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  • Thieves Break into Ambulance in Devizes

    Devizes-based event medical company, GWP reported their rapid response vehicle was broken into over the weekend, and approximately ยฃ1,000 worth of vital lifesaving equipment and uniform was stolen.… We make a point of avoiding local news items, rather concentrate on feelgood magazine stories. Leave the hard work and nitty-gritty to Newsquest I say! But sometimes Read more

  • The Allergies Rock Da Muck & Dunder House

    The Allergies Rock Da Muck & Dunder House

    Images by Chris Dunn of Inscope Design Got my groove thang on at the Muck & Dunder, Saturday, with help from The Allergies; yeah, I can still cut a rug, just!……. It was the standout track on Bath’s premiere funky groovers, Stardust Collective’s 2014 Shindig ‘Afterhours’ collection which alerted me to the wonders of Bristol Read more

  • Chatting With The Lost Trades

    Chatting With The Lost Trades

    Local newspapers ran with a yarn of snow blizzards, due Saturday, and illustrated the clickbait with scenes of worst weather of yore. The laughable reality was there was a blustery storm which bought five minutes of flurry. I donโ€™t conscribe to sensationalising, neither need to interview for the emblematic promotion of a new product. The Read more

  • REVIEW โ€“ Antonio Forcione @ LSBC, Devizes โ€“ Saturday 27th November 2021

    REVIEW โ€“ Antonio Forcione @ LSBC, Devizes โ€“ Saturday 27th November 2021

    Italian Jazz Guitarist Andy Fawthrop This was the third Long Street Blues Club weekend gig on the bounce for me.ย  Following Gerry Jablonski Band two weeks ago, and the blow-away Focus gig at The Corn Exchange last week, it was back to the familiar surroundings of the Con Club in Long Street for (yet again) Read more

  • Cracking DOCA Christmas Festival on Friday

    Cracking DOCA Christmas Festival on Friday

    by T.B.D Rose Finally, after a missed year (best to write 2020 off the map) our Christmas festival was back on Friday and as illuminating as ever…. With enchanting light displays, bombastic fireworks, specialist stalls (in the Marketplace, the Corn exchange and the Shambles), seasonal music performed with gusto, the spectacular parade beaming with all Read more

  • New Grey Whistle Test: Visual Radio Arts Arrives in Devizes

    New Grey Whistle Test: Visual Radio Arts Arrives in Devizes

    Not just on the premise of tea and nibbles, I find myself at Bath Road Business Centre. The Wharf Theatreโ€™s old prop store has been gloriously converted into a recording studio, of a sort, by a company which once set up base in Fromeโ€™s Old Fire Station, Visual Radio Arts. My initial reaction to the Read more