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  • Song of the Week: Nothing Rhymes With Orange

    Song of the Week: Nothing Rhymes With Orange

    I know, I keep missing this supposed weekly feature, no matter how I might promise. I did have one for last week but the dog ate my homework, and, I dunno, procrastination takes control over me like I’m possessed by lethargy and need of an exorcist like Mr Motivator; whatever did happen to him?! But… Read more

  • Thirty Years in the Dreadzone

    Dreadzone, the Phoenix rising from the ashes of Big Audio Dynamite’s success, when drummer Greg Roberts and keyboardist Dan Donovan teamed with Julian Cope’s sound engineer Tim Bran, were the prolific electronic dance triumph of post-rave…. Owing their accomplishment to the fine blend of reggae into the contemporary melting pot of dance culture, harking back… Read more

  • Weekly Roundup of Events in Wiltshire: 12th – 18th April 2023

    Speeding through April come sunshine, rain or a little bit unpredictable changing between the two, such is the season.….. Said it before, I’ll say it again, more stuff will be added, this is published on Mondays so you’ve time to grab any tickets for ticketed events, but live music in pubs and things like this… Read more

  • Like a Fine Wine; Jon Amor’s Southgate Residency

    Like a Fine Wine; Jon Amor’s Southgate Residency

    I’ll do this now, get it ticked off, although I probably shouldn’t, a bit wobbly still; strictly professional all the way! Said it before, Andy has too, and once Mr Ian Diddams wished to express it in his own words, a sentiment we can all agree on; Devizes is truly blessed when, monthly, our homegrown… Read more

  • Gorillas and the Pissed in Bishops Cannings!

    Gorillas and the Pissed in Bishops Cannings!

    A minority of disgruntled villagers falsely accuse a pub of stealing a gorilla statue from Scotland to use as a memorial to a lost friend in order to sabotage their business….you can’t write comedy this gold… Something fast becoming a legendary Bishop’s Cannings village vendetta, with a small minority of widely dispersed residents and others… Read more

  • National Treasure: Henry Normal Brings New Tour to Devizes

    National Treasure: Henry Normal Brings New Tour to Devizes

    Featured Photo: Richard Davies Writer, poet, TV & Film producer, founder of the Manchester Poetry Festival (now the Literature festival) and co-founder of the Nottingham Poetry Festival, Henry Normal brings his new tour, Collected Poems and Other Landfill, to The Assembly Rooms in Devizes on Friday 3rd November.…. In June 2017 he was honoured with… Read more