Latest Articles….

  • Plastic Free Devizes?

    I’m guilty, I admit, I think many of us are, driven by a hurtling civilisation, an archaic method of consumer comfort, but 38.5 million plastic bottles are bought in the UK every day, taking hundreds of years to break down, and yet we use it to store products that we consume within minutes. It doesn’t Read more

  • Does Wiltshire Council’s Climate Strategy Lack Ambition and Commitment?

    Does Wiltshire Council’s Climate Strategy Lack Ambition and Commitment?

    A month after Wiltshire Council’s Climate Strategy was criticised by the Wiltshire Climate Alliance for lacking “ambition and commitment to achieving its goal of seeking to make Wiltshire carbon neutral by 2030,” I’m horrified, yet not surprised to see social media pages still maintaining climate change is a hoax, when I thought all was pretty Read more

  • Female of the Species Blow the Roof of The Assembly Hall, for Carmela

    Female of the Species Blow the Roof of The Assembly Hall, for Carmela

    Entertainment events in the county blossoming out of lockdown came to a pinnacle this weekend. We were spoiled for choice, and without cloning technology the decision would’ve been a toughy for me, if it hadn’t had been for the no-brainer; the sixth annual outing of local supergroup, The Female of the Species at Melksham’s brilliant Read more

  • Boo! Spooky Halloween Happenings for Everyone!

    Boo! Spooky Halloween Happenings for Everyone!

    Fantastic and spooky image of St Johns, Devizes, used with permission from Simon Folkard Photography I say everyone, but it’s the inbetweenies always at a loss during Halloween, I tend to find. Too old for patronising trick or treating, only a handful of idiots, sulking at their lack of Harbio, who opt for the terrorising Read more

  • The Devizes Eisteddfod for November; Closing date for Entries is Tuesday

    Closing date for Entries is Tuesday 12th October, for The Devizes Eisteddfod, a five-day competitive festival of music, drama, speech, dance, writing, art and photography for people of all ages, who may enter individually or through a school or group. Entries are still open for the Music, Speech, Drama and Pre-adjudicated classes at the 2021 Read more

  • Barry Reviews Strange Folk at The Southgate!

    Well, what can I say? They might lose a couple of brownie points for the singer continuously referring to me as “Barry,” but Somerset-Hampshire psych-folk rock four-piece, Strange Folk, who graced Devizes’ Southgate’s little magic box last night can afford to! Aside an acoustic set in Crewkerne, it was their first electric gig post-lockdown, and Read more