With council elections coming up soon, May 3rd, Welsh citizens get their first chance since the last general election to decide who runs their area for the next four years. I would argue that these local elections are as important as, if not more important than, Parliamentary elections; the voter pool is significantly smaller, so in a lot of cases “every vote counts”, and the candidates that are being voted for can make a difference to a city, an area, [...]

Has Cardiff become a great city, or great big mall? Thousands of houses and apartments have been built in what are now trendy areas of Cardiff, the Bay, the city centre and Roath, but why is there a demand for apartments in Cardiff? Has the population of Cardiff grown? Are more people naturalising here? According to census figures, no. And if they were, why would they come? Is Cardiff a cultural mecca? No, we have an opera house, some small [...]

I will have lived in Cardiff city centre for two years next month and it’s safe for me to say that I have enjoyed almost every minute of it. I realised it was time to get a place of my very own after house-sharing for a while, I knew it had to be somewhere central for several reasons (but mainly because I do not want to have to own a car or learn to drive). So, while you’re parking your [...]