Mark Hutchings
@markhutchings.bsky.social
Journo, tutor, trainer, cycle tour guide. ding.wales
Not the most diverse of stages in the BBC Wales Caerphilly candidates hustings. Reform’s Llyr Powell rather dominating proceedings - albeit sounding stroppy.
October 15, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Not the most diverse of stages in the BBC Wales Caerphilly candidates hustings. Reform’s Llyr Powell rather dominating proceedings - albeit sounding stroppy.
Senedd flags at half-mast following the awful news of the sudden death of MS Hefin David.
August 13, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Senedd flags at half-mast following the awful news of the sudden death of MS Hefin David.
Dear @cardiffcouncil.bsky.social
These barriers along the length of Bute Park have gone up this morning, presumably ahead of the Blackweir concerts.
Overkill?
These barriers along the length of Bute Park have gone up this morning, presumably ahead of the Blackweir concerts.
Overkill?
June 23, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Dear @cardiffcouncil.bsky.social
These barriers along the length of Bute Park have gone up this morning, presumably ahead of the Blackweir concerts.
Overkill?
These barriers along the length of Bute Park have gone up this morning, presumably ahead of the Blackweir concerts.
Overkill?
Sun-kissed bike ride to recce a tour option. (In my BBC days, recces normally involved checking satellite signals outside court buildings or schools )
June 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Sun-kissed bike ride to recce a tour option. (In my BBC days, recces normally involved checking satellite signals outside court buildings or schools )
At a time when multi-culturalism is under scrutiny…
Today I took visitors from Portsmouth, Spain and Canada to the Betty Campbell statue in Cardiff.
It celebrates how people can live together “regardless of where they come from or the colour of their skin.”
One of the guests was moved to tears.
Today I took visitors from Portsmouth, Spain and Canada to the Betty Campbell statue in Cardiff.
It celebrates how people can live together “regardless of where they come from or the colour of their skin.”
One of the guests was moved to tears.
May 13, 2025 at 4:06 PM
At a time when multi-culturalism is under scrutiny…
Today I took visitors from Portsmouth, Spain and Canada to the Betty Campbell statue in Cardiff.
It celebrates how people can live together “regardless of where they come from or the colour of their skin.”
One of the guests was moved to tears.
Today I took visitors from Portsmouth, Spain and Canada to the Betty Campbell statue in Cardiff.
It celebrates how people can live together “regardless of where they come from or the colour of their skin.”
One of the guests was moved to tears.
As someone who mainly works from home these days, I must give myself a stiff talking to about how lazy I’m being. Must remember to clock on at 9am, not 7am.
May 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
As someone who mainly works from home these days, I must give myself a stiff talking to about how lazy I’m being. Must remember to clock on at 9am, not 7am.
Not your ordinary buskers. Sitting on a city centre bench getting a free concert courtesy of the rehearsal by the new occupants of the Old Library - Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.
(Sound on)
(Sound on)
April 28, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Not your ordinary buskers. Sitting on a city centre bench getting a free concert courtesy of the rehearsal by the new occupants of the Old Library - Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.
(Sound on)
(Sound on)
“Reached out”. Or as we used to say in what is now a quaint, old-fashioned term - “asked”.
March 26, 2025 at 4:59 AM
“Reached out”. Or as we used to say in what is now a quaint, old-fashioned term - “asked”.
Big turnout for the Sarah Everard memorial run - four years after she was murdered. Remembering her and other women killed at the hands of random men. It shouldn’t be about “keeping women safe” but about changing the behaviour of too many men.
Not just physical abuse but verbal too.
Not just physical abuse but verbal too.
March 3, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Big turnout for the Sarah Everard memorial run - four years after she was murdered. Remembering her and other women killed at the hands of random men. It shouldn’t be about “keeping women safe” but about changing the behaviour of too many men.
Not just physical abuse but verbal too.
Not just physical abuse but verbal too.
It’s not all bad news. 🏴
March 1, 2025 at 9:05 AM
It’s not all bad news. 🏴
“Why don’t you wear a suit?”
February 28, 2025 at 9:14 PM
“Why don’t you wear a suit?”
Had this through our door. Seems to be quite an active campaign against Cardiff Uni cuts.
February 18, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Had this through our door. Seems to be quite an active campaign against Cardiff Uni cuts.
These are small but significant figures, as Reform win a by-election in Pontypool - their first elected councillor in Wales. He’ll join the group of 3 Tory defectors on Torfaen council.
February 14, 2025 at 7:33 AM
These are small but significant figures, as Reform win a by-election in Pontypool - their first elected councillor in Wales. He’ll join the group of 3 Tory defectors on Torfaen council.
Gatland’s exit?
February 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Gatland’s exit?
From the glass half-full department…
February 8, 2025 at 3:24 PM
From the glass half-full department…
National Museum, Cardiff back open for business after its safety-enforced closure last week.
February 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
National Museum, Cardiff back open for business after its safety-enforced closure last week.
People turning up at the National Museum of Wales in Cardiff to find it closed at short notice due to “health and safety concerns”. Looks like a rush job judging by the sticky tape on the door. One family have just arrived from Swansea.
February 2, 2025 at 1:11 PM
People turning up at the National Museum of Wales in Cardiff to find it closed at short notice due to “health and safety concerns”. Looks like a rush job judging by the sticky tape on the door. One family have just arrived from Swansea.
Bloody licence fee.
December 26, 2024 at 11:07 PM
Bloody licence fee.
If you’ve lost your bike in Cardiff city centre this afternoon, I have some photos that might help.
December 23, 2024 at 2:32 PM
If you’ve lost your bike in Cardiff city centre this afternoon, I have some photos that might help.
Football-speak really is a different language.
December 18, 2024 at 9:42 PM
Football-speak really is a different language.
Great to join Naz Khan talking about her running achievements with Lynne Bowles on BBC Radio Wales. Naz has the same condition as Chris McCausland and is just as inspirational.
Available on BBC Sounds (select just after 4pm). If you listen to the end, you get a bonus joke thrown in.
Available on BBC Sounds (select just after 4pm). If you listen to the end, you get a bonus joke thrown in.
December 15, 2024 at 5:45 PM
Great to join Naz Khan talking about her running achievements with Lynne Bowles on BBC Radio Wales. Naz has the same condition as Chris McCausland and is just as inspirational.
Available on BBC Sounds (select just after 4pm). If you listen to the end, you get a bonus joke thrown in.
Available on BBC Sounds (select just after 4pm). If you listen to the end, you get a bonus joke thrown in.
I’m reading The Stamp of Innocence which charts the appalling miscarriage of justice suffered by Ynys Mon sub-postmaster Noel Thomas.
He lies in his cell, wondering how he ended up there.
It’s a question the Post Office still haven’t answered.
“Where did that bloody money go?”
He lies in his cell, wondering how he ended up there.
It’s a question the Post Office still haven’t answered.
“Where did that bloody money go?”
December 9, 2024 at 6:14 PM
I’m reading The Stamp of Innocence which charts the appalling miscarriage of justice suffered by Ynys Mon sub-postmaster Noel Thomas.
He lies in his cell, wondering how he ended up there.
It’s a question the Post Office still haven’t answered.
“Where did that bloody money go?”
He lies in his cell, wondering how he ended up there.
It’s a question the Post Office still haven’t answered.
“Where did that bloody money go?”
Fancy guide-running? Give it a go. I’ve just guided the amazing Naz Khan to her 12th fundraising half marathon in 12 months, rounding it off in Lanzarote.
I’m not getting any quicker so it’s hugely rewarding to help others to get the sense of freedom and achievement running can give you.
I’m not getting any quicker so it’s hugely rewarding to help others to get the sense of freedom and achievement running can give you.
December 7, 2024 at 8:45 PM
Fancy guide-running? Give it a go. I’ve just guided the amazing Naz Khan to her 12th fundraising half marathon in 12 months, rounding it off in Lanzarote.
I’m not getting any quicker so it’s hugely rewarding to help others to get the sense of freedom and achievement running can give you.
I’m not getting any quicker so it’s hugely rewarding to help others to get the sense of freedom and achievement running can give you.
Bag split on the way to the tip.
“I’m not sure what it is, officer.”
“I’m not sure what it is, officer.”
November 27, 2024 at 2:18 PM
Bag split on the way to the tip.
“I’m not sure what it is, officer.”
“I’m not sure what it is, officer.”
