It’s a pretty safe bet that most people, even many Australians, can count the number of male actors from the world’s smallest continent who have made it big in Hollywood on two hands. So it’d come as no surprise that on the 89th anniversary of his birth not many people are talking about one of…
It’s a far cry from Graceland but the 84th anniversary of his birth is as good a time as any to get the first mention of the year in about the Porthcawl Elvis Festival, which descends on the South Wales seaside resort every September for a weekend of tributes to the “King of Rock and…
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…
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…
Few could have predicted what a live draw it would become when the podcast No Such Thing as a Fish launched five years ago. A spin-off from the BBC panel game quiz QI, featuring the show’s researchers impressing each other with surplus facts that couldn’t be crammed into the television programme, it is about to…
It was 90 years ago today that the man who put spaghetti into westerns was born. Italian film director, producer and screenwriter Sergio Leone was one of the most iconic movie-makers of his generation and the man who made actor Clint Eastwood a superstar. Born in Rome on 3 January 1929, Leone was the son…
The Tinseltown rumour mill is rife with stories about Warner Bros’ upcoming Batman movie starting production later this year, with the Penguin being heavily touted as the main villain of director Matt Reeves’ upcoming movie. But, who knows? Perhaps The Joker will return as the Caped Crusader’s nemesis in the one-off production… after all it…
Ink it into your calendar, Manchester plays host to the Tattoo Tea Party from 2-3 March this year. Celebrating everything that is wonderful about the tattoo scene in the UK and Ireland, the 2019 Tattoo Tea Party will be held in EventCity, next to The Trafford Centre. The convention, now in it’s eighth year, hosts…
