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  • The Best He Could Do at The Time, Joe Hicks’ Debut Album

    The Best He Could Do at The Time, Joe Hicks’ Debut Album

    A little late for the party, as ever, I’ve been procrastinating, and my computer is equally as listless; failing to save my original words on this. Meanwhile Newbury good guy, but welcomed regular on our circuit, Joe Hicks has been busy with a debut album launched yesterday, worthy of a rewrite…… Titled The Best I Read more

  • Swindon Paint Fest: Live Street Art in October

    Swindon Paint Fest: Live Street Art in October

    Though Ken White’s murals have been seen across Swindon for decades, particularly his Golden Lion at the Whale Bridge roundabout on Fleming Way, contemporary street art in Swindon lives in the shadow of neighbouring city Bristol, where the legend of Banksy is crowned. But all that could be set to change, as the Wiltshire town Read more

  • Weekly Roundup of Events 21st-27th September 2022

    Apologies, I missed publishing last week’s roundup, one thing gets on another and so on and so forth; I’ve really no excuse, but you know you don’t have to wait for it, it’s all listed on the frequently updated event calendar, where if you’re new here, you’ll find ticket and info links to everything I Read more

  • I Shuffled in Swindon, and I Liked It!

    I Shuffled in Swindon, and I Liked It!

    Yep, It’s Swindon Shuffle weekend, and so I thought it best to poke my nose in….. Voice recognition they call it, I call it defective verbal dysentery. My precise articulation fails on a number of letters and numbers from my vehicle reg, and I’m wound up. Parking apps; pet hate, so, call a number, it Read more

  • Furlong Close Celebration

    Furlong Close Celebration

    Residents of Furlong Close in Rowde mingled with staff, the new owners, villagers, councillors, and many of the campaigners which made up the Familes and Friends of Furlong Close steering group, at a party to celebrate the saving of the Close from closure…. It has been a drawn-out battle with former owners HFT, since October Read more

  • Sheer Music Grand Return to Devizes

    Ah, it’s on the grapevine alright; godfather of Wiltshire’s millennial live indie scene, Kieran Moore isn’t sneaking in the back door with his tail between his legs like the prodigal son, rather he’s returning to Devizes, the origins of his promotional stamp Sheer Music, in a blaze of heavy rock glory. Not content with setting Read more