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  • Football Fever; How are we Celebrating?

    Everyone has their own ways and methods of supporting England in the Euro finals; hanging flags and bunting, drinking far too much lager and intending to be comatose by 8pm, having loud fun, causing chaos and trashing the place, as is the British way (!), forgetting thereโ€™s this silly little deadly pandemic thing, etc. Will Read more

  • Gull Able

    Ah, hope you enjoy my new Sunday series, something a little different…. To Be Continued……… Read more

  • Spend August Bank Holiday at Manton-Fest!

    Got your ticket for Manton-Fest yet? Well, hurry up, I need you to give me a lift! โ€œTickets for this summerโ€™s Manton-Fest are up for grabs, a one-day festival Iโ€™ve heard only good things about;โ€ thatโ€™s what I said in a preview last January, oblivious to what was about to be thrown up in our Read more

  • Fun Things to Do in Wiltshire During the School Summer Holidays; 2021

    Fun Things to Do in Wiltshire During the School Summer Holidays; 2021

    Oh yes, itโ€™s coming, you can feel it in the air; or is that more rain? Take a deep breath, because hereโ€™s our lowdown on stuff to keep your darling princesses and special little guys busy during the summer break, across our area, to retain some of your sanity and keep you from maxinโ€™ your Read more

  • Carmela Wins WellChild Award

    Carmela Wins WellChild Award

    First thing Iโ€™ve got to do this week is to congratulate Carmela Chillery-Watson, our seven-year-old local heroine, for being chosen by WellChild, the national charity for sick children as their inspirational child in her age category. The celebration finale came last week, with a ceremony in which Harry Duke of Sussex presented her the award, Read more

  • A Detonation at the Southgate with Vince, Tamsin, Phil and Jamie

    A Detonation at the Southgate with Vince, Tamsin, Phil and Jamie

    Could it be, I wonder this Sunday morning after a grand evening at our dependable Southgate, that being couped up and unable to play to a live audience for what feels like a decade, has planted fire in the bellies of musicians and a drive to return to the spotlight in an explosively intense and Read more