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  • REVIEW โ€“ The Brook Street Band @ St Marys, Devizes โ€“ Saturday 1st October 2022

    REVIEW โ€“ The Brook Street Band @ St Marys, Devizes โ€“ Saturday 1st October 2022

    Baroque & Roll Andy Fawthrop The last time I was in St Maryโ€™s church was well before the C-thing to see TiTCo perform Spamalot, and not a lot has changed to the venue since then.ย  Itโ€™s still a largely a disused church, with all the religious fixtures and fittings still in place, and with exactly Read more

  • Devizes Public Living Room Finds New Home

    Devizes Public Living Room Finds New Home

    It’s great news today, as the social circle Devizes Public Living Room has been offered The Cheese Hall to continue their weekly gatherings, by Devizes Town Council.… Living Room projects like this have been running across the world, pre-pandemic, and can be a lifeline for communities, providing nonspecific engagements, activities and a meeting point. There Read more

  • Weekly Roundup of Events in Wiltshire: 28thSeptโ€“ 4th Oct 2022

    Here we go for this coming week, excuse me for not waffling, really not in the mood. Oh, okay, just one whinge then, if you insist! Itโ€™s just the power-hungry draconian admin of Facebook groups, again. Now Iโ€™ve been banned from โ€œThe Devizes Issue,โ€ not to be confused with โ€œDevizes Issuesโ€ which Iโ€™ve been banned Read more

  • Devizes Arts Festival Annouce November Comedy Night with Simon Brodkin

    Devizes Arts Festival pokes its head out of its nest this autumn, with a one night only comedy gig on Friday 4th November at the Corn Exchange, headlining Simon Brodkin, the genius who handed Theresa May a P45 at the Conservative Party Conference. Hilarious at the time, but after three years of Boris Johnson, which Read more

  • SoupChick’s Georgian Feast Got me Contemplating Usage of The Shambles

    SoupChick’s Georgian Feast Got me Contemplating Usage of The Shambles

    Spud-gun is an amusing epithet underutilised as much as the Shambles often is in ol’ Devizes town, in my honest opinion. Spudgun, best describes the far removed from reality councillor who suggested a mezzanine floor is what’s needed to ensure the longevity of The Shambles. Is there even room for a second floor? I gazed Read more

  • Devizes Food & Drink Festival, Back with a Dollop!

    Devizes Food & Drink Festival, Back with a Dollop!

    Though risky, weatherwise, September seems to be the month The Devizes Food & Drink Festival has settled on, returning again this year on this pleasant Saturday with their grand opening of the food market, and gifting the bustling Devizes Market Place with the beautiful aroma of street food; who am I to resist a stroll Read more