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  • Matchbox Mutiny; Ben Borrill & Pat Ward’s New Duo Debut at The Gate

    Matchbox Mutiny; Ben Borrill & Pat Ward’s New Duo Debut at The Gate

    If you’ve caught either brilliant local soloist, Ben Borrill or Pat Ward performing live in the past, you’ll understand what welcomed news it is that the pair have formed a duo called Matchbox Mutiny, and their debut gig is at the Southgate, Devizes, this Saturday 22nd July….. I’m lucky enough to have been at the… Read more

  • The Future Sound of Trowbridge; The Pump Calls for Young Talent

    The Pump in Trowbridge, is a music venue called such because it is a renovated pump room, but I always like to think the pump disambiguation should also be a metaphor for the heart, for it is the heart of live music in our county town, and it sure has a lot of love to… Read more

  • Girls Like That at Devizes’ Wharf Theatre Opens Tomorrow 

    Girls Like That at Devizes’ Wharf Theatre Opens Tomorrow 

    What if I told you the forthcoming production at the Wharf Theatre in Devizes was staged by the Wharf’s own Youth Theatre Group? Would you preconceive it to be akin to a school production? Would you assume it amateurish, or immature? Girls Like That is none of the above, I was invited to a sneaky… Read more

  • We’re Going on a Bear Hunt to The Cheese & Grain!

    The first day of the school summer holidays will be marked with a very special performance at The Cheese & Grain in Frome, with one of the world’s best-selling children’s authors and poet, Michael Rosen, on Monday 24th July…… With over 140 books published to his name, including the classics “We’re Going on a Bear… Read more

  • Weekly Roundup of Events in Wiltshire: 19th – 25th July 2023

    Is this…..is this….summer, pray tell?! Here’s what we’ve found to be doing locally this coming week…… Here’s a thing, all the info and ticket links are on our jam packed event calendar, HERE, and you can plan ahead too. Any updates after today will also be put on there, so do check in later in… Read more

  • “Make This Your Last Day?” A Thought on the Bus Driver Who Fell Asleep at the Wheel

    “Make This Your Last Day?” A Thought on the Bus Driver Who Fell Asleep at the Wheel

    So, bus driver Xavier Peediyakal of Swindon, admits he fell asleep at the wheel when he collided with an oncoming vehicle, and has been banged up for eighteen months. We are sorry to hear the Calne BMW driver with whom he collided with sustained multiple injuries and a few passengers on the bus also received… Read more