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Sketch and Explore: The Art of Embracing Imperfection
by Maddie Blake On Wednesday 10th of June at Devizes Arts Festival, we had the pleasure of a ‘Sketch and Explore’ workshop lead by Karen George, a contemporary artist. Karen is based near Bath, in the UK, and specialises in semi-abstract and contemporary painting of landscape and seascapes in acrylic and mixed media. This informal… Read more
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Milton Jones; Deadpan in Devizes
Mock the Week’s recurring panellist and Radio 4 comedian Milton Jones stood on the stage of Devizes Corn Exchange on Friday, with the setter, “it’s great to be here, in the past!” And thereafter, everything which came from his mouth was utterly hilarious. Thank you Devizes Arts Festival, a fine chortling choice; I’m still chuckling… Read more
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REVIEW – Devizes Arts Festival– Swing From Paris @ Corn Exchange (Thursday 11th June 2026)
A Little Bit Of French Polish Andy Fawthrop As the Devizes Arts Festival rolls majestically towards its final weekend, there’s no chance that the bus is anywhere near running out of fuel. There was plenty of gas left in the tank last night to bring us into the streets of Paris to hear…. but what’s… Read more
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Let’s Go Swimming with Poppy Rose
Two years ago we fondly reviewed I’m Ready Now, a debut EP from Bath’s Poppy Rose. I praised her unique take, her thoughtful prose and intelligent metaphors, but it was a collection of songs each with separate thoughts. Poppy’s new EP, Let’s Go Swimming is on another level, has a singular theme throughout, and a… Read more
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A “Tender” evening of poetry – Harry Baker at Devizes Corn Exchange, DAF June 10th 2026
by Ian Diddams images by Ian Diddams & Devizes Arts Festival Harry Baker is a former world champion poetry slammer and German speaker with a mathematics degree. Whether the three are related is open to conjecture but all three feature in one way or another in his work. At the age of twenty he won… Read more
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Wiltshire & Bath Air Ambulance’s Summer Behind-the-Scenes Tour
Join the Wiltshire & Barh Air Ambulance team on one of their behind-the-scenes tours of the Charity’s airbase at Semington on Thursday the 9th July…. By joining you will gain an insight into how they run this extraordinary lifesaving service. The Wiltshire & Bath Air Ambulance will be opening the doors to the airbase to… Read more
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