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New Exhibit at Wiltshire Museum Opens; Lest We Forget: the Black Contribution to the World Wars in Wiltshire
Intriguing and divergent is my two word summary of the latest exhibition at Devizes’ Wiltshire Museum, from one who grew up with first-hand second World War stories from my family’s East-end perspective and became fascinated with subtle similarities and vast differences to that of rural Wiltshire, this opens a whole new Pandora’s box….. A double… Read more
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Wiltshire Music Centre; Proper Job!
Devizes celebrated rum bar, The Muck & Dundar are hosting a dub reggae night with Omega Nebula on Saturday, and received this week’s prestigious award of being Editor’s Pick of the Week in our weekly roundup! Because, diversity goes a long way on our local, and often insular music circuits! While there’s nothing wrong in… Read more
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More than £9000 donated to Prospect Hospice by My Dad’s Bigger Than Your Dad Festival 2023
This week the organiser proudly presented a cheque for a whopping £9537.75 to Prospect Hospice staff. The third year of My Dad’s Bigger Than Your Dad Festival, organised in association with South Swindon Parish Council, was held at The Old Town Bowl on Saturday 22 July with around 800 people braving the rain throughout the… Read more
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The Folkadelica of a Two Man Travelling Medicine Show
Contemporary folk rock in the UK tends to come in three formats which never the twain shall meet, usually. Firstly you’ve got your acoustic goodness with melancholic tales of woe and thoughtful romantic prose. It’s more often than not gentle, quirky and despite being either optimistic or pessimistic themed, it’s generally sprinkled with daisy chains… Read more
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The Pirates of Penzance, Corn Exchange, Devizes 8th November 2023
By Ian Diddams Images: Gail Foster Four hundred years ago, if you had gone to a playhouse (such as they existed) to see a play performed you’d have seen men and boys play all the parts – it was illegal for females to be an actor. Shakespeare, Marlow, Johnson… all had their output performed by… Read more
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The Scribes’ Jonny Steele Launches Righteous Palestinian Crisis Rap Single
If our ground-breaking heroes of boom bap, the Scribes bring the noise during live performances and bless any venue with crowd-pleasing positive vibes, yet are exceptionally proficient at weaving conscious lyrics when the studio record button is pressed, one third of the trio, Jonny Steele has a solo track out today (Wednesday 8th Nov) called… Read more
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