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  • Weekly Roundup of Events in Wiltshire: 10th-16th May 2023

    Okay, the king’s bank holiday is over, put your bunting away it’s turning into soggy mush now! Onwards to what’s happening across Wiltshire this coming week….. As usual, find info and links on our event calendar HERE. But do check in on the calendar throughout the week as updates will be added when they come… Read more

  • The 9:15 from Oakworth calling at Devizes Wharf Theatre; The Railway Children Reviewed

    The 9:15 from Oakworth calling at Devizes Wharf Theatre; The Railway Children Reviewed

    Images: Chris Watkins Media Director Freddie Underwood and the cast of The Railway Children absolutely smashed it last night at Devizes’ Wharf Theatre, and that’s coming from someone who doubted it would be their cuppa….. Said doubt derived from the social expectations and restrictions of my own childhood; aware of the Railway Children film, it… Read more

  • Kyla Brox; Throw Away your Blues

    Kyla Brox; Throw Away your Blues

    By Ben Niamor  Long Street Blues Clubs’ offering for the coronation weekend.. Kyla Brox….. The bunting is still up for those keen to celebrate, personally I was looking forward to this gig as the crowning moment in my Saturday, and I was not disappointed! Opening up proceedings the ever-excellent and irrepressible Tom Harris. Tom has… Read more

  • Hail The Chippenham Circus of Curious Artists

    Hail The Chippenham Circus of Curious Artists

    Alongside fellow artist Rae Melody from Chippenham, and dressed as a clown, Warminster artist Sarah Christie greets the curious and art lovers at the door of the newly opened Forbidden Carnival, long-time aspiration of homegrown Wiltshire alternative artist Si Griffiths. Inspiration strikes and she excitedly elucidates a blossoming idea on the topic of circus….. I… Read more

  • John Watterson Keeps The Music of Jake Thackray Alive, in Pewsey

    Chansonnier Yorkshireman Jake Thackray is paid tribute in Pewsey’s Bouverie Hall on May 26th by fellow Yorkshireman John Watterson, aka “Fake Thackray……” An adopted YorkshiremanJohn Watterson, grew up on the Isle of Man, which is where he first met Jake Thackray in 1975. Recalling the performance at his local folk club, which John explains, “had… Read more

  • Helen’s Poem on BBC Upload

    Helen’s Poem on BBC Upload

    A quick one from me today, offering our congratulations to our new writer, Helen Edwards from Devizes, who read out her poem “Motherhood,” on BBC Wiltshire this week on James Thomas’s Upload show. “It was fun,” she told us, “except my phone started ringing!” Listen here from the BBC website, or Soundcloud link, here. I… Read more