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“Parents call for safer streets in Devizes.’ Families and all generations joined in the Kidical Mass Devizes bike ride on Sunday
As part of the global Kidical Mass movement, this event combined a family-friendly cycle ride with a protest, calling for safe streets for everyone. The ride started at the Market Place and finished at Hillworth Park. Cheered on by shoppers and pedestrians, we saw children and parents loving the unusual freedom of cycling in town without fear. This… Read more
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Swindon Palestine Solidarity Hold Charity Dinner
On Saturday, people from across Swindon came to Swindon Palestine Solidarity’s charity dinner to raise funds for Medical Aid Palestine and raise awareness of the reality of life in Gaza…… Over 150 guests and 30 volunteers listened, often with tears in their eyes, as the guest speaker, Palestinian journalist Ahmed Alnaouq explained how over 21… Read more
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The Lost Trades to Release Live Album
To international acclaim on the folk circuit, we’ve loved to follow the progress of the Lost Trades since day dot, when Phil Cooper enthusiastically told me about the vocal harmony trio union of our three singer-songwriters, with Jamie R Hawkins and Tamsin Quin, one heady night down the Southgate. Then, if memory serves me right,… Read more
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Thirty Years of Creative Writing in Devizes
The Devizes Writers’ Group celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2024. What started as a small group of people writing a set piece once a month has grown to a membership so large the Group has split into three, some still doing set pieces, others aiming for publication with books, poetry and plays in the pipeline.…… Read more
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Wormwood; Cracked Machine’s New Album
A third instalment of space rock swirls and cosmic heavy duty guitar riffs was unleashed in January from our homegrown purveyors of psychedelia, Cracked Machine. Plug in and prepare for takeoff, Wormwood continues on their already stunning discography of celestial shenanigans…. Pretty much where we left off with the Gates of Keras, Wormwood offers that… Read more
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The Worried Men Take the Pump
And Morpheus said unto Neo, “unfortunately, no one can be told what the Matrix is. You have to see it for yourself.” Funny cos, I kinda feel similar about The Worried Men! So much so, it’s worth forgoing my weekend cider ration to drive down to the Pump to catch them… Fast becoming our flagship… Read more
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