Throwing citizen journos to the lions
William Perrin talking about hyper local – a media law-free zone? So citizen journalists don’t need to know libel law? You might as well throw the hapless citizen into the bear pit with the defamation lawyers right now, in that case – I give it…
‘Spine-tingling’ Xbox technology
I’ve just read about a new interactive technology on the BBC news site which, from the looks of it, puts the Wii completely in the shade. It literally did make me go “wow”, it looks incredible. The technology, called Natal, was developed by Microsoft for…
Prize in a coffee cup
ARTICLE A Cardiff cafe has served up top prize for Wales’s best ethical cuppa. Milgi Lounge on City Road, Roath, took the title of Wales’s Favourite Fair Trade Cuppa in an online poll run by the Wales Co-operative Centre. 20 independent local businesses across Wales…
No stopping the little Devil
ARTICLESuffering concussion, food poisoning and scarlet fever at three successive major tournaments would put most people off playing sport again, but that hasn’t stopped one young keen ice hockey player. Callum Buglass, 12, of Mendip Road, Llanrumney, caught scarlet fever while playing for England recently…
From Batman to the Baftas
FEATURE Dafydd Wyn in action What does a Star Wars-loving, comic book-worshipping, self-confessed “total geek” dream of doing for a living? Directing sci-fi films of course, and Bafta Cymru winner Dafydd Wyn appears to be living that dream. A TV director by trade, Wyn, 43,…
Valleys director proves them wrong
FEATURE “You’ll never make it outside the valleys” was what Sean James Cameron grew up hearing. Now a director, author, producer, and all-round entrepreneur, Cameron has more than proved them wrong, and wants to help others do the same. Valleys-born Cameron defied those who said…
Water regulator neglects Welsh customers, says report
ARTICLEA water services regulatory body is letting down its Welsh customers by not recognising Wales as more than “a super-region”, a watchdog report has claimed. The report published recently by Consumer Focus suggested Ofwat, which is responsible for holding water companies to account in England…
Welsh internet speeds let down users
ARTICLE Wales has the second slowest internet speed in the UK according to recent findings, despite Cardiff having one of the highest broadband speeds nationally. Broadband think tank Point Topic found 26.9 per cent of homes in Wales are unable to reach internet speeds of…
Lights, camera, Cardiff!
FEATURE With a new film festival on the scene and more movie investment than ever before, Cardiff’s film industry certainly seems to be moving up in the world. But how much further can it go? As the fate of a new film studio complex near…
“An experiment in brand loyalty”
Brand loyalty: get ’em while they’re young Once upon a time, before the internet took off, people would tend to stick with just one newspaper which they felt best represented their views. Buying six or seven newspapers would be too impractical (travelling by tube barely…