Reem Ahmed

Expectations were high for English pop sensation Anne-Marie's performance in Cardiff Castle on Saturday night for mainly two reasons. The Grammy nominee was headlining the one-day music festival, Depot in the Castle, which returned to the capital for its sixth year. Her one-and-a-half hour show came at the end of the jam-packed day, after a first-rate set from Brit Award winner Tom Walker, a head-bopping bonanza from DJ Jax Jones and impressive gigs from local artists. But her concert also mark...

There are a couple of aspects of Kingdom of Sheba that intrigue me before I even try its food. As I approach the restaurant in Bute Street in Butetown, Cardiff, I'm greeted by a small, squat, and dark grey building, with a flat roof, boxy shape, and hefty metal gate reinforcing its front entrance. It reminds me strongly of the architecture of buildings in the Middle East and I can't help but think it's fitting setting for a Yemeni eatery. However it turns out this is purely coincidental: the bu

Just before 11.30am on a Tuesday morning Idris Mohamed takes a well-earned breather at a seat in his small diner in Cardiff. It's been non-stop for the 38-year-old for the past hour and a half or so as he's been busy preparing traditional Somali breakfast for an ever-constant stream of customers through the doors of Togayo café in Bute Street.

It was dinner time. I reached for my phone and swiped to the JustEat app. I had received some good news that day so naturally a takeaway was in order. Soon a delivery man showed up at my front door with a warm and bulky plastic bag hanging from his fingertips.

Situated in Cardiff's Coal Exchange Hotel, Culley's Kitchen & Bar has a lot to live up to. Its surroundings boast a rich 134-year history. Hailed as one of the most significant buildings in Welsh history, it was constructed between 1884 and 1886 and was once a hive of businessmen trading in the city. In 1904, the first £1m cheque was signed there and, in 1913, it welcomed Captain Scott and his team before they boarded the the Terra Nova and set sail on their ill-fated Antarctic expedition. Grant

My much-anticipated afternoon of fine dining in Cardiff has a rather unconventional start. Sidestepping through a gaggle of college students basking in the sunshine, I slip through a revolving door into a huge education hub. The welcoming thrum of student life reminds me fondly of my own university days, but for one panic-stricken moment, I wonder if I'm in the right place. Aware I'm already running late for my booking, I make a beeline to a security guard, who swiftly assuages my fears, directs

Food may be one of life's greatest pleasures, but preparing homemade meals can be anything but. We've all been there: the monotonous carousel of simple meals you eat week in and week out just won't do anymore, so you find yourself in the kitchen with high hopes of concocting something a little different. But an hour or so later, the kitchen looks like a bombsite and you're still toiling away. Measuring out everything meticulously seems to take an age, and the pile of washing up just keeps moun

The statistics on food waste are staggering. According to this recent article by BBC Earth around 1.3bn tonnes of food gets wasted globally each year – accounting for one third of all food produced. This number is shocking enough but it leaves a particularly bad taste in the mouth once you find out that between 720m and 811m people in the world faced hunger in 2020 – not to mention the impact of food waste on climate change, as this article by the WWF explains. The good news is individuals and