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  • Police Praises Protestors, But Will They Listen?

    Police Praises Protestors, But Will They Listen?

    Today’s protest at Wiltshire Police headquarters in Devizes over the appointment of PC Cheryl Knight into the rural crime unit despite being photographed riding with fox hunting associations, including the notorious Avon Vale Hunt, went peacefully.…. Devizes Police commended and thanked the protesters, “for the way that they conducted themselves.” Patronising is in the training… Read more

  • Song of the Week: Sara Vian

    Song of the Week: Sara Vian

    Normally Wednesday, Song of The Week, but I was having one of those Wednesday days, you know the sort, too middley aren’t they, bit gloomy? Couldn’t find a recent single release, whinged about it on Facebook, no one helped, then remembered I had this beauty from Frome folk singer-songwriter Sara Vian, out last week. It’s… Read more

  • Wiltshire Council has “A complete disregard for the residents of Devizes,” says Guardian Jonathan Hunter

    Wiltshire Council has “A complete disregard for the residents of Devizes,” says Guardian Jonathan Hunter

    You’ve got to award Gazette & Herald reporter Jason Hughes the journalism medal of bravery this week, for his dissemination on head of the Devizes Guardians, Jonathan Hunter’s mien concerning the tardiness of communication by Wiltshire Council over the current state of our roads! The headline read “Devizes potholes cause misery for motorists, councillor claims.”… Read more

  • Weekly Roundup of Events in Wiltshire: 1st – 7th March 2023

    March on! Let’s say no more about the impending spring other than YES!!!! As you might be able to tell, I’m not a winter person. Here’s what we’ve found to be doing this coming week.……. Find details and tickets links at our event calendar, and plan your month ahead. Watch out though, it’s always updating… Read more

  • SGO Release Live Album from The Southgate

    Late November last year I took the Southgate’s landlady Deborah on her word, and it paid off; a word you should never doubt when it comes to bands booked. She told me Swindon ensemble SGO are “an eclectic folky blues collective. They played a few crazy tunes in a circle in the middle of the… Read more

  • Unsurprised Alchemy: Will Lawton & The Alchemists Played The Pump

    Unsurprised Alchemy: Will Lawton & The Alchemists Played The Pump

    Roundabouts of Wiltshire, I usually just drive around them, that is, after all, their purpose. Saturday evening, I parked in the middle of that big one in Trowbridge; you know the one, all roads lead there, probably driven around it a thousand times. But I knew it was there and like the rest of my… Read more