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  • Against the Grain; Ruzz Guitar at Thirty

    Against the Grain; Ruzz Guitar at Thirty

    South West’s resident Johnny B Goode, Ruzz Evans celebrates his thirtieth birthday with the release of a live album, Against the Grain. I caught up with him for a quick reminisce, and chinwag about the album…… As suggested, it was recorded at Frome’s Cheese & Grain on 19th June 2021, postponed due to lockdown. Such Read more

  • Get Tickets NOW for Devizes Festival of Winter Ales

    Next weekend folks, you should know the drill by now, but being Friday sessions had to be cancelled and those tickets transformed into Saturday ones, tickets for Saturday’s afternoon and evening sessions are virtually sold out for The Devizes Winter of Festival Ales. You need to sort your tickets out now, if you want to Read more

  • Youth candidates prepare to take their seats following successful election campaign

    Taken from the Wiltshire Council press release, this is such promising news we simply had to pinch it…….. Almost 5,000 votes were cast across the county, as forty one young people from across Wiltshire are preparing to take their seats on the first ever Wiltshire Youth Council, following a successful election campaign. 89 candidates from Read more

  • Johnny2Bad Returned to Devizes for UB40 Extravaganza

    Johnny2Bad Returned to Devizes for UB40 Extravaganza

    Crime detecting asset or invasion of privacy opinions aside, The CCTV fundraiser at The Exchange nightclub in the basement of Devizes Corn Exchange went off with a reggae boom last night, when UB40 tribute Johnny2Bad paid a visit, and you know me, on the rare occasion reggae comes to town I want in on it! Read more

  • School Children Penalised for Absence Due to Self-Isolating, Why?

    Tuesday’s article kicked up a stink on local social media groups, quite literally. They’re still on the subject of dog poo, I’ve moved onto something else now, mate. Something which doesn’t seem to have kicked up quite the fuss I believe it should, and that notion in itself is as symbolic as the issue is Read more

  • Folk Festival to Return to Chippenham’s Streets

    Folk Festival to Return to Chippenham’s Streets

    After two years of being restricted by the global pandemic, Chippenham Folk Festival returns in person this Spring with three internationally renowned headline acts among its highlights.…. Over the past five decades, Chippenham Folk Festival has become a mainstay of the local events calendar, with people travelling from destinations far and wide to sample some Read more