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  • Wiltshire Council & English Heritage Gang Up to Ruin Solstice at Avebury

    Wiltshire Council & English Heritage Gang Up to Ruin Solstice at Avebury

    Morning person by default, I get to see the sunrise every morning, ergo Iโ€™ll tell you something you all should know anyway; watching it as a live stream on your phone just doesnโ€™t have the same impact. โ€œYouโ€™ve got a window, use it, hippy,โ€ seems to be the ethos of regulations set by Wiltshire Council,… Read more

  • Weekend Roundup 9th-12th June 2022

    Weekend Roundup 9th-12th June 2022

    Despite all you have to do is scroll our event calendar, I thought Iโ€™d make it even easier for you, with a new weekly regular feature rounding up the forthcoming weekends; youโ€™ve never had it so good. Well, you might have, if youโ€™re on Facebook, as I usually post a roundup there, but I figure… Read more

  • Devizes Church Hosts Play Shining Light on Kids in Care ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย 

    A historic Devizes church will host a professional theatre company later this month as it performs a play that shines a light on the realities facing children in the care system in Britain today…… My Place is a powerful and moving evening of theatre and conversation, telling the interwoven stories of children โ€“ an individual, a… Read more

  • Chippenham Art Heist

    Chippenham Art Heist

    If Devizine was a voyage of discovery to begin with, I still manage to find talented folk hiding in this rural county, but often it’s nice to return to recurring events we’ve featured before…. Like yesterday, I put up a preview for the annual Female of the Species fundraiser, today I paid a worthwhile trip… Read more

  • Female of the Species Back For Halloween

    Female of the Species Back For Halloween

    The annual all-female local supergroup get-together is annouced for the Halloween weekend, at a new venue, Seend Community Centre.… Nicky Davis from People Like Us and The Reason, Julia Greenland from Soulville Express & Delta Swing, Claire Perry from Big Mamma & The Misfitz, solo artist Charmaigne Andrews, and Julie Moreton from Trowbridgeโ€™s Train to… Read more

  • Errol Linton at Long Street Blues Club

    Errol Linton at Long Street Blues Club

    In a remarkable finale to the season for Long Street Blues Club, London-based The Errol Linton Band presented Devizes with a sublime lively blues blend of delta and RnB, incorporating jazz, funk, reggae and ska too. But if the bandโ€™s proficiency in implementing this melting pot sounds erratic, the perfection was in the precision of… Read more