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  • Marlborough’s Lamb Announce LambFest

    Contrary to popular belief, particularly my kids, I was young once, and back in that iron age I used to live in a motte-and-bailey hillfort in Marlborough; not a lot of people know that, except for the one’s who know that, and even they’ve probably blocked it from their memories. Yes, Merlin-Borough, famous for a Read more

  • Wiltshire Council Leader Richard Clewer Condemns Election Results as “Very Concerning.”

    Ever wondered if our county council actually gives a hoot about you? Here’s window into the philosophy of Wiltshire Council leader Richard Clewer, his comments to the Gazette & Herald this week reveal his want for Conservative totalitarianism and his abhorrence at democracy; perhaps why they dropped the slogan where everybody matters in 2019, because Read more

  • The Big Ones; Forthcoming Summer Events in the Devizes Area

    The Big Ones; Forthcoming Summer Events in the Devizes Area

    Woe is me; tis a fortnight did pass since the beloved Devizes Street Festival. I did happen to saunter through the market lodging Saturday, peered ov’r to whither the main stage once gallantly did stand, but ‘t wast just parked cars and a bank façade; insert depress’d visage emoji…..      Because that’s it, folks, that’s your Read more

  • Devizes Books Gets Rude at the Museum!

    Literary Evenings are back in Devizes, and they’re inviting you to find out how rude they can be, though there is no bidding for you to be rude back, yet there appears to be no regulations set, so I’ll leave it up to your own artistic licence…. For the record I’m hardly ever rude, but Read more

  • Hip Hop Hooray; The Scribes Rock Trowbridge Town Hall

    Hip Hop Hooray; The Scribes Rock Trowbridge Town Hall

    Pleased as Punch I’ve managed to tick three Bristol-based musical acts off my must-see list in as many weeks; Boom Boom Racoon, Mr Tea and the Minions, and this Saturday night saw me boom-bap bouncing to The Scribes in the most unusual of places to find hip hop, Trowbridge Town Hall… And bouncy it certainly Read more

  • Bird is the Word; Birdmens at Long Street Blues Club

    Bird is the Word; Birdmens at Long Street Blues Club

    See, you know I ain’t gonna bullshit you, too hungover for that. To hell with advertorials; we’re the review equivalent of Catchphrase, we don’t abide by them here, we say what we see. Be warned, being I’ve bunked the morning off work, you’ve got me to cast my punitive opinion the Birdmens night at Long Read more