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  • First Aid Courses Return; Chatting with Louise Worsley

    First Aid Courses Return; Chatting with Louise Worsley

    After lockdown workshops via Zoom, Worsley Training returns with actual first aid courses, thereโ€™s one at Devizes Town Hall on May 18th, where basic first aid, including the use of a defibrillator will be taught in a four-hour emergency course, concurrently with a full six-hour accredited Emergency First Aid at Work course. Ideal for general Read more

  • Song of the Day 31: Ilingsworth

    My classic excuses don’t wash in an online era; the dog ate my Song of the Day blogpost, I’m certain I put it in my bag when I left school, bull like that. I know, right. It’s been a while since my last Song of the Day, a post I promised on a daily basis Read more

  • The Ruzz Guitar Sessions; Going to the City

    The Ruzz Guitar Sessions; Going to the City

    Driving home through Devizes last week, itโ€™s only 10pm but I contemplate, it could be three in the morning itโ€™s deathly silent. Our once lively little market town, like everywhere else, has lost a sparkle due to the pandemic; hope it can rekindle is all that is left. And now, the Facebook memories fires a Read more

  • The Lost Trades Live Stream in Advance of Album Launch

    The Lost Trades Live Stream in Advance of Album Launch

    April 1st is All Fools Day, the day after youโ€™d be a fool to miss this. Much I hark on about local folk harmony trio, The Lost Trades, even before they were united as such, but only for good reason. It was always a win-win when the three singer-songwriters officially formed, Phil Cooper, Jamie R Read more

  • Haunted House Party; Chatting with Ill Literate of The Scribes

    Haunted House Party; Chatting with Ill Literate of The Scribes

    I caught up with Ill Literate, one third of Bristol hip hop trio, The Scribes, to chat about their new single, how they, and in general, writing a rap is composed, a bit of their backstory, on diversity and where theyโ€™re headingโ€ฆโ€ฆ. After the unnerving atmosphere of their mind-blowing previous single, Stir Crazy, Bristol hip Read more

  • Eighties Mod Revival Lost Gem: The Direct Hits

    If I waffle positively here, and yes, I do waffle, about retrospection and a trend in sounds trying to be authentically from a time of yore, this one doesnโ€™t need to try. The Broadway Recording Sessions thrusts you rearward into the eightyโ€™s mod revival scene, whether you want to go there or not. Battersea trio, Read more