Hi, yeah s’me, keeping up the Song of the Day feature like dedication was as word I know the definition of!
No excuses not to, I mean I am of the generation when Roy Castle clasped his trumpet weekly, ready for the signing off of “Record Breakers.” No, it’s not a euthanasim, Google it whippersnappers.
Might also explain my fondness for brass. Brass is class, and a vital element of ska. Yep, four tunes in and I couldn’t resist sharing some ska with you.
It’s a commonly misguided notion that ska is a retrospective cult here in England. It tends to convey a bygone era of Two-Tone records, boots and braces.
Yet today, while said stereotype has a grounding, ska is an international phenomenon, particularly in South America. I did write a piece about this region’s love for ska, and how it’s roots out of Jamaica bare a different tale from our own.
To show you how fresh it can be elsewhere in the world, and it’s not a reminiscence for a
load of overweight balding pensioners as perceived in the UK, here’s all-female bar one Mexican band, Girls Go Ska, who I’m secretly in love with, (so secret they don’t even know themselves….until they use Google translate!) doing an instrumental jam.
Girls and ska; what’s not to like? Have a lovely rest of your day. Very good. Carry on….
- Former Lavington School Students Reunite for Cancer Research’s Race for Life
They might appear like sticks of broccoli on their featured image, with no logical explanation as to why, but they actually are two former students of Lavington School, who are reuniting to enter Cancer Research’s Race for Life in Salisbury on 21st June…..
Lauren Mesquita and Jess Worrow pledge to complete the 5k run raising vital funds for Breast Cancer Research, but need your help. Stay calm, you need not dust off your joggers and Dunlop Green Flash; they’re only asking for your donations!
The two girls met at Lavington School, Jess is now studying for English and media A-Levels in Swindon, and Lauren is currently studying nursing at college, with plans to be working as a Pharmacy Support Worker within the NHS.
Lauren said, “I have a big passion for helping other people; that’s why I want to work in healthcare, to make a difference. I worked in oncology and haematology wards, and a chemotherapy outpatients suite during a nursing placement at a hospital, meaning I’ve had the opportunity to learn about cancer and talk to lots of patients living with it.”
Jess added, “Cancer is happening right now, which is why I’m taking part in a Race for Life 5k to raise money and help to save lives.”
The two friends have both had family members affected by cancer. “We want to raise money to help combat this awful disease that affects so many people across the globe,” they said. “So any donation is deeply appreciated.” They’re calling their partnership, Not Fast, Too Funny.
This will be Lauren’s second year of running the Race for Life, but it’s the first time for Jess. Though Jess has been keen on many sports, including playing for England Hockey performance centre and Reading FC Academy in the past. I don’t even know how far 5k is, but it’s got a K in it which usually makes it sound like it’s much further than my own personal best of occasionally running for the bus.
We wish Lauren and Jess the very best of luck, and call upon our lovely, lovely readers to please support them with a donation if they can, because they’re lovely, really.
“I’ve seen so many stories of people fighting through it and recovering,” Lauren added, “including some in my own family, and it’s really motivated me to do this.”
Please donate from this link, because, did I mention that you’re lovely?! Thank you x.
- No Election Here; What Did Wiltshire Councillors Do on Election Day?!
No jumping bandwagon election articles from us this week; we’ve had no election here, move along if that’s what you came here looking for! But, what were our Wiltshire Councillors up to on election day, instead of temptingly campaigning with a bag of peanut M&Ms outside polling stations, or nervously twitching in their seats?! We thought we’d ask them…..
Note; we thought we’d ask them for fun, hoping for an amusing response…. These are councillors, though, the real McCoy, I didn’t hold out much hope. Not that they couldn’t be amusing, you understand?! No, silly, I just prayed some might be daring/crazy enough to actually answer!
I desperately despatched a dodgy message on the day, to a few we know and like. No point in asking Reform councillors; too busy painting roundabouts and shouting at hotels, I’d expect no more. National result for them though; who’d thought swapping empathy for anger, and accountability for a blame game would make such an appealing prospective?!
“Stop thar boats,” is all they’ve got; Swindon is landlocked, nincompoops! What, are they coming across Coate Water in a paddleboat now?! Deform took Penhill, Pinehurst and everything else in Swindon beginning with a P; like Primark. You do realise a local councillor isn’t Prince Namor the Sub-Mariner, right?! Unfortunately for you, they approve shed extensions, there’s little they can do to stop a boat.
Anyway, such was the wording in the message those few who I sent it to probably thought my phone was pinched by Michael McIntyre. Perhaps they shampooed the dog, or went to Ikea and brought a nice, fluffy cushion for their safe seat, I wondered. It’s thoughts like this which get me through the tougher days!
Fingers crossed in anticipation, first to answer was our very own MP, Brian Matthew. Not as complimentary as it might sound, given our track record of preceding MPs, but Brian is deffo the friendliest! Always where the action is, he’d been in Swindon on the day, helping with the election process/rumble there. Not really amusing, but at least they have a TK Maxx.
Phil Chamberlain, Wiltshire Councillor for Box & Colerne was with Brian, also in Swindon helping with the process. Phil explained he “spent the morning at Wroughton’s polling station, along with one of Wiltshire’s Reform councillors and we chatted with each other and with voters. One voter got him to look after their dog while he cast his ballot.” Eh? The dog voted?! Might explain a few things!
Big but, what gives in Swindon? With just a 50% turnout they took a geochronologic unit to count the votes. The Returning Officer requested more counting assistants. Apparently they’ve run out of fingers and toes.
The most comfy person at County Hall responded next, Laura Mayes. No, right, cos if I read it right, not only has she the seat for Rowde and Bromham, but also has a chair too; something extra to put your feet up on! They don’t even give The Munster so much as a pouffe, which could be why he’s so crotchety! Black Dog crossroad is safer now; give the geezer a scatter cushion at the very least!!
Laura told me she was “as far away from elections as possible!” Training for a triathlon, Laura spent the day working on her fitness; running, and swimming in the sea. “Council work never stops,” she explained, “I have been answering emails and helping some residents with a flood protection plan.” Surely the only one to benefit from answering emails while swimming is The Apple Store?!
Whilst Laura risked water damage to her phone to answer emails, in top hat and tails, Devizes East Councillor Taylor Wright and his partner were poshing it at Buckingham Palace for the Royal Garden Party. Ooh, get you! Seriously, he sent me a smashing picture; a lovely couple. We need more youthful councillors like this proud family man.
Meanwhile, Ben Reed for Devizes North broke his Waiblingen Way leaflet delivery record. Maybe he should’ve also been at the palace, being awarded a Victoria Cross for bravery!
I didn’t ask Taylor if the King was serving up Iceland hotdogs in khaki shorts and a bucket hat, as such an image my warped imagination might conjure, but Taylor called it “an incredible opportunity” adding, “quite easy to say I’d prefer this over an election count!”
After her fitness regime, Laura also revealed it’ll be “cocktails and dancing tonight,” for her. “Who needs elections?” she jested, “not me!!” And that’s it in a nutshell, isn’t it? Wiltshire Council aren’t doing such a bad job in my honest opinion. We were safe from the fiasco here. Whatever happened elsewhere is nought to do with us; we’re fine as we are, thank you all the same!
I thank Laura, Brian and Taylor for their time, and for playing my silly game. The rest were quite rightly like, mind your own business! And who could blame them?! If they see this and foolishly think “I could’ve contributed,” then, more the merrier, I can edit it. Fix a pothole or two first, and I’ll gladly consider it!
- M3G, De-Anchored
At the end of last year Chippenham singer-songwriter M3G released the single Rooks. I felt it set her bar at a whole new higher level. I’m glad to report the follow up single, De-Anchored, is equally angelic, and was released today…..
It might not raise the bar much from Rooks, but it maintains the same direction of excellence. Such is the unique and original direction of this drifting metaphoric shanty, Meg was delighted to hear it played on BBC Introducing in the West last evening, and we are equally thrilled for her! Thank you kindly, Mr Threlfall, they broke the mould when they made Meg.
For in this crazy world of fired up, laden rock n roll and floor rumbling dubstep, sometimes you need a timeout, a breeze of ambient goodness, and M3G’s acoustic take on melancholy is so beautifully presented with all-M3G loop vocals and sublimely unique expression. And arranged by Phil Cooper too, who knows the composition of a beautiful song like the back of his hand.
This time De-Anchored takes a shanty feeling, metaphorically a loose anchor can’t save a sinking ship, relative to a relationship breakdown and the character’s empathy and sense of loss. It drifts, lost at sea, another delicate impression guaranteed to impress!
De-Anchored is out now, across all major streaming platforms.
De-Anchored – Song by M3G – Apple Music
- The UK’s Biggest Festival…. at Trowbridge’s Pump?
Yes, you did read this correctly! As lovely as our premier grassroots venue, The Pump in Trowbridge is, you might be stretched to imagine it hosting the UK’s biggest festival without at least someone squishing your toes! Without any appropriate safety footwear, allow me to explain…..
The Music Venue Trust and The National Lottery have announced Everywhere At Once, the UK’s biggest festival, a festival on your doorstep. Taking place on what would have been the Glastonbury Festival weekend of June 26th to 28th 2026, hundreds of grassroots music venues across the country will unite for Everywhere At Once, for one extraordinary weekend.
Venues from Inverness to Penzance will host hundreds of major artists, touring acts and the most exciting emerging local talent in the spaces that have launched generations of musicians. This will enable audiences to experience a diverse, curated programme of live music in the intimate rooms that are the heartbeat of their communities.
This is not a festival in a field. It’s a festival on your doorstep, no tent required. Forget the trek, the traffic and the campsites. And this exciting live music experience is coming to Trowbridge, via the Pump. See? Put your Crocs back on the shoe-rack, I said all would be explained!
Everywhere At Once is more than a line-up of gigs. It’s a national moment to celebrate the grassroots music ecosystem. For three days, the artists play, the venues host, the nation listens, closer to the music, where local matters, where everyone belongs; The Pump ticks that box.
Everywhere At Once at the Pump will include a twee indie pop night with Sketchbook Records presenting on Friday 26th June. Includes a line up of Josie from Copenhagen, Clock Radio from a bit closer to home, Devizes, and Bath’s Wisdom Teeth.
Saturday 27th June is the Nova Nights takeover with punk-indie-blues vibes from Fight Milk from London, Melksham’s finest The Sunnies, and The Hayden Lloyd Band from Trowbridge.
And there’s a Sunday matinee from 2pm on the 28th, when The Pump Acoustic Club presents a night of folk with Dan Sealey of Ocean Colour Scene and Frome’s KD Rivers. Check out the Pump Website for more details.
- Riotous Cult Comedy Bullshot Crummond Comes to Bath in Support of Men’s Mental Health Charity
The Rondo Theatre in Bath will be bursting with high-energy chaos this June as The Rondo Theatre Company presents Bullshot Crummond, a gloriously silly parody of 1930s adventure stories, all in aid of Man Down…..
Running from Wednesday 17th to Saturday 20th June 2026, this fast-paced comedy follows the dashing (and deeply ridiculous) hero Bullshot Crummond as he races to thwart the evil Otto Van Brunno and his beautiful but deadly accomplice Lenya, who have kidnapped a Professor for their own nefarious ends. What follows is a whirlwind of outrageous antics, quick-fire costume changes and theatrical mayhem.
A loving send-up of stiff-upper-lip heroics, the production leans into the exaggerated tropes of a bygone era, think Indiana Jones meets The 39 Steps with a dash of Blackadder. Audiences can expect car chases, sword fights, swooning heroines, hapless henchmen and deliciously over-the-top villains, all delivered at breakneck speed and firmly tongue-in-cheek.
Bullshot Crummond began life as a stage comedy in the 1970s before being adapted into the 1983 cult film Bullshot. A loving parody of early pulp-fiction heroes, it has built a loyal following for its gleeful satire of classic British adventure stories.
But beneath the farce, the choice of charity brings a more thoughtful edge. By pairing this parody of hyper-masculine heroics with support for Man Down, a charity dedicated to improving men’s mental health through peer support and community, the production gently pokes fun at outdated ideas of masculinity while supporting vital, real-world conversations.
“We wanted to do something that was pure fun, a real escape, this is what the world needs right now” says director Charlotte Howard. “Bullshot Crummond is completely ridiculous, and that’s exactly the point. But by linking it with Man Down, we’re also acknowledging that some of those old ideas about what it means to ‘be a man’ still linger. If we can make people laugh and support a brilliant cause at the same time, we hope that feels like a good balance.”
Audiences are actively encouraged to join in the spirit of the show, with dressing up very much part of the experience. Whether it’s 1930s glamour, daring adventurers or dastardly villains, the more flamboyant the better.
Our local electronica hero Moray McDonald, aka, Cephid is on sound design for this, The Rondo Theatre Company’s annual charity production, known for its lively, inventive shows and strong local support.
Bullshot Crummond runs from 17th June to Saturday 20th June 2026. Tickets: £13/ £15 (booking fees apply.)
- Preaching at The Pulpit – Mark Harrison at The Pulpit, Swindon May 6th 2026
By Ian Diddams
Images by Ed Dyke
Is he a musician? Is he a raconteur? Is he a comedian? Well – he is all of these things – a singer/songwriter, wrapped up in a story teller, inside a dry, laconic wit that is delivered as “Suave” Mark Harrison, his self-appointed nomenclature.
And indeed, he was in fine form at this wonderful gig last night at “The Pulpit”. Mark has had some throat issues for a few months now and has to look after his voice when performing, which involves copious amounts of water and as a result urgent loo-breaks. And while the result may mean fewer songs in a set, it also means we are treated to more of Mark’s rambling yet always engaging, quietly spoken stories of blues history, social observations and personal views all wrapped up in his acerbic, pithy humour. For sure, Ralph McTel, Frank Sinatra and Eric Clapton will never seem the same again.
Mark kicked off the evening at 8pm with an explanation of his voice issues and description of his “well suited” opera background vocal coach and worked his way through such numbers as “Sonny Boys”, “Crematorium Blues”, “By the Side of the Road”, “There goes yesterday”, “Them and Us”, and “Road Ahead Closed”, interspersed with Blues history of a stolen identity, late night road closures, and visiting Eastbourne.
After a short break – and a much-needed pee break for Mark, by 9.15pm we were back once again to more stories about Howling Wolf, the birth of the civil rights movement because of mechanised cotton picking, David Honeyboy Edwards and his book perpetrating the Robert Johnson soul selling to the devil “bollocks” ( © Mark Harrison )…. and self-deprecatory remarks about Mark’s voice, Coventry and his celebrity status including a nascent affair with Anneka Rice and being sandwiched between Abba and Mylie Cyrus in an array of global mega stars. We learn about Gale Porter’s Jonah-like death knell for high street banks, the growth of “management” over real jobs and how Mark doesn’t do “politics” but does do “lived experience”; he is Victor Meldrew but actually funny and with music… and as for music we were regaled by “Highgate Hill Blues”, “Onliest One“, ” Skip’s Song“, ” Easy Does It“… and more such excellent philosophical, satirical and just down right super tunes.
All too soon 10pm threatened along with Mark’s voice giving out and with a suitably low key, pertinent and humorous story, and two more songs, we were done. Hand-shakes, merch bought, and goodbyes ensued and it was time to escape Swindon, and for Mark to eventually venture out to do battle with the road closures of Oxfordshire…
- Ready for RowdeFest?
Not long now, for Rowdefest! Which, as the name suggests, is in Rowde, near Devizes, on Saturday 30th May, and is a free, community spirited family mini-festival with the ethos and atmosphere of a festival and village fete combined; what more could you possibly ask for?! Well, I’ve got some exciting details to reveal, some of which have been top secret until now…..
That’s the beauty of being involved with Rowdefest, I have the lowdown, and I’m a blabber-mouth! I’ve been drinking tea and assisting with the organisation of this little extravaganza, mainly in charge of biscuit consumption during some painstaking meetings whereby a much greater dedicated team have been carefully plotting this year’s Rowdefest. Let me tell you now, you have no idea of the enormity of hard work which the committee have undertaken to stage this, and to keep it free and fundraising. Ergo, it’d be rude not to come, it’s a quick bus journey or healthy stroll/piggyback from Devizes!
We will be raising money for Rowde Village News & St Mathew’s Restoration, from 1-7pm at the Small Playing Field in Rowde, which is surprisingly bigger than it sounds. We will be entertaining ourselves at the main tent, until such a time the fantastic Devizes Jubilee Morris Dancers have belled-up for a returning show; so much fun last year, they’ve been warmly invited back.
Until then, I suggest we have a dance-off competition with prizes for the best dance moves, so bring your funky pants and your parents too, because extra points will be awarded for the bravery of dragging your parents along for this dad dancing dance off!
It is a family affair. We have a bar, and the Mind Tree Cafe. We have tea & cakes at the church and a plant sale, both of which people can bring on the day; plants and homemade cakes to the church please, and thanking you.
Talking tucker next. Woodland returns this year, with their delicious pizza, and new to Rowdefest, we welcome Boigers, for their smashing smashed burgers. I’m tempted to get one of them as a pizza topping!! And of course, it wouldn’t be Rowdefest, not even Rowde, if we didn’t invite The Rowdey Cow, and a selection of their scrumptious ice cream.
For something totally original, we welcome a live sheep shearing show, at regular intervals throughout the day; might nip over there for a trim. The rest of the time you’ll find me loitering at the main tent, with some guests who will be performing live.
I’m over the moon, to welcome the sublime Ruby Darbyshire, who will take the stage around 2:30pm. Many of you will know Ruby and those who have seen her before will understand why I’m so excited. Others will have to wait and see, but wherever Ruby travels around the world, people are left in awe.
At around 4:30 we will read the results of the raffle. Yes, we have a raffle, of course we do, and it’s tombola-tastic, with three tombola stalls; adults, kids, and the school’s bottle tombola. We have fairground rides, face painting, and stalls from Bramblerose Designs’ art inspired by the Wiltshire countryside and hand dyed clothing & fabrics, King’s Bakes, Merlin Glass, Kay’s Rugs & Stuff, Katie Robson’s craft stall, and the RSPB, and RNLI. We also have fundraising by local children for trips to Borneo and Peru, as well as our own books, bric-a-brac, children’s games, and plant stalls.
Pegden Contracting are supplying hay bales again this year, giving it a real village fete look. So, once you’ve browsed our stalls, and grabbed a bite to eat and drink, meet me there, because not only have we Ruby playing for us, but Marlborough’s finest vintage blues with a groove collective Barrellhouse will be blasting out the songs as our grand finale. You are going to love them, pinky promise!
See the poster? It took me ages to design that, and the antiquated computer program I used caused Martin Barnes Creative a headache when he came to remix it and add the groovy graphics; still he returned to thankfully sponsor our event! But not as long, or headachey as it has taken our lovely committee to arrange this festival, and with the support of the Rowde Parish Council, we welcome you to RowdeFest 2026!
Now, local businesses, here’s how you can help. While we have already filled our field with side-stalls and attractions, would you like your banner displayed at RowdeFest on the 30th May? To display a banner we are only asking for the small amount of £15 for banners under 1.5 meters long. Anything bigger is £20. We are keeping it low as we want to promote local businesses. Get in touch if you’re up for it, but I hope to see you all in Rowde on Saturday 30th May, by the order of Devizine!!
- Nothing Orange; Arts Festival Brings Home Devizes Phenomenon
Four years ago I witnessed a Gen Z phenomenon in Devizes. With a certain indie punk zest and intelligent songwriting, Devizes School band Nothing Rhymes With Orange built a local following I once compared to Beatlemania. Staging their own gigs and recording original songs, they harnessed appeal from a dedicated fanbase. By the summer of the following year I suggested to DOCA they should host them at the Devizes International Street Festival, and advised residents young and old, to come support this blossoming sensation; and they listened…..
It will forever remain one of my most fondest memories as editor of Devizine; looking out from the stage across a sea of people stretching the entire Market Place and queuing down the Little Brittox. I announced them, it felt like the right thing to do after banging on so much about how good they were! And they absolutely rocked it, opening a wider age demographic to their brilliance, if still local. But Nothing Rhymes with Orange didn’t stop there.
They would play our pub venues, from the Southgate to the Three Crowns, and they would even fit into FullTone, but they cast a net further, as other venues and festivals of other local areas headhunted them. The vibe was spreading, from Bradford-on-Avon’s Roots Festival to Marlborough’s Lamb and The Barge on HoneyStreet, the lads fast becoming Devizes musical export of the century.
The only time I ever questioned their united successful future was at the end of their sixth form tunnel, when so many school bands demobilise to pursue separate universities, careers, or family obligations. It was 2024, they did a farewell gig at the Exchange in Devizes, and I set up an interview with them. It was more Chow for Now than breakup, as frontman Elijah Easton, guitarist Fin Anderson-Farquhar, drummer Lui Venables, and bassist Sam Briggs all planned to study music at Bristol uni, and even reside together; result!
For the interview I drew up some quirky questions, as usually a band of this age didn’t take themselves overly serious, but what was revealed was evidently the most dedicated band with the most earnest sense of direction I’ve ever chatted with. It is this motivation to their development which drives the phenomenon to their international success. Nothing Rhymes with Orange have matured their sound, harnessed a style, but the audience response is equal to the Gen Z parties of home, just on a massive and international scale.
Bookings this year stretch from Exeter to a Brighton tour, onto Leeds, North Shields and Sheffield. The CURCUS Festival in Dorset, Godney Gathering, Somerset, and back to their new residence with some of Bristol’s biggest festivals. You can find our lads at Taunton, Plymouth, Rotherham, Leicestershire, Warwickshire, and London’s premier venue The Dublin Castle. The end of July sees them in Gibraltar, and each and every date makes me proudly think, yeah, they’ve cracked this!
But for their original Devizes fans, there is one important gig on their list, for if it’s one thing to see Springsteen play, it’s another to see Springsteen in New Jersey. Devizes Arts Festival has brought many big names to town, over their forty years, some became bigger afterwards, others already A-list. This year is likely the first time they bring an act BACK to Devizes, as Saturday June the 13th sees Nothing Rhymes with Orange playing The Corn Exchange. The lads returning is going to be big, perhaps as big as the sacks of washing for their mums!!
Image: Kiesha Films The Devizes Arts Festival put out, what I considered a slightly wonky perception of this in a social media post. Stating their generation didn’t like paying for gigs, I’d argue it was more through financial reasoning than anything cultural. Besides, Gen Z have grown now, some with jobs, or at least with better parent persuasion techniques! While worth every penny, Devizes Arts Festival events come with a price, in order to stage them and cover the many free fringe events their program offers.
To attract a target audience rare for the Festival, tickets have been kept to a minimum, weighing in at just £12.94. I sincerely hope this works, because it is not just Gen Z this event should attract here in Devizes. In my honest opinion, the red carpet should be rolled out for these lads, who’ve put Devizes back on the musical map of England, since the success of The Hoax in the nineties. For the record, I recall standing by a younger Elijah, watching Jon Amor at his Southgate residency with a respectful eye.
The lads of Nothing Rhymes with Orange deserve to be shown a Devizes welcoming home party like no other, by all of this town’s live music aficionados of all ages, not only for their international success, but for motivating a new generation here to pick up guitars and drums and start their own adventures. So, if your kid begs you for some money for a ticket, get one for them, and get one for yourself too!!
- Shrink Your Head; Controversial Faith Healing Lecture in Devizes?!
Spiritual doctor, El Souessi, a prominent speaker for the Bruno Groening Circle of Friends, is coming to Devizes’ Wyvern Club on the 10th May to lecture on the teachings of controversial faith healer Bruno Groening. Make of it what you will, but from my angle it sounds suspicious….
While we’re happy to promote local events here at Devizine, we’re wary of those unfitting basic morals, ones affiliating with extreme politics, for example. This one is borderline and I would advise caution. Faith healing is a pseudoscience many within the medical community and public consider unconventional.
Bruno Groening was an oddball, a German mystic who claimed to transmit a healing force he called Heilstrom, to cure incurable diseases. Using the desperation of common folk, often injured in war, in the economic downturn of post war Germany to practice his faith healing and encourage an almost cult following, Groening had a dark history of association with the Nazis, allegations of rape, and negligent homicide of a seventeen year old girl with lung disease.
Groening was anti-science, with a sparse education and a tragic backstory of family loss and being taken as a prisoner of war. Suddenly rising as spiritual healer of mystical abilities in the late 1940s, but moving around Germany because states banned him from practising, media attention sparked a devoted following. Such was its popularity, Groening took to casting magic into two tinfoil balls to project outward to those he was unable to “reach” physically, only in collecting donations.
Leaders of his own “inner circle” were reported to take measures to control his access to women to prevent scandal. His quote “there is no incurable” is now used to promote his teachings as a “path to health for body and soul” by Dr Karim El Souessi and his Bruno Groening Circle of Friends. But, reported as a heavy drinker and chain smoker, Gröning died in Paris, aged just 52, of stomach cancer; so much for “incurable,” it seems he couldn’t save himself.
While the social media comments on his Facebook event page hold miraculous curing claims, note none of those comments are from local people, and suspiciously look like bots. I’m one to hold faith there is a possibility in “mind of matter” for wellbeing, but claiming all diseases are curable by religious indoctrination is stepping way over the mark for me!
While a venue must consider its financial sustainability it should also have a responsibility to its attendees not to host suspiciously immoral events. The Wyvern Club should research event organisers before allowing itself to be hired.
Avoid this, and if you have a medical condition you should consult your GP. We live in an era of science, and, as Gröning’s death revealed, faith is an island in the setting sun, proof is the bottom line. Go on, do your worst, shrink my head, I double-dare you!!
- Voting Now Open for Wiltshire Music Awards
Your Vote, Your Voice, Your Future, goes the slogan to encourage the public to side with a particular political party based on lies they each cast, when all of them will probably make the country more of a mess than it already is, anyway. We’re not doing this now, not here, not today….
We’re here to let you know there’s an opportunity to share your love for particular local musicians and bands, rather than dancing around your handbag when they perform, or blasting them in the face with your phone torch!
Yes, We are talking about the Wiltshire Music Awards 2026, for the nominations process started today. Let the arguments commence!
I’m not here to sway your opinion, as many local artists will undoubtedly go begging for your favouritism, though I should remind you I’m a dab hand at the triangle! Please take a time out to place your nominations, it is more important than any other elections which might be going on.
This is your moment to shine a light on the artists, bands, DJs, venues, and local legends who are shaping the sound of our county right now. My opinion, for realz, is they all deserve a medal, and perhaps a Milky Bar…each!
From grassroots talent to headline heroes, if they’re making any kind of noise other than flatulence in Wiltshire, they surely deserve to be recognised!
And there’s a lot of talented people out there, but while nominations opened today, the 1st of May, there’s time to ponder your options as the polls will close on the 10th June.
The Wiltshire Music Awards 2026 will be held at The Assembly Hall, Melksham on Saturday 14th November, but the time is nigh to cast your votes. I cannot recommend where, only urge you to do so. Supporting local live music is so important, I got smashed in the head by a guitar hosting last year’s awards, but, mentioning no names, the unfortunate incident won’t affect my judgements; I took one for the team, and rose above it!!
In all honesty, there’s not even a category for best triangle player. What is this conspiracy? Won’t someone think of the triangle players?!
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