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  • Spoiled Rotten in Devizes this November with Devizes Arts Festival, The Wharf Theatre, Long Street, TITCO, DOCA and more!

    Spoiled Rotten in Devizes this November with Devizes Arts Festival, The Wharf Theatre, Long Street, TITCO, DOCA and more!

    Spoiled Rotten in Devizes this November you are. In what is usually a quiet month leading up to yule, the easing of lockdown has detonated the month, opening it up as anyone’s game. It’s just so good to see a chockful event calendar for the whole county, and so many event organisers making a Rocky… Read more

  • How Common is “Spiking” in Wiltshire?

    How Common is “Spiking” in Wiltshire?

    We’re talking with Wiltshire Police about spiking in the area, how common it is, how to best prevent being a victim of it, and what to do if you suspect you’ve been “spiked.” There’s been a truckload of media coverage of “spiking” nationally, with a notion towards a trend of using needles rather than the… Read more

  • Facebookland, Really?

    I’d always imagined a virtual reality internet, but honestly, with Facebook, sorry Meta, (which incidentally sounds like the name of a hard rock magazine,) announcing it will create one, has to bring about an element of slight concern. It’s not just since Zuckerberg has made the billionaire club his liberal stance has warped into the… Read more

  • REVIEW – Climax Blues Band @ Long Street Blues Club, Devizes – Saturday 30th October 2021

    REVIEW – Climax Blues Band @ Long Street Blues Club, Devizes – Saturday 30th October 2021

    New Music For Old Favourites by Andy Fawthrop Another trip up the hill to the Con Club for the latest pop-up session of Long Street Blues Club, and another great night with a busy and enthusiastic audience. Support act for the night was Bristol-based Damian Arketta, a new name for me, but I’m always happy… Read more

  • It’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 – White Horse Opera’s Top Of The Ops @Town Hall, Devizes – Friday 29th October 2021

    REVIEW – White Horse Opera’s Top Of The Ops @Town Hall, Devizes – 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 “Top Of The Ops” in the splendid surroundings of Devizes Town Hall.  I… Read more