Avoid the irony, sadly this year Bath’s annual big sleep-out event in Alice Park cannot be for obvious reasons. But homelessness during a lockdown is no joke. Julian House and Bath Boules Charitable Trust lay down a more local gauntlet, inviting you to join in with a sleep-out in your garden, on your balcony or your kitchen floor, sticking to your household/social bubble.
It’s okay, calm down, it’s not until 5th March, when hopefully weather will be more clement, a reality homeless don’t get. So, to stand up against homelessness, challenge yourself to sleep out for just one night at home and help raise vital funds and awareness for men and women forced to do so every night.
Last year they provided life-changing support to over 1,400 vulnerable individuals who were experiencing, or at risk of, homelessness across Bath, Bristol, and the South West. It’s a grim realisation, that without support like this, the life expectancy of a long-term homeless person is just 45 years. By sleeping out, you can change that.
On top of everyday challenges, the on-going impact of Coronavirus has had a devastating effect on the men, women, and children in care. Collectively you can help provide the lifesaving services and support they so desperately need right now.
Update on the Update of a Postcard Fiasco as Untouchable Newsquest Joins the Party!
Though I wish it would be dropped and faded into the archives, it’s got legs! We’re still on about “postcardgate,” but the trivia sometimes becomes the nitty-gritty when the persnickety board the good train Facebook with their vitriolic trollop. Yet Newquest joined the party, and seems to have got off unscathed; funny that…. Here we…
The Grand Return of CrownFest
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An Update on our Postcard Criticism
Earlier today I published an opinion piece on the postcard sent by someone at Devizes Town Council to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, for the Town of Culture Award. Please read this first for relevance to this update….. This isn’t an apology. I reserve my right to scrutinise and be a cheeky monkey,…
I Smell of Market Stall! Devizes’ Best Bid for Town of Culture Award
Well, that’s that then. In a bid to win a Town of Culture award, yesterday Devizes Town Councillors sent a digital postcard to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, and, just like Mick Jagger and David Bowie duetting Dancing in the Street, no one dared to stop them! Agreed, it’s illustrated with a brilliant…
Slowly Burning the Midnight Oil with a New Single
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Perusing Through the Pews; Lawrence Arts Society at St Mary’s Devizes
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Boots and Braces, Get Ready for Devizes Scooter Rally
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There’s Lots happening in July in Wiltshire, With or Without Bradley Walsh!
Please don’t get me wrong, I love that Bradley Walsh Cockney sparrow, and could imagine myself having a right laugh with him down any boozer he cared to drop into! But here we wouldn’t suggest you should wait for Brad to pop into your local before guaranteeing your good self a cracking night out! We’re…
“Hamlet” at Cleeve House, Seend, June 29th-July 4th 2026
by Ian Diddamsimages by Ian Diddams, Shakespeare Live “Hamlet” is arguably Shakespeare’s most widely known play, with an estimated tens of thousands of performances each year globally, and the most often performed of his works. The tale of Prince Hamlet’s struggle with his murderous uncle, his mother’s betrayal and his own sanity, leading to his…
Mantonfest Magic Multiplies
Mantonfest, the longstanding gem on Marlborough’s event calendar, finalised for another fantastic year last night, with metal-driven mayhem, as the sounds of AC/DC ripped across Treacle Brolly…. Tribute act AC/DC UK had a challenge, to top Dan Budd, who unleashed a burning effigy of everything Robbie Williams used to be and thoroughly entertained in manner…
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