The Battle of Agincourt took place on October 25 1415 in Northern France. The stirring story of Henry V’s forces defeating a much larger French army has become one of the most celebrated events in British history, inspiring poems and play through the ages.

A fun-filled day of free music and entertainment through town, Brecon With Bells On is the annual event that celebrates the switching on of the town lights and heralds the start of the build-up to Christmas.

Within the bleak mid-winter, a bright light came to sing at Brecon Cathedral. Hear how this came to happen as Nic Groombridge interviews the Dean of Brecon.

When the Brecon Festival Ballet performed its inaugural show of The Nutcracker at Theatr Brycheiniog in December 2019, it notched up a lot of firsts. The show has gone from strength to strength and 2024 sees it returning for 5 shows just before Christmas.

Brecon’s long and storied military history takes in many of the most significant conflicts of the last several hundred years, but perhaps the most famous is the battle of Rorke’s Drift during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879.

A pioneering, Brecon-born woman doctor, campaigner and social reformer has been honoured with  Wales’ 11th Purple Plaque, unveiled on the place of her birth in High Street, Brecon.

In celebration of International Women’s day, it seems fitting to delve into Brecon’s history and draw attention to an incredibly inspirational woman who sought to break the societal boundaries of womanhood during her time by giving courage and creating opportunity for women locally, nationally and even globally.

The centenary of the South Wales Borderers and Monmouthshire Regiments’ war memorial has been marked in a moving service in Brecon Cathedral.

Hundreds of people crowded into the centre of Brecon to watch the 37th annual Gurkha Brecon Freedom parade. The event sees locally-based Gurkha soldiers parade through the town, marking their rights as honorary citizens.  

Brecon bustled with local people, mixed with visitors from across the UK and beyond to enjoy the Brecon Jazz Festival - and the Brecon Frazz Parade, the community-led ‘open to all’ carnival march through the town.

Lynne Gornall and Roger Cannon tell us how a visit to BreconJazzFestival led to them making the town their home, and reflect on the event’s place in the international jazz scene.

This year’s festival went online for the first time do look at their website for highlights.

Kate Gedge of Brecon Baroque Festival fills us in on how the event has become a fixture on the international music scene. This year’s festival went online for the first time do look at their website for highlights.

One of the most enduring of Brecon Stories:  ‘The Plough Chapel got its name from the tavern that once occupied the site.’ It is a tale that has echoed down the generations, and a name that has been given to a succession of buildings.  

The brainchild of glassmaker Kathryn Roberts, Gate Gallery and Glassworks is a glittering example of Brecon’s lively arts and crafts scene.

This recollection of the festival origins by Jean Hosie , who became the festival administrator, describes how the first festival was planned, artists were invited, a programme put together, and business owners around the town persuaded to join the initiative and to provide multiple venues over a weekend in August.  

The Brecon Story Project started with a £10,000 ‘Christmas Present’. The pioneering project celebrates Brecon’s history and culture and welcomed the arrival of the major ‘present’, just in time for Christmas 2021.

Rachael works as a stonemason for the Canal and River Trust, using her skills to preserve the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal, a vitally important piece of local heritage. After studying for a Fine Art degree, she returned to Brecon in search of new challenges.

Frank leads Brecon Cathedral’s Welcomers Team, a group of volunteers on hand to assist and inform the Cathedral’s many visitors from across the world.

The year of 2020 came with many challenges not least for our heritage and cultural venues in Brecon and for the people who enjoy these spaces. However one of the positives was a visual and sound recording in Brecon Cathedral of a solo violinist playing a piece of music entitled The Cresset Stone by composer Hilary Tann. 

Many people are unaware that the first printed book in the Welsh language, 'Yn y Lhyvyr Hwnn', was written by a prominent Breconian - so an important 'first' for Brecon!