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  • Itโ€™s Beginning to Look a DOCA Like Christmas

    Devizes Outdoor Celebratory Arts are in the thick of planning for the Lantern Parade and Winter Festival, set to take place at the Market Place on Friday the 26th and Saturday 27th of November, but it looks doubtful the usual mass-gathering to see Santa Claus switching on the Christmas lights will be possible this year. Read more

  • REVIEW โ€“ White Horse Operaโ€™s Top Of The Ops @Town Hall, Devizes โ€“ Friday 29th October 2021

    REVIEW โ€“ White Horse Operaโ€™s Top Of The Ops @Town Hall, Devizes โ€“ Friday 29th October 2021

    Love Potions & Family Curses by Andy Fawthrop Another sign that things are slowly getting back to normal was the re-emergence on Friday night of the rarely-seen, but very talented, White Horse Opera with their first post-Covid presentation of the dodgily-titled show โ€œTop Of The Opsโ€ in the splendid surroundings of Devizes Town Hall.  I Read more

  • The Life of Brian, in Rowde

    The Life of Brian, in Rowde

    So, itโ€™s finally come to pass, beginning to look a lot like autumn and a Halloween weekend crammed with events I feel I should attend conflict against the general drizzle looming outside. Having a soaking every morning at work Iโ€™m dubious to continue past summery wanders up the hill to Devizes, coupled with my newfound Read more

  • Countywide Halloween Pranksters and General Crime Rates Sets “Wiltshire Live” to Unfairly Roast Devizes

    Countywide Halloween Pranksters and General Crime Rates Sets “Wiltshire Live” to Unfairly Roast Devizes

    Who in Devizes has been upsetting the local gutter press now?! Detached from a relatively good idea, Wiltshire 999โ€™s, a blog which once reported current crimes and police matters, a tabloid version called Wiltshire Live has risen like a phoenix from the ashes, most likely to prove more profitable. With their Facebook page constantly phishing Read more

  • A Grumpy Old Git Guide to The Future of Television

    Not that Iโ€™m the ideal candidate to provide an assessment on modern trends in television, being it infuriates me as much as it entertains me. Therefore, as I can do grumpy, please accept Iโ€™ve titled this a โ€œgrumpy old git guide,โ€ and act accordingly; i.e., donโ€™t read this if you wholeheartedly adore every program every Read more

  • REVIEW โ€“ Jack Grace Band @ The Southgate, Devizes โ€“ Sunday 24th October 2021

    REVIEW โ€“ Jack Grace Band @ The Southgate, Devizes โ€“ Sunday 24th October 2021

    Another Cracking Show by Andy Fawthrop It was February 2020, pre-pandemic, pre-Lockdown, that the New York-based Jack Grace Band last performed at The Southgate.ย  I remember that show as being a cracking night out, so I wasnโ€™t going to miss a second bite at this rather luscious cherry.ย  Jack is on a short UK tour, Read more