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My top sporting moments

byWyn Evans

flame shoot through the air and light the cauldron. The crowd gave an audible gasp then a cheer as they saw who it was. Then you could sense the reaction to his shakes: ‘Would he drop it?’. The bathos would be too much to bear.

People across the world held their breath. Needless to say Ali beat Parky’s for the second time. And, for those with the knowledge and memory to recall, this great black man was performing this task in, of all places, Atlanta, Georgia, which had been razed to the ground as part of the U.S. Civil War in November 1864. One hundred years later Atlanta was home to the fight for civil rights. The Southern Christian Leadership Conference was formed in Atlanta in 1957. Led by Martin Luther King Jr. and Ralph David Abernathy, they SCLC trained communities in the philosophy of nonviolent civil disobedience and organized voter registration drives(1).

For sports fans of my vintage one of the very greatest athletes was Cuba’s long-legged Alberto Juantorena. He is the only athlete to win both the 400 and 800m Olympic titles, which he achieved in 1976 and, from memory, I believe he won something like 118 successive races. His 400m triumph was (un?!)lucky enough to be immortalised by the BBC’s Ron Pickering, commentating: “And there goes Juantorena down the back straight, opening his legs and showing his class”(2).

Inspired by the forthcoming Paris Olympics and Paralympics I thought I’d get ahead of the crowd and write about some of my favourite sporting moments. I need to make one thing crystal clear from the get-go; I am not referring to great moments in sport that have involved me. That would be a very short list indeed. It wouldn’t even be a list; it just wouldn’t be.

I did win a couple of amateur chess tournaments back in the day but they don’t even feature in my own top ten, let alone more glorified Goat lists (GOAT: Greatest of All Time). Here we go then, in no particular order.

The BBC’s Test Match Special (TMS) has been bringing the very best of cricket to our radios since 1957, when ball-by-ball commentary was introduced. There have been too many great cricket matches and individual performances for me to pick one (though if I had to pick one it would be Botham’s Ashes), so I think I’ll highlight a great moment from TMS which stopped the country in its tracks. Of course, I’m referring to Brian Johnson and Jonathan Agnew corpsing as they reacted to Ian Botham getting himself out by failing to step over the wicket, knocking the bails off his stumps.

Aggers pithily noted that “he just couldn’t get his leg over”.

Corpsing is a no-no for any professional broadcaster, so listeners are faced with the two commentators trying hard to get back on the straight and narrow whilst narrowly failing (“oh do stop it Aggers”, giggles Johnson). It’s infectious stuff and I can only advise you to key in the address (3) to your browser and hear it for yourself. (Incidentally, I hate to Lighting the Olympic Flame, Atlanta Games, 19 July 1996.

“And look it’s Muhammad Ali” said Barry Davies commentating debunk a treasured ‘memory’ but there is no record of Johnson or any other member of the TMS team using the for the BBC as Ali took hold of the Olympic torch, his arms immortal line ’the bowler’s Holding the batsman’s Willey’(4). shaking with Parkinson’s, lit the final lantern and saw the I have Parkinson’s Disease and that fact means I can appreciate all the more what this man achieved. The memory though is of an event that long preceded my own battle with Parky’s. The sportsman involved was Muhammad Ali. Boxing is not to everyone’s taste, but it demands courage, coordination, strength, speed and skill. Ali was no saint.

But from the time he won the 1960 Olympic Heavyweight Championship he refused to let events dictate to him but caught a hold of his own destiny. He fought the draft, went to prison, fought and beat the greatest generation of Heavyweights in some of the most punishing fights ever seen. He appeared on the Michael Parkinson BBC talk show and showed that his brain and his tongue were as fast as his hands and feet. (He got the better of Parky for the first time!)

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My next favourite sporting moments are rugby related. Both are so much a part of rugby culture that, surely, for the first, all I need do is type [9:3](5) for it to be clear that it refers to that peerless rugby nation, Llanelli, beating the rugby nation that wears all black. And for the second, all I need do is cite the commentary “…brilliant! Oh that’s brilliant…a dramatic start…what a score!”(6) and you’ll know I’m talking about that game and that try!

No list of favourite sporting moments could omit Usain Bolt and he gave us so much to marvel at. Who can forget the archer pose at the end, the smiling chats with race officials, the evident joy he exuded at his own prowess. I am going to choose his 100 metre gold in 9.69 seconds at the Beijing Olympics, won in world record time whilst slowing down.

Remarkable.

I’m going to close with Lloyd Martin. ‘Who’s he?’. Well, he is the youngest person with Down Syndrome to complete the London Marathon earning himself a Guinness World Records title in the process. He also gave an interview to Good Morning Britain during which he said he hoped to become a role model for others. Writing as someone who has a daughter with Down Syndrome I remember when The Girl was born being given an exhaustive list of all the things we should expect her never to be able to do. I do blame the clinicians who were of this stripe as they should have known better. In recent years, however, charities like the Down Syndrome Association, DSUK, Positive about Down Syndrome, 21 Plus and many others have taken the initiative in showing just how talented and able people with Down Syndrome are.

That’s why Lloyd’s world record in the London marathon is up there with my favourite sporting moments.

Footnote 1.https://discoveratlanta.com/things-to-do/history/civil-rights/ 2.https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Opening_His_ Legs_and_Showing_His_Class.html?id=HMecpwAACAAJ&redir_esc=y 3.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49UC1VM1Txk&ab_ channel=DMMORDECAI 4.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0a-FOoM9ms&ab_ channel=iDiotFilms 5.Llanelli 9: Seland Newydd 3 (1972) https://youtu.be/ R0Kv9FXqs1k 6.Barbarians 23: New Zealand 11, 27.01.1973 7.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-urnlaJpOA&ab_channel=Olympics

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‘And Another Thing...’

Coincidences?

byVince Nolan

As you English scholars will know, a The Asian takeaway in Bude (pictured coincidence is a remarkable concurrence above) was tres amusing. We did not go of events or circumstances without in of course, our bodies being temples, apparent causal connection. Well, how but check out the name, phonetically. about these for very recent causal Very clever. The sharp-eyed amongst you connections. She Who Must Be Obeyed will also have noticed that The Leader of and I were in the West Country for the the Opposition is in picture three. If you weekend (I know, I spoil that Woman). We look very carefully she is also reflected found ourselves in Bude and I decided at the bottom of the glass door in picture I needed a haircut, so I walked into a one. She is in picture two as well but was barbers and was suitably coiffured by a ensconced in the Tudor timbered toilet on top barber guy who hailed from Auckland, the left. I just cannot seem to shake her off.

New Zealand. He had married a Welsh girl and they decided that Cornwall was So anyway, coincidences: Two old to be home for them. He told us he guys are pushing their shopping trolleys was about to go to Wales to buy a dog around ASDA (other supermarkets are (bred within a few short miles of Chateau available). The first guy bumps into the Nolan). What were the chances of that? second guy accidentally. “Sorry about Well, it got stranger. We repaired to a that he says. I’m looking for my wife and pub in Appledore and were sat by two I wasn’t paying attention to where I was couples, one from Ledbury and the other going.” The second guy says: “That’s OK, from Cirencester. Strangely we were in it’s a coincidence. I’m looking for my wife Ledbury the previous week as the centre too. I can’t find her and I’m getting a little picture testifies and in Cirencester the desperate.” The first says: “Well, maybe I week before that as the picture on the right can help you find her. What does she look confirms. Coincidences? like?” The second guy says, ‘Well, she is 27 years old, tall, with blond hair, blue eyes, 10 CARDIFF TIMES

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PRINCIPALITY STADIUM ANNOUNCES OPENING DATE OF HIGHLY-ANTICIPATED SCALE ROOFTOP ADVENTURE

The groundbreaking partnership between Principality Stadium and aerial adventure experts Wire & Sky will transform Cardiff’s skyline, attracting an even broader audience to the world-renowned must-visit venue, celebrating the legendary home of Welsh rugby.

SCALE blends adrenaline-fuelled activities with panoramic views across South Wales and beyond. From taking in a bird’s-eye view from the newly installed ‘Crow’s Nest’, 60m above the Stadium floor, to zip lining across the roof canopy and abseiling back to ‘Base Camp’, visitors are invited to test courage and conviction against the backdrop of Wales’ vibrant capital.

“We are thrilled to announce the opening of SCALE in line with Principality Stadium’s 25-year anniversary. Our rooftop attraction in the heart of Wales merges the excitement of adventure sports with the rich heritage of our iconic stadium,” said Welsh Rugby Union CEO Abi Tierney.

“This new attraction showcases the beauty of Cardiff and our world-class venue from a unique vantage point,” said SCALE General Manger, Claire Jenkins

Public bookings for SCALE are now live.

Adrenaline junkies can book the climb and, for those feeling daring, choose to add on the ZIP and DROP at the point of booking.

“Having developed rooftop adventures on a number of iconic venues including Anfield Stadium and Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, we’re delighted to expand our offering to the Welsh capital and allow the public to see Cardiff from a totally new perspective,” said Andy Broad, Managing Director of Wire & Sky. Choose a climb-only route and bolt on the zip and drop at point of booking. Alternative climbs will run when the stadium bowl is in use for events.

For more information and to book your adventure, visit scalethestadium.wales SCALE PRICES: Climb - £44 Climb & Drop - £59 Climb & Zip - £74 Climb, Zip, Drop - £89

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UP THE CLEDDAU AND INTO THE HEART OF THE COUNTY A Journey back in time This month I have chosen to write a “travelogue” if I can be that grand about a wonderful day out my husband and I enjoyed some years ago when we lived in Pembrokeshire. Travelling by road was always enjoyable, locals knew the ‘Timetable’ for the best times to do so, carefully avoiding the ‘milking hours’ twice a day and heavy rain (the ditches at the sides of the roads were shallow and full of pine cones, leaves, and hedge-cuttings, and therefore liable to flood in stormy weather).

If you have not yet discovered the exceptional beaches, great walks, first class seafood and friendly locals then I would recommend setting aside a few days to do your own exploring and if possible fit in a trip up the Cleddau. You may well then become smitten, especially by Pembrokeshire. If you are able, plan a “midweek weekend’’ then peruse a local road map and grab a welcome guide that would have been prepared with you in mind! And set off.

A brief word of warning. Driving into Pembroke town one hot day I was surprised to see a number of stationary vehicles ahead of me.

Jumping out of the car to see what the holdup was about I heard loud and cross sounding mooing. The cows were being moved, they did not want to move and did not see the point of it or understand what purpose it would serve.

One of the cows had a clever idea, “follow me” she mooed to her chums, and she turned sharp right to trundle down the line of, by now hot parked cars and their travelers. She swiftly selected a very full car of assorted ages who had (foolishly) opened all their windows. Mrs 14 CARDIFF TIMES

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Cow, I did not know her first name and you might not appreciate that all newly born cows are christened by the farmer and blessed with a nice name by the daughter of the house when they are very small. Frequently the name will be a traditional Welsh name such as Gwenllian, Angharad or Morfydd. Mrs Cow managed to get her head in through one of the open windows. She did not enjoy a Welsh welcome but in fact was frightened off with a loud panic-stricken female screaming. The moral to this tangent? If livestock are being dealt with stay out of the way. If you meet cows in a field on your explorations give them a very wide berth.

They can cause serious injury, after all you are invading their home space.

On a fine and sunny day in July some years ago thirty Friends of the Pembrokeshire National Park set off on one of Mrs Potter’s Excellent Expeditions, as it would have been called in earlier times. It was a wonderful trip, we travelled in a flotilla of boats, sailing down the Haven under the bridge, rather than driving over it, then back up the Cleddau estuary to see the “other side” of the ancient settlements on its banks. It was truly an opportunity to explore the busy waterway that was once the main access into Haverfordwest.

Haverfordwest or Haver Fjord (meaning a corn inlet) was first used by a group of Viking Pirates who settled in the region in the 8th century. It lies at the highest navigable point on the Western Cleddau. Haverfordwest like so many busy quays on the waterway, such as the smaller settlements of Hook and Lawrenny, were victims when the bulk of the sea trade was killed off with the coming and subsequent rapid expansion of the railways, in 1853.

Our journey began at Neyland, where the grand statue of Mr Brunel (by Rhondda sculptor Robert Thomas) stands as a tribute to his attempt to create an embarkation point to the U.S.A. Our journey then continued with a detour, down the estuary, towards the open Irish Sea. Afterwards we turned around and then sailed up the Cleddau in the direction of Haverfordwest. Sliding silently past Lawrenny, Llangwm and Hook, so much gentler travelling on the water than on a tarred hard road. I began to wonder if the view from this “other” dimension could also be extended back in time, into the past.

In earlier times the estuary would have been packed with shipping carrying cargoes of oysters, coal, limestone, and, with ferries weaving their way across the estuary. There would have been people on pleasure boats like ourselves and important visitors arriving by boat at the large waterside estates.

We passed fairytale medieval Benton Castle, perched on its promontory on the steep cliffs of the western bank. Described in a letter to Edward LLwyd in 1693 as, “Benton Castle formerly said to be haunted, upon which account seldom visited, where they say the Devil would often appear in the shape of a black mastiff dog, and sometimes lie by the fire,

but mostly in the vault or the cellar, to guard some hidden treasure there”.

A little further on we were reminded, by our Captain, that industry had come early to the Cleddau Estuary with coal mining around the Land shipping area offering employment to miners from the seventeenth century.

Land shipping is one of the earliest areas which shipped out coal and culm in barges and small sailing vessels, output was said to have reached ten thousand tons a year by the early years of the nineteenth century. As one would expect, Land shipping Colliery was the biggest in the county in terms of manpower. It is claimed that the Garden Pit, as it was known, close to Land shipping Quay was sixty metres deep. Forty lives were lost there in a disaster in 1844, some authorities suggest it was the first great national coal disaster.

In the past, vessels travelling downstream with their cargoes of coal and culm would pass the boats coming upstream bringing shop goods, limestone, fertilizer, and timber to the area.

The river carried smal, black-tarred rowing boats, used for ‘compass’ fishing which can still be seen today. Previously, barges and brigs, ferries, small and large sloops, schooners, and ketch boats all went about their business on this busy vital waterway.

On the eastern bank, a little further on and back in the present, the outline of Coed Canlas came into view. A property well established when Henry Tudor returned from France to lay his claim to the throne of England and the rallying place for his supporters from that part cardiff-times.co.uk 15

of Pembrokeshire. The property now being renovated – again – it boasts walls that are nine feet thick, and it was large enough in the seventeenth century to attract taxation for “ten hearths”. The house was rebuilt on the old foundations in 1718.

Three miles south of Haverfordwest on the eastern bank of the estuary, the old ruins of the ancient mansion of Boulston could be seen, a considerable property that was three stories high and with thirteen hearths and extensive cellars. It passed to family members who were resident in Norfolk and was abandoned as a residence in 1715. Set further back on the high ground is Boulston Manor, built in 1797 by Major Dudley Acland, and still a family home.

Christopher Webbe, Gent, staying at the Havens, St Brides from 1880 to 1881 wrote a series of letters to his friend Humphrey Holdfast of Great Yarmouth which were subsequently published. These are interesting for his curiosity, detailed comments, and the fact that nothing had been noted in print of the parishes of Pembrokeshire since Fenton’s book circa 1810.

door. Their husbands are kept under strict petticoat government, and you would hear a man described familiarly as ‘Jenny Palmer’s man’. It has sometimes happened that a man being asked his name, would, without any idea of fun, reply, - “Jenny Morgans by my own name but Jenny Thomas by my wife.” Their normal term of endearment is, “My honey.” A contemporary painting of one of these “Langum Women” is on permanent display in Tenby Museum. Webbe’s writing brings them back to life.

Following his description of the estuary that was our playground, just for a day, Webbe ends with these words, “Of this river a long account ought to be written, but I feel I lack the powers of description to qualify me for the task: at all events at present, we must let it go by”.

The group certainly enjoyed the trip in the (then) present day, and for some of us, also back in time.

Especially interesting are his notes on what he calls ‘Langum Women’. He writes, “Fisherwomen, wearing short petticoats and jackets sometimes, pea-jackets, or “my man’s jacket”, as they would inform you if you asked them, a style of dress which leaves them free and unencumbered for travelling, as they call ‘walking’, bearing on their backs panniers frequently full of fish for sale. He goes on, “burdens of fish and oysters going from door to 16 CARDIFF TIMES

I cannot recommend these little-known parts of West Wales more highly as inner (or landward) Pembrokeshire is often ignored by visitors in favour of the wonderful coastline. The air is clear and fresh, history abounds, there are lots of ancient buildings, ruins, and castles to see and glorious views of undulating countryside in myriad shades of green.

If this article has whetted your appetite, then make enquiries with local tourism outlets regarding the availability of trips on the Cleddau estuary.

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Cardiff M.A.D.E Gallery The Associates present Rub & Roll 26 April - 1st June 2024

The culmination of 4 months of exploratory printmaking using non- toxic techniques - above and below the plate surface, with a core group of 5 exhibiting artists; including mentors Sarah Garvey, Lisa Chappell alongside the participant artists Bella Kerr, Kate Shooter and Eleanor Whiteman.

After 4 months, these artists have worked alongside each other learning how to take an image apart and reconstruct it. Starting with a poem, they established the foundations of their visual quest. Through adding, separating, etching, scoring into plates, they have watched with frustration and wonder how exploring mark marking through the application of a process can engineer access to more than just the surface.

Printmaking has involved excavations, additions, fixing the illusory, to explore through the very process the ability to touch a private inner space and somehow articulate that, on the paper - a transference of elements which form a version of the tale.

They have absorbed and learnt collagraph (adding to and taking away of the surface) using drawing as incision, painted mark and areas which interact with the inking uo, a whole new process.

The aim set by Sarah, was for each artist to make an edition of one image; the ability to commit and repeat, an exercise in what printmaking can by definition fulfill, and a test of skill.

The show will highlight the original artist printing plates, and exploratory one-off prints, alongside the selected and curated highlights within the display.

Through the stages of the journey, it is hoped to inform and reveal the journey that each have taken in arriving at this point.

Eleanor Whiteman, engaged with landscape, talks of the project in a language that mirrors geological process; of attrition, deep shifts and moving away from the literal to an imagined play of landscapes which exist in the memory of place framed by deep time.

‘This process of disassembling and reassembling felt intimidating yet intuitive and in retrospect represents the larger ideas of landscape I’ve been seeking to explore.

The images became more about formal relationship, pattern, form, and colour; observed and remembered.’

For Bella, the plate surface became a stage where marks worked like rolling presences playing out their energies despite the grid which sought to anchor or measure. For her a chance to explore the intensity of drawing, the text acting as players: “testing thoughts and gathering in stray threads from past work.”

For Kate, the uncompromising aspect of print-making techniques, allow a freedom to “Provide the quiet scaffolding for ideas to take flight.” Also, providing “a greater appreciation of my own personal landscape of mark making.”

For Sarah Garvey, the lead artist and mentor of the group, she was able to reflect on her own ambitions within image making, particularly the cross overs between her paintings and what each process brings; hinged on the relationship of a figure within described spatial locators, windows, tables, beds within the home, and being on the edge or above this; hovering on the point of disintegration.

‘This felt like a lived idea, since becoming a mother but also an adult, I struggle to maintain physical and mental integrity. My body edges/boundaries are semipermeable.’

As an observer and gatherer of the thoughts and imagery each of the associates have moved along during the short space as associate maker / artists, I am certain that each artist has been challenged and held by the process, to swim out further than they thought possible, gaining a new view of their position relative to the shore.

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In The Words Of by Carl Marsh May 2024 I hope all is well and this dismal weather isn’t getting you all down in the dumps! Summer is soon upon us; it is… surely, it must be!

Last month, I reviewed the new album by The Libertines, and I’m glad that my belief in its ability to go to number one in the album charts would happen. And it did. I do hope some of you got to listen to it.

I love doing my interviews, yet sometimes, lastminute spanners get thrown into the works. I have three for you this month.

Regarding the one chat I’m omitting this month, it’s because the gig has already sold out! I’ll hold it back till the summer, as the comedian [Laura Smyth] is at the Glee in September.

FILM REVIEW American Fiction - Amazon Prime Video Jointly satire and drama, it tells the story of Thelonious Monk” Ellison, a somewhat frustrated writer whose books don’t sell well, yet the ones that do sell profit on offensive and historical tropes from “Black” entertainment. “Monk” writes an outlandish “Black” book under a pen name to annoy those at his publishers - and his agent - and it backfires.

Jeffrey Wright plays “Monk” so well that he got an Oscar nomination for this role. In all fairness, Wright excels in this role much more than he’s done before. This is also Cord Jefferson’s Fallout - Amazon Prime Video directorial debut - he wrote it, too. As a director, I hope he’s This is quite a rarity; I’ve watched a TV series based given the freedom to work on future projects like he has with this one. It’s for a film that shouldn’t have worked out as well as on a popular video game I’ve never played! I saw it has. It has. The only minor gripe I have is with that ending. It the trailer a while back, and if I’m brutally honest, stays with you, but… just watch it.

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I wasn’t impressed as I thought it would be some mediocre show like previous offerings by Amazon Prime Video such as ‘The Wheel of Time’, ‘The Rings of Power’ and ‘Tales from the Loop’. I found these all to be box-ticking garbage with poor actors and story writing. If you catch my drift, I thought they’d all been recent Disney shows! I decided to watch ‘Fallout’ on a whim, and I am so glad I did. It reminded me of the Paul Verhoeven classics, ‘Total Recall’, ‘Robocop’ and ‘Starship Troopers’; I don’t mean in the storyline, but in how it’s gung-ho and does not take itself too seriously.

Starring Kyle MacLachlan, Walton Goggins, Ella Purnell and many more quality actors, this is addictive viewing. Brace yourself in for a bingewatching session. It’s what I did!

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Interview with Michael Franzese

Words by Carl Marsh

When you’re sitting in front of a screen awaita combination of those two issues happening at the same time, and I decided I gotta walk away. I got to try to get ing your interview with an ex-Mafia boss, you out of this. But at the same token, I didn’t want to hurt don’t mind that he’s a few minutes late! Michael anybody. I wasn’t looking to join the government. They put Franzese apologises for his lateness, which is caused by computer issues. Since leaving prison, a lot of pressure on me, but that’s not what I wanted. So it he’s turned his life around and continues to deter was it was a tough time. people from a life that he once had. He can be Carl Marsh considered an inspiration by putting his new Your father didn’t take it well; he’d signed off on a hit to family before his old family and walking away take you out. Did you even speak to him about it before, from that life, even if he needed to watch his back during or after? for years!

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Michael Franzese

I told him I was going to walk away; he didn’t quite get that and didn’t understand how that would happen. And nor did I know. There’s no blueprint for trying to do that.

He wasn’t happy because he thought something was going wrong with my son. Is he going to hurt people? But I Michael Franzese told him that’s not my goal, and I don’t want to do that, and Well, you know, it was a combination of two things. As I’m looking to hurt anybody. I’m just looking to preserve you probably know, I was a major law enforcement target our lives here. So, he was upset for a while. You know, back then. I had 18 arrests. I had five criminal trials. I we didn’t actually speak person-to-person for about ten had, you know, three racketeering cases. So they really years. Because of the government they were really putting wanted me, and what I noticed in the early to mid-80s, pressure on me and putting my name on the witness list when the racketeering laws came into effect, the govern- of other cases that were coming up like I was going to be ment was using them very effectively. Guys were getting testifying, but then I never showed up. So, people started convicted and going away for 100 years, 70 years, 50 to see something wrong in that scenario that I wasn’t reyears. And, you know, I was the youngest of these guys, ally cooperating. There was a lot that went on. It took time and I said, “They’re gonna give me 200 years”. That was for people to understand that I had walked away, which number one. Number two was that I also saw many guys was bad, and you can’t do that, you know; my boss was becoming informants. So, I knew this life was really in very upset. So was my dad, but I’m not hurting anybody. trouble. And at the same time, I met my wife, and I’ve So you know, that was a 10-12 year process of making always said “that” life is just horrible for families. Families that happen. get destroyed all the time, including my own, not my wife and kids, but my mother, father, brothers and sisters. As I ‘The Re Made Man Tour said, I met this young girl and fell in love with her. But am The Michael Franzese Story’ I going to marry her and put her through the same thing Tuesday, May 14th, The Globe Cardiff that every other [Mafia] family goes through? So, it was I’ve read that you only gave up the lifestyle in the Mafia due to meeting your future wife. Was it that instant a decision?

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Interview with David Emanuel

Regarding UK fashion designers, none could come close to having the most viewed piece of clothing on the planet.

I’m talking about Princess Diana’s wedding dress! Porthcawl bornand-bred David Emanuel now finds himself - and his new collection - back at Bonmarché, this being his second venture with them. I chatted with David via video link before he went to the Cardiff store premier of his new collection, but I had to ask him about Princess Diana.

Carl Marsh When you - and your former wife - were designing the wedding dress, how did you deal with all that press interference?

David Emanuel With great difficulty! Before news had gotten out that we were designing the dress, life was easy and quiet, and our workplace was calm.

But… once our names were linked to the dress, it was as if we were the most watched premises in the World!

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I remember in some newspapers that they were making presumptions about the dress’s colour or design. And I knew the reporters searched through our rubbish bins a few times daily. So, to have some fun, I used to cut up some old bits of fabric in a different colour from the actual real dress to see which newspaper would ‘guess’ the colour! [Laughs] Carl Marsh That sounds like something that she would have appreciated! Didn’t she call you on that wedding day thanking you for all you had done?

David Emanuel Yes, she did. It was later that afternoon, just as I was about to lock up the studio in Mayfair. I very nearly didn’t answer it, but it was Diana! She had to tell me that she and Prince Charles loved it, and the whole family did. And all I kept saying to her was, “You should be going off on your honeymoon!”. For her to do that on perhaps the most important day of her life just showed the lady that she was.

Please visit Bonmarché in Cardiff for the David Emanuel Collection.

Interview with Mike Bubbins

Words by Carl Marsh

It’s not very often in these filtered-down a tracksuit. But by the same token, he’s got to do the wrong things for the right reason. He’s comedy times on terrestrial TV that I find anything funny. Yet, with Mammoth the sort of person that would open the door for a on BBC Two/BBC iPlayer, I laughed out woman but wouldn’t pinch her bum on the way through. It’s getting that balancing act of him loud quite a bit. If you don’t know, Mike having those sensibilities whilst not getting stuff.

Bubbins plays ‘Tony Mammoth’, a PE teacher from the 1970s who was frozen It’s not that he disapproves of things like in the in ice while on a school skiing trip, who scene with Mali Ann Rees [‘Lucy Manford’] when is discovered in the present day and he finds out she’s in a same-sex relationship and she’s got a girlfriend. He doesn’t know how to becomes a PE teacher now. I chatted react. He only knows one lesbian, as it wasn’t as with Mike via Zoom video.

Carl Marsh Some of us grew up watching comedies from the 1970s/80s that wouldn’t get commissioned today. Yet, I know you want to make this comedy show play on a few traits from a bygone era, but it’s a very fine line with comedy today.

public as it is now. So, all he knows is Billie Jean King. And whenever he talks to her, he talks about Billie Jean King, and she keeps saying, “Stop talking about Billie Jean King!”. But he’s trying to say, “You’re a mate, and I get it. I accept you”. Yet, that’s his only point of reference.

[Laughs]

All three episodes of Mammoth are now available to watch on BBC iPlayer.

Mike Bubbins Very fine. The thing that I’m most pleased about with it… and obviously I’m biased, is that I think we’ve tread that line spot on because if you take away all the controversial stuff that he [Tony Mammoth] might say, all the outdated ideas that he has, then you haven’t got a fish out of water comedy. You’ve just got a bloke in cardiff-times.co.uk 25

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For that early morning cuppa.

For when ‘7 across’ has you stumped.

For peace. For quiet.

For when a custard cream tickles your fancy.

For a hand to hold when it all feels too much.

For when you fall in love, again.

For that fit of giggles after a serious chat.

For “namaste”.

For that homely feeling, even though you just moved in.

For every moment, we’re here.

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CHRISTOPHER McEWEN by Ralph Oates

Second part of interview with Christopher McEwen. Chairman of Pembroke Dock Amateur Boxing club.

Ralph Oates Who is your favourite female boxer?

Christopher McEwen I have two, the first being Christy Martin the Coal Miner’s Daughter. The first woman to be on a ppv boxing card. This event took place on the 16 March 1996 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was on the same promotion which saw Mike Tyson regain the WBC world heavy-weight title from Frank Bruno by way of a three-round stoppage. Christy went through so much with her trainer, she is an incredible tough woman with a granite jaw and thunder in her two hands. Christy was inducted into the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame in 2016 and the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2020.The second being Hannah Rankin who grew up on a farm in the middle of nowhere in Scotland. She held down three jobs so she could get through university doing music.

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Hannah then took up white collar boxing in her twenties before turning profession-al, thus not having the support that an amateur boxer would have when, going through the ranks. Winning two world titles hence creating history in Scotland. She is just an incredible boxer.

Ralph Oates Who do you feel in the history of boxing is the best world heavyweight champion?

Christopher McEwen Mike Tyson the youngest man to win the world heavyweight title at the age of 20 years, 4 months and 23 days. Tyson took the WBC crown from holder Trevor Berbick stopping him in round 2 at the Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas on the 22 November 1986. It was a sensational victory for Tyson.

Ralph Oates What was the best world heavyweight title you have seen?

Christopher McEwen

The Mike Tyson v Michael Spinks contest which took place on the 27 June 1988 at the Conven-tion Hall in Atlantic City. Tyson successfully defended his world heavyweight titles, IBF, WBA, and WBC against Spinks knocking him out in round 1. It was felt prior to the fight that Spinks would give Tyson a tough night.

Ralph Oates Who now do you feel has the potential to become a future boxing star in the UK? Christopher McEwen Fabio Wardley who at the time of this interview is the British and Commonwealth Heavyweight Champion, Adam Azim the European super-lightweight title holder, Ellie Scotney who holds the IBF world super-bantamweight title, Lauren Price the British welterweight champion, Ben Whittaker who is going to reach title status in the near future and Caroline Dubois who holds the IBO lightweight crown and looks capable of winning further titles. I think there is some exciting talent in the UK. There’s a big change happening in boxing and it’s really going to be exciting watching it unfold.

Ralph Oates At the moment there are four major professional world boxing organisations WBC, WBA, IBF, WBO. Do you feel boxing would be better having just one organisation? Or do you see an ad-vantage with their four.

Christopher McEwen I would say just leave it as it is with the four major organisations.

Ralph Oates What changes would you like to see in boxing amateur and professional?

Do you have any hobbies?

Christopher McEwen I was a chef in the armed forces. I carried on in this capacity when on civvy street. If I am not teaching boxing I love being in the kitchen. I love food and bringing people together.

Ralph Oates What is the best advice you have ever been given?

Christopher McEwen Always be humble and always be kind. When I was in the RAF my SGT at the time was Les Hotson who said, ‘look around and watch people, if they are doing something good copy them’. Watch others always learn to be the best version of yourself. I take that advice with me in everything I do. He also said faint heartedly ‘never poke a Bengal Tiger with a pointy stick’. Also, ‘you can’t soar like an eagle if you fly with Turkeys’. In his own words just surround yourself with good people. He really had a lot of sayings.

Ralph Oates What are your future ambitions?

Christopher McEwen The growth of our boxing club, plus more community projects. Supporting more clubs to be inclusive. There is a future for inclusion boxing and to be able to be involved with World Boxing. BBC Iplayer hidden disabilities, has two streaming documentaries which I am involved with and hopefully still being part of Hannah Rankin’s team.

Ralph Oates Have you been happy with what you have achieved so far?

Christopher McEwen The Hurricane the 1999 movie which starred Denzel Washington who gave an outstanding performance as Rubin Carter.

Christopher McEwen Yes, I am. The past year has been a very good one.

At the start of 2023 I had the honour of being invited to 10 Downing Street to discuss inclusion Boxing. I later went to Brazil and Tanzania to teach inclusion.

I also won a Veterans award for my work in the community. Then I won the Pem-brokeshire volunteer award for my work in the community. Teaching inclusion boxing to the largest Disability school in Pembrokeshire. I am Just about to start in the star college the of largest Disability college in Britain. I was also involved in a BBC DOCUMENTARY hidden disabilities. Just about to do another two with two large streaming services. I also walked Hannah Rankin into the ring for her title fight on the magnificent 7 fight night on TNT. I am a very lucky man.

Ralph Oates Apart from boxing which other sports are you involved in?

Christopher is a man who through boxing is doing a great deal of good to help others and should be highly commended.

Christopher McEwen I used to teach football; I trained my sons football team. I just love all sports.

Cardiff Times wish Christopher the very best with his endeavours in the future.

Christopher McEwen I am hoping that World Boxing will take over from AIBA. World Boxing has all the changes that all of us have been asking for some considerable time. So, if World Boxing becomes the lead in boxing regarding the amateur code, then we are in for an exciting future of boxing. A change is clearly coming.

Ralph Oates Do you have a favourite boxing film?

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The Cost of Kindness

I worked in the towns of Greater Manchester for 10 years. Many were ex-mining communities where people loved rugby, had workman’s clubs and male voice choirs. They reminded me of my home – the Rhondda Valley.

The brutal murder of Brianna Ghey, the teenager who died in Warrington last year, showed the worst that can happen in any community and why kindness is so important.

Esther Ghey, Brianna’s mother, has launched a campaign called Peace in Mind, which has fundraised for local schools to receive mindfulness training for staff and pupils in order to grow kindness, resilience, and empathy.

Esther’s campaign has moved and inspired me.

I was a pupil at Treorchy Comprehensive School (TCS) in the 1980s. Back then it was a place where you didn’t want to stick out because differences wouldn’t be tolerated.

You can imagine my delight when I read that the school was taking fifty children to the Pride March in London as a celebration of LGBTQ+ in 2022.

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mental health and the author of The Mindful Teacher’s Handbook: How to step out of busyness and find peace. Mindfulness is the faculty of being present, so you can find calm, re-focus and take a step back from everything that’s happening. I’ve taught mindfulness to hundreds of teachers across the country.

The Rhondda still has a tangible sense of community, but it suffers all the problems that go with being a post-industrial area: poverty, lack of jobs and prospects, and the fear and hopelessness this can bring. I wanted to give something back to the community I love, so with a group of local heads, I embarked on an ambitious project to introduce mindfulness into schools.

I spoke to Jennifer Ford, Head of Treorchy Comprehensive School, and asked what had attracted her to getting involved in this project: “It started with the new Curriculum for Wales and the fact that we had an expanded scope of Health and Wellbeing on the curriculum.”

In Wales, we have a word – Cynefin – which means something like connection and belonging. “You can feel the Cynefin as you drive into the Rhondda Valley, but with the opportunity of a new curriculum, I wanted to

make changes. It made me reflect on what it meant to belong and challenged me to think boldly about how to implement this,” Jennifer told me.

Before Treorchy, Jennifer was head of a school in Swansea and brought in an empathy programme, based on science, in which the pupils explored empathy-rich texts. “It’s that powerful concept of walking in another’s shoes. How do children do this when perhaps they have a limited understanding of diversity and difference?

It’s something we need to teach.” Now the Treorchy schools cluster is an empathy cluster, and they collaborate closely, prioritising this work. “We’ve all seen worse behaviour, including online behaviour, since the pandemic,” she says. “The lockdown meant that children lost out on structure and social interaction in formative years.“ So how does mindfulness fit in?

end of the course, “My approach is calmer and more restorative. I’m not reacting to children and situations in a stressed and annoyed way anymore.” Another teacher commented, “Mindfulness has shown me that we can help children be in the right frame of mind to learn and be happy.”

The next step is training the staff to pass on mindfulness skills to the pupils. “We can do this because we’ve got the time available in the curriculum,” says Jennifer. Sustainability is key and of course, there is resistance. “This is a case of winning hearts and minds,” Jennifer says; but she is determined to achieve it. “There’s a lot of fear in society at the moment but staff, parents and pupils need to understand that mindfulness and empathy aren’t light and fluffy.”

The Rhondda still has so much to offer. By making sure that we teach future generations about the importance of mindfulness and valuing kindness, I believe we pass on the qualities at the heart of any true community.

“We need to give pupils the chance to pause, take stock and process their emotions and impulses or the potential actions they are taking,” Jennifer explains, “We need to teach them how to respond rather than react.”

This isn’t a quick win. It needs time and resources. To start with, I worked with the Treorchy cluster heads, using a mindfulness programme endorsed by the National Academy of Education Leaders in Wales.

This gave the heads a solid understanding of what mindfulness was and how to use it, but also gave them a safe space where they could explore the challenges they faced and how to process them. Then I ran mindfulness courses for three groups of teachers and teaching assistants from across the secondary and primary clusters.

Evidence shows that teachers ‘create the weather’ in the classroom – the way they act establishes the atmosphere in the room.

Studies show that teachers who practice mindfulness create calmer and more focused learning environments and pupils are more comfortable with sharing their true thoughts and feelings. One teacher commented at the

Kamalagita Hughes is a Schools Mindfulness Coach based in South Wales and author of The Mindful Teacher’s Handbook: How to step out of busyness and find peace. https://www.crownhouse.co.uk/the-mindful-teachers-handbook.

Find her on Twitter/X: @kamalagita and on Instagram: @kamalagitalotus.

Jennifer Ford is a Headteacher at Treorchy Comprehensive School. Find them on Twitter/X: @TreorchyComp.

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Lifelong Learning at Cardiff University are providing intensive language courses this June and July to accelerate your language conversation skills.

Byddwn yn cynnal dosbarthiadau wyneb yn wyneb yn y Dsieinëeg, Ffrangeg, Eidaleg, Sbaeneg ac Wcreineg* dros wythnos neu bythefnos a fydd yn cael eu harwain gan diwtor arbenigol sy'n siaradwr brodorol, a hynny mewn ystafell ddosbarth groesawgar, llawn anogaeth.

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Maggie Smales I ddathlu, rydym yn lansio cystadleuaeth a gallwch ennill cwrs am ddim. I ymgeisio, mae angen i chi gwblhau arolwg byr iawn sydd ar gael ar ein gwefan, ac mae’r telerau ac amodau ar gael yno hefyd.

Gallwch ymrestru ar-lein. Rydym yn edrych ymlaen at eich croesawu chi, a’r unig beth sydd ei angen arnoch yw eich diddordeb mewn iaith a’r brwdfrydedd i’w dysgu gydag eraill. *Bydd y cwrs Wcreineg yn cael ei gyflwyno ar-lein. https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/cy/part-time-courses-for-adults

Every year we receive positive feedback from our language students ‘“I have always loved French since I studied it at ‘A’ level in the late 1960s. I took it for granted that I could maintain a level of fluency, but about six years ago, I had to acknowledge that standards were slipping. So I looked to the university to rescue me. Several courses later, and two visits to Nantes on the adult exchange programme, which I can’t praise too highly, I am once again happy to speak out in class.”

Maggie Smales To celebrate, we are launching a competition for you to win a free course. To enter you need to complete a very short survey which is available on our website where terms and conditions can also be found.

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