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Weekly Roundup of Events in Wiltshire: 1st-7th May 2024
Beltane, May Day, or just plain bank holiday Monday; whatever you whatchamacallit, it’s the first day of May, and there’s lots to do in the wilds of Wiltshire this coming week. Here’s what we’ve found…. Everything listed here is on our event calendar; go there for links and more info. It may be updated with… Read more
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From Kerouac to Hagrid – Jinder at the Queens Head, Box April 28th 2024
by Ian Diddamsimages from Jinder facebook It has somehow been a few years since I last saw Jinder – or Phil Jinder Dewhurst – play so Sunday evening was a serendipitous outing to the Queen’s Head, Box to catch him play the second half of a gig alongside Mark Harrison. I’ve talked about the venue… Read more
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Blessed are the Toolmakers – Mark Harrison at the Queens Head, Box April 28th 2024
by Ian Diddamsimages from Mark Harrison Facebook Last summer I was lucky enough to see Mark Harrison play at the “Tangled Roots” festival over Radstock way (highly recommended that is too, for a laid back weekend of camping, workshops, and americana/roots music!). So when I saw him appearing on a Sunday night card at the… Read more
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Liar, Liar, Wiltshire Police Crime Commissioner Philip Wilkinson’s Pants are on Fire!!
In what appears to be a deliberate attempt to smear the campaign of opposition candidate for Wiltshire Police Crime Commissioner, independent Mike Rees, it seems existing PCC Philip Wilkinson has outright and unashamedly lied in a Facebook comment…. In the comment, Mr Wilkinson states Mr Rees was “part of the force that went into special… Read more
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Familiarity: Barrelhouse Take The Southgate, Roughcut Rebels in The Three Crowns
Familiarity was key for me last night, if last weekend was new, trekking to Swindon for their soul and jazz festival, watching an amazing Gambian musician play a string instrument made from a cow skin covered pumpkin. Cue the theme to Cheers, sometimes I simply want to get down to my local, see a band… Read more
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Led Zep’s Victorian Thatcher Cover Pin-up is Star of His Own Show at Wiltshire Museum!
It’s just as unlikely Jimmy Page, who, it is said, designed the cover of Led Zeppelin 4, could’ve imagined Long Lot, the thatcher in a Victorian postcard discarded in an antique shop near his house in Pangbourne and used in the design, would be the central attraction in an exhibition some fifty-two years after the… Read more
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