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  • Birdmens Play Long Street

    Birdmens Play Long Street

    Bird is the Word. If April has seen a surge of memorable rescheduled gigs from Devizesโ€™ Long Street Blues Club, and Iโ€™m content and grateful our roving reporter Andy has taken the arduous task of enjoying and reviewing them, May sees the blues club return to a monthly plan of action, meaning thereโ€™s only one… Read more

  • Mark Thomas Tour in Swindon & Bath

    One has to wonder how on earth anyone could come up with political satire in this day and age, when the whole shebang is a comedy of errors and the reality of Westminster caricatures itself; these technicalities are best left to the experts, like Mark Thomas…… Markย announces a Spring run of his latest show Hit… Read more

  • REVIEW โ€“ Carl Palmerโ€™s ELP Legacy @ LSBC, Devizes โ€“ Saturday 9th April 2022

    REVIEW โ€“ Carl Palmerโ€™s ELP Legacy @ LSBC, Devizes โ€“ Saturday 9th April 2022

    The Gig of 2022 So Far! Andy Fawthrop Following the previous nightโ€™s gig with Billy Bremnerโ€™s Rockfile downstairs at the Corn Exchange, tonight we were promoted upstairs into the main hall. And that was only fitting โ€“ big name, big gig, big crowd, so a big venue required. Last time we were in here was… Read more

  • Worried Men at the Southgate

    Worried Men at the Southgate

    Glad to find time between running Dad’s taxi to nip over to Devizes’ trusty Southgate, for one reason unworthy of explaing here or another, feels like an age since frequenting our favouritemost tavern, and I’m all smiles to return. Historically efficient, nonetheless, I’m here to find out what the men are worried about; possibly an… Read more

  • REVIEW โ€“ Billy Bremnerโ€™s Rockfile @ LSBC, Devizes โ€“ Friday 8th April 2022

    REVIEW โ€“ Billy Bremnerโ€™s Rockfile @ LSBC, Devizes โ€“ Friday 8th April 2022

    Old Skool Andy Fawthrop Another night at Long Street Blues Club but on this particular evening we had an enforced change of venue from the Con Club โ€“ downstairs at the Corn Exchange.  Yes โ€“ in The Bin! The support act James Oliver and his band was well chosen in terms of style.ย  He played… Read more

  • Savernake Forest Restrictions; Residents Say No!

    Savernake Forest Restrictions; Residents Say No!

    Marlborough residents rally online to criticise Forestry Englandโ€™s proposals for Savernake Forest. The questionable surveyโ€™s deadline has been extended to the 22nd of April, and a previously internal document called Savernake Forest – a Way Forward, has been published which suggests serious restrictions of access to the forest, in favour for paid parking facilities and… Read more