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  • Really Got Me Now; The Roughcut Rebels Storm the Three Crowns

    Really Got Me Now; The Roughcut Rebels Storm the Three Crowns

    Prince Akeem of Zamunda, that’s the bugger, least the fictional character played by Eddie Murphy in Coming to America, who walks over a shower of rose petals; that’s the Roughcut Rebels gigging in their hometown right now, but replace the petals with “party!” Yes, they dance over a bed of party, waltzing the crowd with Read more

  • Sour Apple’s Kate Goes Diva at The Pelican

    Sour Apple’s Kate Goes Diva at The Pelican

    Safe to say, I’m reckoning, we’re now back to full velocity for live music and entertainment in Devizes post-lockdown, and once again, for a small town it’s punching well above its weight for choice.… Rare for me to be out on the tiles on a Friday due to real work commitments, but I’m off the Read more

  • Weird, I Find Myself Agreeing With Danny Kruger Over Station Road Carpark Closure!

    Weird, I Find Myself Agreeing With Danny Kruger Over Station Road Carpark Closure!

    It’s quite alright, you’ve not entered the Upside Down from Stranger Things, or another theoretical parallel universe. Station Road carpark in Devizes will be closed overnight to cars, effective immediately. MP for Devizes Danny Kruger pushed for this Wiltshire Council order, and in hindsight, I happen to agree with them and wished it had come Read more

  • You’ve Only Got Until Monday to Sound Your Opinion on the Devizes School Land Sell-off

    You’ve only got until Monday to sound your opinion on the Devizes School land sell-off, the consultation ends Monday 15th August. Go give your verbal muscle, here, for all it’s worth. I’m not well-travelled but I did once go to Barbados, where people live in humble breezeblock shacks yet their schools are immaculate. How this Read more

  • Weelky Roundup of Events in Wiltshire: 11th-16th August

    The heat is on, as Glen Frey once said. Whatever did happen to Glen? You don’t have to answer that, we’re here to find out what’s going on in the wonderful wilds of Wiltshire, not to discuss the heroes of eghities power-pop. Thursday 11th, then, and James Kirkby plays Chapel Arts in Bath, ans Lone Read more

  • Jon Amor in Residency – August 7th 2022 – The Southgate Inn

    Jon Amor in Residency – August 7th 2022 – The Southgate Inn

    By Ian Diddams After eight months of being other engaged on the first Sunday of each month, with run throughs of self-authored radio plays, Rugby weekends to Edinburgh, and rehearsals for Pirates of Penzance and Macbeth, I finally had a spare slot to come and see Jon Amor in residency at The Southgate Inn, Devizes. Read more