Leighton Andrews

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Rhondda Grey

For those who haven’t seen it, the Heritage Park has an exhibition of paintings and hotographs of the Rhondda designed to challenge the stereotype of ‘Rhondda Grey’ embodied in Max Boyce’s well-known song. The exhibition runs in the upstairs gallery until the end of April and is well worth seeing.

Penrhys Partnership

The Penrhys Partnership launched a People's history of the Penrhys Estate on Saturday.

I have put a video about this on Rhondda TV

Radio Cwmni on-line

Radio Cwmni is back - and you can listen online.

I'll be joining Sharon and the team tomorrow afternoon.

Charlie Burton

The Rhondda Artist Charles Burton has an exhibition on at the Martin Tinney Gallery in Cardiff. I went last night and I hope many others will also!

Honesty about 1968

I was ten getting on for eleven in 1968 and the big event for me in May of that year was Cardiff City playing SV Hamburg in the European Cup-Winners Cup semi-final. So it's good to read some sober and honest analysis of that year from Fred Halliday rather than the over-rated nostalgia on offer from many of the superannuated ultras.

Go and see Black Watch

Black Watch is tremendous. You can see it tonight or tomorrow night in Ebbw Vale.

EBBW VALE: Leisure Centre (01874 611 622), National Theatre Of Scotland’s Black Watch. 1pm, 7.30pm. Tickets £18/£15.

Black Watch

I am looking forward to seeing the National Theatre of Scotland's performance of Black Watch tonight in Ebbw Vale.

As I have said before, we are funding the National Theatre of Scotland's Welsh debut from the Heads of the Valleys programme as part of our campaign to change perceptions of the Heads of the Valleys. I believe tonight's performance is close to a sell-out, but there are tickets for tomorrow and Saturday.

The play is being performed at the Ebbw Vale Leisure Centre. Tickets via Theatr Brycheiniog.