Snotty nose, change of weather, otherwise I’d have dragged my sorry ass down to Underground, formerly Level III in Swindon for last weekend’s Children in Need fundraiser with our heroes Talk in Code, and these Malmesbury guys, The Dirty Smooth. Instead I stayed in, feeling sorry for myself; man flu, the struggle is real….
Rub salt into the wound, why don’t you, Dirty Smooth, and put out a buzzing new single?!
It’s a rare find, a single from The Dirty Smooth, last one was all out Guns n Roses fashioned power rock Black Jack City, last March. A welcomed return then, and Snakebite has a more pop feel, the like Talk in Code are putting out, and their punchy Seed The Spark. Snakebite is tempting, with this archetypal smooth bridge for the band, and it just rolls, slick, give a whirl, do yourself a favour…..

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“Devizes & Beyond” – Poetry & Photography by Gail Foster at St. Mary’s Church, Devizes April 18th – 26th 2026
by Ian Diddamsimages by Gail Foster ‘Devizes & Beyond’ is a collection of original poems in traditional forms and digital photography, inspired by life in…
What Billionaire are you Feeding Drinking in a Pub?
A sad state of affairs and reflection on the era, to see village pubs dilapidated and closed, once thriving hubs of a community. I thought…
Lavington Electronica Composer Moray MacDonald Releases a Wharf Theatre Production’s Soundtrack
Some four years since his last release under his own name, Lavington’s electronica composer Moray McDonald presents a soundtrack; the music he wrote and produced…
Pewsey Moonrakers St George’s Cross Façade Stays
Can we please draw a red line under Pewsey’s Moonrakers St George’s Cross facade fiasco now Wiltshire Council has u-turned on a proposal forcing landlord…
Experiencing Devizes Ways on Market Days; a Special Case for a Town of Culture 2028
Sketches and Written by Brian Edwards If not too distracted when bumping into townsfolk and village friends, you might remember to get more of a…
The Voice of Hind Rajab; Film Screening in Swindon
The award-winning film, ‘The voice of Hind Rajab’ will be shown for one night only on Monday 18th May at 7pm at Swindon Arts Centre…..…
Tastebud Heaven on the Canal; Sunday Lunch at The Water Gypsy
If options for urbanites seeking experiential or themed dining experiences are boundless, they’re lesser so in our rural backwaters. Yet, we’ve returned from a delicious…
Seren’s New Single; Worm
There’s a cold remote ambience of burrowing doubt in the opening of Westbury’s singer-songwriter Seren’s debut song, in which, as the title suggests, she uses…
The date is set for Imberbus 2026 !
We are pleased to start 2026 by announcing that this year, we are planning to run the Imberbus service on Saturday 15th August 2026 when…
Don’t Click on Illegal Rave Rage-Bait!
The biggest risk for any media reporting negatively on illegal raves is that, in their youth, their fifty-plus target audience probably attended illegal raves themselves!…