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  • Father’s Day; Keeping Ideas Local

    Whether he’s sofa slouching with his one hand down his pants the other clasping a beer, watching classic Euro finals and yelping like it’s happening now, or digging up weeds in the garden, proudly displaying his builder’s butt, don’t forget your Dad this Father’s Day….. ON SUNDAY! I confess, I did one year, and live Read more

  • Paul Lappin; Awake in the Dark

    Paul Lappin; Awake in the Dark

    “Lying Awake in the Dark,” the new single from Swindon’s indie soloist Paul Lappin, drives a breezier and more melodic sound than previous singles, taking me to something Jamie R Hawkins or Phil Cooper might conjure. As his third single to discover on Bandcamp since the upbeat “Life Was Good,” near on a year ago, Read more

  • Blossom with Gail (from Devizes)

    Blossom with Gail (from Devizes)

    Phone memory bursting with text messages from Gail Foster the day I did my fundraising milk round in my Spiderman onesie. A keen photographer as well as accomplished local poet, Gail had cycled to the summit of Monument Hill and sat awaiting to capture the moment I returned triumphant. I confess, I underestimated my ETA Read more

  • No Surprises Locked Down in Devizes: Part 2

    No Surprises Locked Down in Devizes: Part 2

    This is the second part of a two-part rant; just in case you didn’t have enough yesterday. The first part can be read here. So, the campaign group “Devizes for EU,” emailed “avert another crisis,” lobbying to extend the Brexit transition so the country “can concentrate on recovering from the effects of Covid19.” I appreciate Read more

  • No Surprises Locked Down in Devizes: Part 1

    No Surprises Locked Down in Devizes: Part 1

    All hail the one-off, two-part return of No Surprises Living in Devizes, my excuse to rant freely. It’s been a while, I guess you could say I’ve a fair bit of ammo. Do not read if you’re easily offended, do not message me if you are offended after I warned you, twat….. It may surprise Read more

  • Win a £1000 and help Carmela

    Win a £1000 and help Carmela

    Who watched our Carmela and family on the telebox on Wednesday? Surely the most heart-breaking section of a documentary about life in lockdown and those taking the highest risks or making the worst sacrifices. As her Dad, Darren said while driving his van around, delivery samples to hospitals, and unable to hug his daughter, the Read more