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The Bootleg Nikes That Got Banned by Big Tobacco
After a DIY designer made a pair of sneakers that riffed on Newport’s packaging, its legal team came after him with everything it had.
The Film Writing Legendary Welsh Venue TJ's into Music History
Filmmaker Nathan Jennings on the history and influence of the Newport venue that hosted enough wild moments to fill a book.
Striking Portraits of the Lost Young Men of South Wales
Daragh Soden spent the months ahead of the EU referendum hanging out with Newport's young men.
A Look Inside Cardiff's Rap and Grime Scene
July sees the launch of BBC Radio 1Xtra’s ‘MC Month’, celebrating the bar-spitting glory that is urban culture in the UK. On the air, they’ll be jamming the station with a series of special features and sessions. And on the ground,
Cultural Relatives: Big Sam's Bolton & Dirty Sanchez
Have you ever considered the relationship between Sam Allardyce's all-star Bolton Wanderers side and the exploits of MTV's Dirty Sanchez 'crew'? Prepare to look at the world very differently.
Fishing for Humans Off Newport
No stranger, less seminal moment more perfectly combined Newport's penchants for spectacle, sport, and self-indulgence than the Oelrichs brothers' bet in the summer of 1896..
A Love Letter to Newport TJ's, Wales’ Most Legendary Venue
Mine was the last of several generations the club had seen through adolescence and beyond. If walls could talk my mum would have grounded me for the rest of my pubescent days.
NATO 2014: 100 Protesters Fight Against Britain's 'Biggest Ever Security Operation'
"Fuck the police and fuck NATO. Tell them to stick their own heads up their own arses."
We Watched NATO Try to Solve the Problems with Russia and ISIS on a Welsh Golf Course
The grim specter of the Islamic State loomed heavily over the NATO summit. The jihadist group dictated the agenda of the event being held at the five-star resort in Newport and nearby Cardiff Castle.
What's the Point of a Town without Anywhere to Booze?
Charting the quickening death of Britain's "real" pubs in Newport, Wales.