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  • Talk in Code Down The Gate!

    Talk in Code Down The Gate!

    What, again?! Another article about Talk in Code?! Haven’t they had enough Devizine-styled publicity?! Are their heads swelling?!ย  Didn’t that crazy toothless editor catch them at The Vic in Swindon just last week? And now The Southgate in Devizes? Isnโ€™t that his second home anyway?! Hold back your keyboard warrior typing fingers from those vicious… Read more

  • Still Alice at The Wharf Theatre Raises Dementia Awareness

    Still Alice at The Wharf Theatre Raises Dementia Awareness

    Valedictorian graduate of Bates College in Maine, and with a PhD in neuroscience from Harvard, neuroscientist Lisa Genova self-published her debut novel, Still Alice in 2007. Acquired for publishing two years later, Still Alice made The New York Times Best Seller list, was adapted for the stage by Christine Mary Dunford of Chicago’s Lookingglass Theatre… Read more

  • How Much is Too Much? Vandals Deface Alton Barnes White Horse

    How Much is Too Much? Vandals Deface Alton Barnes White Horse

    It had to happen eventually, but how much is too much? It seems, at over 200 years old, the second biggest and one of Wiltshireโ€™s most iconic white horses, The Alton Barnes White Horse has been defaced with the St. George’s Crossโ€ฆ. As the clouds cleared this morning, All Cannings parish clerk noticedย  something different… Read more

  • Recommendations for when Swindon gets Shuffling

    Swindon’s annual colossal fundraising event The Shuffle is a testament to local live music, which raises funds for Prospect Hospice. If you’re ever going to spend a weekend in Swindon, believe me, the 11th-14th September is the oneโ€ฆ.. An entirely free stroller festival centred in Old Town; saunter the eight venues at your leisure and… Read more

  • The Next Season at Devizesโ€™ Long Street Blues Club

    The Next Season at Devizesโ€™ Long Street Blues Club

    The lawn is still frazzled but the apples and leaves are falling; the weather might not know what season itโ€™s supposed to be running, but all is not lost as we look at what Devizes blues appreciation society, Long Street Blues Club has to entertain us throughout the next season, or threeโ€ฆ. Their season doesnโ€™t… Read more

  • Black Rat Monday at The British Lion; Not Just For Lions and Rats!

    Black Rat Monday at The British Lion; Not Just For Lions and Rats!

    There was a geographical population imbalance this bank holiday Monday in Devizes which risked the entire town conically sloping into the back of Morrisons; no one seemed the slightest concerned! It’s Black Rat Monday at The British Lion, the stuff of Dorothy House fundraising burgers, potent beverages and contemporary folkloreโ€ฆ. Recorded here for prosperity, as… Read more