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Land Ahoy! Jolly Roger Opens Devizes Arts Festival with Fire in the Hole!
Land ahoy me hearties! Devizes Corn Exchange was boarded last night by Cornish punk pirates Jolly Roger, for a frivolous and swashbuckling opening to Devizes Arts Festival; the face that launched a thousand ships was witness to it…. That’s me, if it wasn’t obvious, landlubbers, the face! For although it’s Devizine assemble, to bring you… Read more
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LilyPetals Debut EP
One of many young indie bands which impressed me at Bradford Roots Festival, and proof there’s more than the name suggests at The Wiltshire Music Centre’s winter convention of local music, Bristol-based LilyPetals released their debut EP this week…. Firing on all cylinders, there’s five three minute heroes and one slightly longer tune on this… Read more
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Courting Ghosts Debut Album: Falling My Friend
Images used with kind permission of Pacific Curd Photography West Wilts and Somerset folk-rock collective Courting Ghosts are about to release their debut album, Falling my Friend in June….. If the name Courting Ghosts conveys something twisted and gothic, the band name may be a smidgen deceiving to their style. Subjective though, what’s in a… Read more
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Become part of a movement calling for Affordable School Costs for all
We’ve been chatting with the Community Organiser and Campaigns Manager of Devizes and District Foodbank, Alex Montegriffo, about an important free community conversation on Monday 3rd June, on the subject of the rising costs of school uniform…… A local campaign group of parents, guardians and carers in and around Devizes has been speaking to schools… Read more
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“Sister Act” at St. Augustine’s, Trowbridge May 29th-June 1st
By Ian DiddamsPhotos by Gail Foster In 1971 Ken Russell enchanted film audiences with “The Devils”, which incorporated nuns in the story – somewhat controversially. This was six years after Julie Andrews, aided and abetted by yet more nuns, thwarted the Nazis in “The Sound of Music”. By 1980 nuns had become less controversial, less… Read more
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Weekly Roundup of Events in Wiltshire: 29th May 4th June 2024
Here’s what we’ve found to do in the wilds of Wiltshire this coming week, heading in June, just like Terry! Everything listed here is on our event calendar; go there for links and more info. It may be updated, so check in later in the week. Ongoing: A Wiltshire Thatcher: A Photographic Journey Through Victorian… Read more
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