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  • The Conclusion to my Black History Month Articles….

    The Conclusion to my Black History Month Articles….

    If Dunbar’s number is a thing, then isn’t it a human instinct, be it more than a wish but perhaps a need, to group people outside of your given sphere? Does this constitute prejudges, and are they therefore ingrained in society through nurture and history? I’m continuing to bash on about Black History month before… Read more

  • “We Cannot Let our Young People go Hungry;” those locally rallying the call to #endchildfoodpoverty

    “We Cannot Let our Young People go Hungry;” those locally rallying the call to #endchildfoodpoverty

    Time is against me to get this out with haste, forgive me that I don’t to go on one of my usual longwinded rants, I know you love them, plus, you know I’m aching to do so!   Suffice it to say we’re all horrified and angered by this government-voting-down-free-school-meals fiasco and Marcus Rashford’s righteous… Read more

  • Zoom Like an Egyptian: Wiltshire Museum Half-Term Activities!

    Zoom Like an Egyptian: Wiltshire Museum Half-Term Activities!

    Bangles not required, entertain your saucepans over the half-term with some Egyptian themed art and craft activities at Wiltshire Museum in Devizes, which is linked to their current Out of Egypt exhibition. Tuesday 27 October and Wednesday 28 October you could find out about the Ancient Egyptians through their artefacts? Find out about mummification then… Read more

  • The Return of Wilding; Falling Dreams

    The Return of Wilding; Falling Dreams

    It doesn’t hang about, it doesn’t drift dreamily as some previous tracks on the Soul Sucker debut EP, unbelievably near-on a couple of years ago, but it is unmistakably Wilding, this beguiling new tune from George Wilding, back with his band after lockdown. As a frustrating era for all creative groups, it feels as if… Read more

  • On the Climbing Frame with Gecko

    On the Climbing Frame with Gecko

    If our last music review from Ruzz Guitar impressed me for its exploration of traditional blues styles, note I’m not conventional and you need not rewind progress to appease me; I love Climbing Frame, the second forthcoming album by London-based Gecko, equally, but for completely opposite reasons. Partly, it reminded me of the time Louis… Read more

  • Urchfont Parish Council Turn Down Youth Art Display

    Urchfont Parish Council Turn Down Youth Art Display

    Further to my article reflecting on black history month, and our chat with BLM in the Stix organiser Gurpreet Kaur, I said I had a local issue to raise which could be conceived as the perfect example of the message I’m trying to get across regarding rural racism so ingrained we fail to recognise it,… Read more