When it started back in Glastonbury in 1995, people thought it wouldn’t run for 25 weeks let alone 25 years, but a quarter of a century later the Circus of Horrors is still running amok around the globe. An amazing amalgamation of bizarre and breathtaking circus acts, the “shocky horror” show pulls together a series…
This year the only National Hunt racecourse built in the UK in the last 90 years celebrates its 10th anniversary, with an evening meeting on 20 June that promises to be a memorable occasion for the West Wales venue. But the first meeting of 2019 at Ffos Las Racecourse takes place next week when a…
BBC Sports Personality of the Year and Tour de France champion Geraint Thomas will be at Cardiff’s Motorpoint Arena later this month to discuss his historic win in the classic French cycling event with broadcaster Ned Boulting. The first and only Welshman to win the Tour, Thomas returns to Cardiff on Saturday, 26 January, to…
After a a six-year break from touring, Welsh comedian Rhod Gilbert is back on the road in 2019 with a new show, The Book of John. The tour kicks off on Saturday, 2 February, at the William Aston Hall in Wrexham and spans 52 venues over six months, with two nights at both London’s Eventim…
For someone on the western side of the Atlantic Ocean, it’s hard to fathom how next month’s Super Bowl is the 53rd, when the National Football League (NFL) was officially formed in 1920. The reason for this anomaly dates back to 1960 when a group of businessmen who wanted to own football franchises, but had…
The 20th edition of the Six Nations Championship kicks off at the Stade de France in Paris next month when France host Wales. With the 2019 Rugby World Cup taking place in September, this year’s championship comes at a crucial time for the northern hemisphere powerhouses looking to dethrone reigning world champions New Zealand in…
The 31st Dorchester Beerex takes place next month at the Corn Exchange, where more than 80 real ales and 21 ciders and perries will be available direct from the cask. Taking place from 1-2 February, the festival will include seating for more than 100 visitors at all four sessions upstairs in the Corn Exchange, allowing…
The way we look at the world changed 107 years ago today when Alfred Wegener presented his theory on ‘continental drift’ to the German Geological Society, putting forward the notion that the Earth’s continents had once been united in a single super land mass named Pangaea that had drifted apart over geological time. Born in…
Can you believe it’s already 41 years ago today that the Sex Pistols began their one and only ill-fated tour of the United States? On 5 January 1978 the fearsome foursome rocked up in Atlanta, Georgia, as manager Malcolm McLaren set them on a path to confront their detractors by avoiding major markets, such as…
As a team of scientists heads towards Antarctica to investigate one of the most remote parts of the region, it’s a fitting time to pay tribute to Sir Ernest Shackleton, one of the great Antractic explorers, who passed away 97 years ago today. Yesterday the SA Agulhas II set sail towards the Larsen C Ice…
