You may have noticed that the We Are Cardiff website features some rather wonderful photography. We’ve decided to run a series of posts introducing you to our photographers, who volunteer their time to keep this website looking as amazing as possible. So please meet a lady who makes this all possible – the lovely Amy … Continue reading Behind the camera: Amy Davies
It took me five years to fall in love with Cardiff. Maybe I’d been in love with it from day one, there was certainly some kind of mysterious force keeping me here. But I only realised how hard I’d fallen a few months ago. I’m not a native Cardiffian. I’m not even Welsh (although for … Continue reading ‘I’ve loved Cardiff’s arcades for as long as I can remember’ – Amy
Cardiff’s arcades are definitely a hallmark of a city shopping experience. Given the strong concentration of Victorian, Edwardian and contemporary arcades in the city centre, Cardiff was known to some as the City of Arcades (this is according to WalesOnline though, so take all the salt you deem necessary with that claim). Whatever is in the name, Cardiff’s … Continue reading Walking Cardiff’s arcades
I’ve lived in Cardiff for almost 17 years… just under half my life so far (I’m 35). There is so much to be inspired by… Almost wherever you are in Cardiff you can see the hills of the valleys to the north and the Bristol Channel to the south. As the Capital city of Wales, … Continue reading “There is so much to be inspired by in Cardiff” – Rosie
Wooh! yes, you heard right. We’ve been nominated for the Wales Blog Awards 2012, in two categories: Best Community Blog and Best Multimedia Blog. Woo yeah! This is our third year of making it to the shortlist for Best Community blog, and this year there are only two finalists – us and the excellent Cwmbran … Continue reading We Are Cardiff shortlisted for the Wales Blog Awards 2012
My name is Alistair and this is my ode to Cardiff. Well, as close to an ode as an amateur like myself can get. I have lived near or in Cardiff for most of my life. I grew up in Cowbridge, approximately 14 miles away, and in those hazy days of childhood, Cardiff was the … Continue reading “Find yourself feeling very proud to be a Cardiffian” – Alistair
Cardiff looms large in my life. I slag it off, complain about all and sundry, move elsewhere and still end up coming back. It’s that baggy old mis-shapen t-shirt you would never wear outside but is the first thing you put on when you have the flu and feel crappy. It’s my first kiss, closed … Continue reading “More and more Cardiff is less my city” – Lee
A little over a year ago I found myself on a train with a rucksack heading to meet a friend in London. I had decided that I was going to move there. It seemed like a natural step, I had been at University in Southampton for three years and had grown used to my independence … Continue reading “Cardiff has a thriving creative community” – Ardie
I first lived in Cardiff when I was a student at University of Glamorgan. It was only a year and a half (I dropped out, you see, all the best people do) but it was a proper eye opener for a wide-eyed indie kid from West Wales. I find it hard to describe what Cardiff … Continue reading “Cardiff and its people have shaped who I am today” – Andrew
It’s not often you’ll find someone who can say that a car park was instrumental in the biggest change of their life, but I can. Standing on the top level of the St David’s 2 shopping centre car park, dangling my camera over the edge to get what turned out to be a near perfect … Continue reading “Cardiff is like a smaller, friendlier version of London, and that suits me just fine” – Sarah
I came to Cardiff through one last ditched attempt at following a dream. Everyone around me knew what they wanted to do with their life and I thought I did as well. This is a normal reaction to being told you are good at something, along with being asked what you want to be when … Continue reading “You forget how you used to get lost in the streets” – Helen
Our mission is to create and share interesting stories about alternative culture and arts (amongst other things) – mostly we like to hand the reins over to the people of Cardiff for them to tell you all about it. We work mostly online through our website, but also on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Soundcloud, and Instagram. … Continue reading About
We Are Cardiff 