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Here's part 2 of a two part interview with the fascinating and highly eclectic William Hayter. *Credit to Francesco Paladino - WILLIAM HAYTER — SOUND BEFORE GENRE To describe William Hayter simply as a drummer is to describe only one part of his musical identity. He is certainly a drummer and percussionist, but also a recording engineer, producer, arranger, curator, sound designer and experime...

Here's part 1 of a two part interview with the fascinating and highly eclectic William Hayter. *Credit to Francesco Paladino - WILLIAM HAYTER — SOUND BEFORE GENRE To describe William Hayter simply as a drummer is to describe only one part of his musical identity. He is certainly a drummer and percussionist, but also a recording engineer, producer, arranger, curator, sound designer and experimental...

You may remember Jack Laidlow from the YYFM Music Request shows a few years ago. Possibly not, it was quite a while. Anyhow, on his hiatus, he came across a particularly interesting diary, telling the story of a peculiar chap who meets an articulate pooch and a prodigious ice cream peddler, all whilst trying to prevail at ‘The Great Pedalo Race’. Here's Chapter 5. Title Music: Silly Jazz by Geoff...

You may remember Jack Laidlow from the YYFM Music Request shows a few years ago. Possibly not, it was quite a while. Anyhow, on his hiatus, he came across a particularly interesting diary, telling the story of a peculiar chap who meets an articulate pooch and a prodigious ice cream peddler, all whilst trying to prevail at ‘The Great Pedalo Race’. Here's Chapter 4. Title Music: Silly Jazz by Geoff...

Here is a lovely interview with two of our former content co-ordinators, Alaw and Lauren, both formerly students at the University of South Wales. They tell us here all about their new company, 'Soul Stori' and how it came about.

You may remember Jack Laidlow from the YYFM Music Request shows a few years ago. Possibly not, it was quite a while. Anyhow, on his hiatus, he came across a particularly interesting diary, telling the story of a peculiar chap who meets an articulate pooch and a prodigious ice cream peddler, all whilst trying to prevail at ‘The Great Shetland Pedalo Race’. Here's Chapter 3. Title Music: Silly J...

You may remember Jack Laidlow from the YYFM Music Request shows a few years ago. Possibly not, it was quite a while. Anyhow, on his hiatus, he came across a particularly interesting diary, telling the story of a peculiar chap who meets an articulate pooch and a prodigious ice cream peddler, all whilst trying to prevail at ‘The Great Shetland Pedalo Race’. Here's Chapter 2. Title Music: Silly J...

You may remember Jack Laidlow from the YYFM Music Request shows a few years ago. Possibly not, it was quite a while. Anyhow, on his hiatus, he came across a particularly interesting diary, telling the story of a peculiar chap who meets an articulate pooch and a prodigious ice cream peddler, all whilst trying to prevail at ‘The Great Shetland Pedalo Race’. Here's Chapter 1. Title Music: Silly J...

Here's another Creatrium Podcast. A podcast that explores how we interpret creativity and the ways in which it influences our everyday lives. This one features Dr Rob Campbell. Rob is a writer of fact and fiction, journalist, tutor, editor and historian. Published in the Bath Short Story Award Anthology. Editor of The Devon Historian. Debut novel CENTURY out now on Amazon. Based Bristol/Devon....

The Creatrium podcast is a series hosted and produced by Steve Johnson that explores different personal views on creativity and its effect on daily life. To access the whole series, visit https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/creatrium. Here is Episode 38 of the full series. This one features Mike Church, Mike worked as a Deputy Headteacher until 2007 and has worked as a freelancer ever since. He is...

Here's a new story from Jon Forman, hospital chaplain with ABUHB and volunteer with YYFM. it's well worth listening right to the end of the story, as it contains a valuable message for all of us.

Here's singer, songwriter and music luminary, Wendy James. She brings her original band back to the UK this year for the first time since 1991! She's always a forthright and interesting person to speak to and this was no exception!

Here's a bilingual (Welsh and English) version of this lovely Christmas play, especially for those keen to develop their knowledge of the Welsh language. Each Welsh line is followed by the English translation. We hope this helps people to enjoy learning Welsh. Nadolig Llawen eto! - Merry Christmas again!

We're very grateful to the Dysgu a Drama group for sharing this recording of their seasonal story, Sion Corn yng Nghaerfili (Father Christmas in Caerphilly). The story was written by Rob Hopkins and voiced by the group's volunteers. Nadolig Llawen (Merry Christmas)!

Jimmy Stokes is a populat local author and has spoken to YYFM previously. He returns here, to talk with Tom Isaac about his latest publication. To find out more about Jimmy and his books, please visit this site: https://jimmystokes.ampbk.com/#author.

A piece brought to you by Pastor Jon Forman

Have you heard of the Yellow Card Scheme?

Written and narrated by Jon Forman

Written and Narrated by Angela Harney

The Magic of Buttons Part 1 written and narrated by Diana Parsons.

The Magic of Buttons Part 2" written and narrated by Diana Parsons

In Search of Dark Skies - In Cannes Written and narrated by Angela Harney

Written and Narrated by Diana Parsons

Written and narrated by Angela Harney

Welcome to a lovely new YYFM series of personal histories. Each episode will feature an interview between Menna from the Valley View Care Home, Cefn Hengoed and one of the residents, as they talk about their lives. For the third episode Menna chats with Molly, a bubbly and interesting person with lots of great stories to tell.