The Archive › Spring 2012
Spring Style: Walking the talk in Ponty
A spring issue built around fashion, with an A to Z of style and beauty that points readers to boutiques in Barry, Penarth, Treorchy and Aberdare. We try the new Pontypridd heritage trail, eat at Greenwood & Brown and The Meating Place in Cardiff, and Merthyr writer Anthony Bunko, Stuart Cable’s biographer, has the last word.
On the cover
Our spring cover sets the tone for the A to Z of style and beauty inside, with a beaded scallop shell top from the BHS Special Edit range. The guide works through the season’s trends letter by letter, from crop tops and hot pants to fuchsia and white, and picks out independent hot spots such as Trina’s in Aberdare and Katwalk in Treorchy.
Inside this issue
Features and people
* Walk the Talk, Pontypridd: trying the Rhondda Cynon Taf heritage trail, from the museum to the Freddie Welsh memorial* Unparalleled Vision: office manager Melissa Houlker on Davies and Jones Optometrists’ six practices* The Last Word: Merthyr writer and band manager Anthony Bunko, co-author of Demons and Cocktails with Stuart Cable
Food and drink
* Raising the Bar: Greenwood & Brown, Quay Street, Cardiff, and its Welsh suppliers* Meat & Greet: The Meating Place revisited after its menu makeover
Fashion and beauty
* A to Z of style and beauty: spring and summer trends with local hot spots* Seriously Stylish: Ann Bryl’s new season at Bryl’s Boutique, Barry* The Queen B, Penarth: Jodie Tanner on the boutique’s makeover and new mezzanine* Julie T, Penarth: Julie Turner on the new brands in her boutique
Homes
* A Room with a View: Steve and Valerie Harris’s new orangery and kitchen by Vale Orangeries* And So To Bed, Cowbridge: Andrew Watts opens Wales’ first store* Closet Envy: Steve and Claire Bloom of Spacefittingfurniture on walk-in wardrobes* All About U: Jonathan Powell’s barn conversions and Vellacine windows* A Bug’s Life: award-winning gardener Rob Hodge on wildlife-friendly gardens
Regulars
* Welcome from the editor* Competitions: a week in Tenby with FBM Holidays; a champagne weekend in London with Think Apartments* Social Life: Rebecca Williams and Richard Bennewith’s Mauritius wedding; the Breast Cancer Care Cymru fashion show at Cardiff City Hall
Businesses featured in this issue
Greenwood & Brown, Davies and Jones Optometrists, Vale Orangeries, The Meating Place, FBM Holidays, Think Apartments, Leekes, And So To Bed, Spacefittingfurniture, Bryl’s Boutique, The Queen B, Hawkes Essentials, Vellacine and Davies Motor Company.
With thanks to all the independent businesses who supported this edition.