Arts & Creative Arts Articles

Seeing Double?

Published 28th June 2025

The Photography Group last week reviewed the images that some of them had two weeks previously taken at Llantrisant where in addition to enjoying each others company and wondering at the activities of William Price – an interesting read if you don’t know anything about him – they had embarked upon trying to create images […]

Another Selection of Work

Published 9th May 2025

Have a look at some more of the work prepared and read in meetings recently. Our next meeting is on Thursday 19th June at 10.30am in the Monmouthshire Building Society on Queen St ; why not come along and join in! Themes so far suggested are Spoonerisms, Malapropisms or anything else you like. My House […]

Next : 12:00, Tuesday, 5th August – Cafe, URC

Published 7th May 2025

Places are reserved for group members. This is to ensure fairness and optimum Workshop size. However, you can still contact us in order to request spare places prior to meetings. We now hold 2 Workshops a month (1st and 3rd Tuesdays) so there is more opportunity to practice and grow. We are also able to […]

Birds, Beasts and Barnes

Published 29th April 2025

We’re truly blessed to have an absolutely brilliant award winning Natural History photographer in the Practical Photography Group. Michel Barnes showed these photographs in his recent General Meeting talk, but the technology didn’t do them justice, so I persuaded him to let me publish them on the Group page. You are encouraged to scroll through […]

Photographers at work!

Published 11th April 2025

Michael gave a presentation to the General Meeting this week, and was unable (due to time issues caused by equipment difficulties) to show the first half of what he had prepared – a slideshow of some of the images taken by members of the two Photography groups, that had been exhibited at UHW Llandough last […]

A Selected Piece of Writing

Published 10th April 2025

As one of our optional meeting themes, Wendy gives ‘three words’. This piece, ‘Blurred Lines’, was inspired by itch, monocle, perseverance and was written by Margaret Richards. https://cardiffu3a.org/wp-content/uploads/Blurred-Lines.pdf

Park Life

Published 7th April 2025

The Morning group’s trip in March was to the Victoria and Thompson Parks, with the theme of High Key/Low Key. Then at our monthly meeting in the URC our convenor, Jonathan, showed the photos we had each chosen as out ‘top twos’. Later “an esteemed panel of experts” (from Jonathan’s family) chose as our Pick […]

A Selected Piece of Writing

Published 22nd March 2025

A warm and encouraging short piece about Spring written by Christine Cruikshank. https://cardiffu3a.org/wp-content/uploads/SPRING.pdf

WEW Pick of the Month – February 2025

Published 1st February 2025

To complete a year of ‘Picked’ pieces, a poem from Irene Lock – The House on Llanwynno Mountain. We do hope you’ve enjoyed the variety of items we have produced here. If you have any comments, we’d love to hear them. Contact me here or via our Group Page.

WEW Pick of the Month – January 2025

Published 1st January 2025

Happy New Year from all in Writers Enjoying Words. A little tale to start your year off with a smile – Dressing Up by Dorothy Alkhafaji