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South Wales Argus
28-05-2025
- Entertainment
- South Wales Argus
National Library of Wales launches its new strategy
The strategy was unveiled at a launch event on May 20, which also previewed a new 'Clip Corner' at the Wales Millennium Centre. The strategy supports the Welsh Government's Priorities for Culture, aiming to make Wales' cultural legacy more accessible. The 'Clip Corner', set to open in June, will provide free access to digitised film, video, and audio from the Wales Broadcast Archive and the Library's Screen and Sound Archive. The archive, supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Welsh Government, contains more than a century of television and radio broadcasts from BBC Wales, ITV Wales, and S4C. The Clip Corner's location in Cardiff Bay represents plans to make library collections more accessible. Other Clip Corners are already open in Llanrwst, Cardiff, Swansea, Conwy, Carmarthen, and Caernarfon, with more to open across Wales later this year. The launch event at the Wales Millennium Centre featured a panel discussion with broadcaster Dot Davies, journalist Will Hayward, heritage leader Dr Gaynor Legall CBE, and Eluned Haf, Head of Wales Arts International. They discussed the role of culture and heritage in shaping Wales' identity. Rhodri Llwyd Morgan, Chief Executive of the National Library of Wales, said: "The launch of our new 2025-2030 strategy is a pivotal moment for Wales' cultural heritage — ensuring it is preserved, shared, and made accessible to all. "The Clip Corner at the Wales Millennium Centre is a prime example of this vision in action."
Yahoo
06-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Big Issue announces Question Time-style event in Cardiff
The Big Issue has announced a Question Time-style event in Cardiff. The event, which will take place at Cornerstone, will feature a panel of experts including Derek Walker, Future Generations Commissioner for Wales, and Rocio Cifuentes MBE, Children's Commissioner for Wales. They will be joined by award-winning investigative journalist Will Hayward and Big Issue co-founder Lord John Bird. The panel will discuss the future of Wales at the Big Debate on Wednesday, May 14. The public are invited to attend for free and can bring questions for the panellists. Tickets are available on Eventbrite. It is part of a series of community events in Cardiff in mid-May, organised by the Big Issue to encourage community-led responses to societal issues. The Welsh capital is the next destination of the Big Community Roadshow, with Big Issue teams coming to Cardiff from Monday, May 12 to Wednesday, May 14 to both report on and actively support issues facing people in poverty across South Wales. The three-day line-up of events includes a five-a-side football tournament, which will be held on the evening of Tuesday, May 13 at Gôl Cardiff to raise funds for the Street Football Wales team to attend the International Street Football Tournament in Oslo this August. Paul McNamee, UK editor of Big Issue, said: "Big Issue is born of the streets and works, at our core, by listening to those we exist to serve. "Our Big Community Roadshows allow us to get closer to the action, and we're very excited to be bringing it to Cardiff this May. "We've got a great series of activities in store, made possible thanks to our brilliant sponsor Wales & West Housing Association." For more details, visit the Big Issue website.
