting certain letters can give the street sign a totally different meaning! Beginning with Canal Parade off Dumballs Road in […]

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2012 – The best graffiti and street art

Time to look back and see what amazing pieces have been created for our enjoyment on walls across the world. These are just a small selection of the many thousands of original pieces that created yearly. I’m sure it’s becoming more commonplace for large murals to be adorning walls on all major cities on every […]

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Interesting weather forecast for the weekend!

It seems like people may be getting a bit too excited over the weather to come this weekend. UK forecasters at The Met Office have set out their 5 day forecast with the yellow colours denoting to ‘Be Aware’ I’m not entirely sure what we should be aware of really – are we going to […]

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YEARMIX – DJ Leekee Dance Yearmix 2012

Well it’s that time of the year again when we take a look back at some of the dance hits that were popular (and not so popular) throughout 2012 and mix them all up into one handy chunk – more commonly known as a ‘Yearmix’ (Jaarmix is getting quite popular aswell!) I personally don’t think […]

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ART-Shepard Fairey exhibition and street art

First of all I hear you ask – who is this Shepard Fairey chap? Well street artists like Banksy are now widely accepted into the general public’s knowledge in this area but I would like to think that Shepard comes a close second – with most people not even being aware that they have seen […]

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GRAFFITI-Stinkfish in Bristol

Stinkfish is an artist from Colombia and has been travelling around the world painting huge colourful murals. His trademark style is normally a beautiful one layer stencil combined with some really colourful trademark abstract elements – here are a few examples from his own Flickr feed. He usually takes some candid photos of a person […]

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GRAFFITI – Leake Street

First of all what an amazing name for a street! 😉 I could see it on Google Maps but all I could see in front of me was the huge Waterloo Station – I took a wander around to see if I could discover it but found all the other streets listed on the map […]

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CARDIFF-St David’s Day parade

St David’s Day 2012 in Cardiff began with a thick fog lingering across the City resulting in famous sights becoming totally unrecognisable. But as the day progressed the strong Spring sunshine took over and brightened up what was a very gloomy start to our Patron Saint’s Day. In the Capital City of Wales it was […]

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GRAFITTI-Boilerhouse and Hailey Park in Winter

Within the suburb of Llandaff, Cardiff, there is an amazing display of talent flourishing out of the first official dedicated grafitti and street art gallery – known as The Boiler House. This is taken from The Boiler House Press Release in February 2010 when the project opened:- The Cardiff based arts collective ‘Peaceful Progress’ has […]

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