A Welsh High Tea: a poem from the Creative Writing at the Museum Course 2010
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A Welsh High Tea
Posted: November 6, 2010 in Recent food, Uncategorized, Wales and the WelshTags: Creative writing, food, Poetry, Wales
Rapid Fire presenting
Posted: October 26, 2010 in Cardiff, UncategorizedTags: HBA, Hospital Broadcasting Association, hospital radio, Ignite, Ignite Cardiff, James Dean Bradfield, Joan Armatrading, Kevin Brennan, Kevin Brennan MP, Manic Street Preachers, Manics, MP4, Music business, Only Men Aloud, Radio Glamorgan, Rebecca Evans, Tim Rhys Evans, UHWC, University Hospital Wales Cardiff
I got my blooding at the PechaKutcha in Cardiff on 27th May when the Guardian kindly blogged: Peter Cox from Cardiff Civic Society gave a compelling insight to how Cardiff is changing and what elements have been lost along its development. He said: “Cardiff’s growth has been both sudden and exponential. The city of 1891 [...]
Alice in Wonderland hole digging
Posted: March 23, 2010 in UncategorizedTags: Cardiff, Cardiff Civic Society, Cardiff Council, Deposit LDP, LDP, Local Development Plan, Planning, WAG, Wales Assembly Government
I thought a primary rule of politics was to stop digging when you are in a hole: not Cardiff’s leadership apparently. There’s been good advice given since Ocober 2008 that Cardiff’s Local Development Plan wasn’t any good. Amongst others, Cardiff Civic Society (disclaimer, I am it’s chair and have worked with the team who produced [...]
I always wondered why my middle name only had one ‘n’: now I know, it was to help us sell our house and save thousands of pounds. When we were restoring our very nice mid-terrace Victorian house in Pontcanna a couple of years ago, the cleaning of the Bath stone revealed a name “Pendenis House”. [...]
Commenting on this blog I made my position clear The problem is not just about having a conversation about Wales’ status it’s also about where! Just look at that front page and compare it an average day in the life of the Western Mail. First the name – The Scotsman (forget gender issues for a [...]
In response to the blog here, I was unequivocal Peter D Cox said at 7:24 AM, 19 April 2007 As chair of an arts organisation my questions are simple: 1 – can the nation afford an Olympics without it threatening its cultural life? 2 – do we allow uncapped capital development projects in the arts [...]
Becoming a Portfolio Person – Learning to learn This is an article that first appeared in the UK teleworker magazine April/May 1996. Peter Cox is managing director of TMPL Training, which provides training to organisations in the public and private sector and to charities. TMPL are developing telematic support of training. The Company’s consultants are [...]