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  • McDonalds Coming to Devizes?!

    McDonalds Coming to Devizes?!

    Okay, it was the April Fools joke I broke the Internet with in 2021, but it’s not the 1st of April todayโ€ฆ.. Bishop’s Cannings Parish Council announced that they are โ€œawareโ€ of a proposal for a new McDonaldโ€™s drive-thru restaurant on the site of the Murco garage at Cannings Hill.  They explained a dedicated website… Read more

  • Using Fulltone as a Proper Noun

    Using Fulltone as a Proper Noun

    To most, โ€œfullโ€ and โ€œtoneโ€ are two separate words, but around here it’s been a portmanteau and a proper noun since 2019, conveying a unique musical experience where orchestral meets pop, thanks to The Fulltone Orchestraโ€ฆ. Yeah, they may play elaborate concerts around the South West from Exeter Cathedral and Bath Abbey to Londonโ€™s Cadogan… Read more

  • Devizes’ Sammi Evans Features on Innereyefull Dub

    Devizes’ Sammi Evans Features on Innereyefull Dub

    If I was pleased to hear the vocals of Devizes singer-songwriter Sammi Evans would feature on a single, I was even more delighted when I asked Sammi if it was an electronic dance track, and she replied โ€œitโ€™s reggae!โ€ Well now, this is really pushing my buttonsโ€ฆ.. West London producer Andy Kent founded Innereyefull in… Read more

  • Looking Back At Devizes Arts Festival 2026

    Looking Back At Devizes Arts Festival 2026

    Featured Image: Gail Foster. Features extracts from reviews by Andy Fawthrop, Ian Diddams and Madelaine Blake. Does it ever stop?! The weekend is upon us again. I think I might need to skip this one, not getting any younger, and besides I did enough laughing, dancing and meeting interesting people over the past fortnight, thanks… Read more

  • Phil Beer to Perform at The Pump on Friday 4th December!

    Phil Beer to Perform at The Pump on Friday 4th December!

    โ€œMr Phil Beer needs no introduction to anyone,โ€ says a spokesperson for The Pump in Trowbridge, our grassroots venue kicking up turf on Rolling Stone Magazine last week! Regardless of their mainstream coverage, thankfully The Pump hasnโ€™t forgotten our grassroots media, and let us into their secret, announced only today. One half of the legendary… Read more

  • โ€œBullshot Crummondโ€ at the Rondo Theatre, Larkhall, Bath June 17thย โ€“ 20th 2026

    โ€œBullshot Crummondโ€ at the Rondo Theatre, Larkhall, Bath June 17thย โ€“ 20th 2026

    by Ian Diddamsimages by Ian Diddams & Lisa Hounsome A few weeks ago I scribbled a preview of this production โ€“ Bullshot Crummond. I extolled its virtues of daftness, craziness, car chases, sword fights, stage punches, raised eyebrows, lingerie, and deadly tarantulas. Not forgetting the high dangerous converse forcefield! Read that preview for further descriptions… Read more