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  • George Wilding; Sunday Session @ The White Bear

    George Wilding; Sunday Session @ The White Bear

    Marc singing off the same song sheet as me, when he explains he encourages original material from the performers at his Sunday sessions at the White Bear in Devizes, yet covers which the artist โ€œmake their ownโ€ are always crowd pleasers. Who could be more apt than George Wilding? Yeah, car troubles caused his slight Read more

  • VE Day in Devizes & Rowde

    VE Day in Devizes & Rowde

    We held a surprise anniversary party for My Nan and Grandad when I was knee-high to a grasshopper. My Grandad was the straight man, my Nan the funny one in an unsurpassed comedy duo. Her sister called out while Grandad did the thank you spiel, โ€œjust like your wedding night, eh Carrie?!โ€ As spontaneously as Read more

  • REVIEW โ€“ Navajo Dogs @ The Southgate, Devizes โ€“Saturday 8th February 2020

    REVIEW โ€“ Navajo Dogs @ The Southgate, Devizes โ€“Saturday 8th February 2020

    Pub Rock Is Alive and Well Andy Fawthrop After the previous nightโ€™s superb gig with The Arnie Cottrell Tendency (see other review elsewhere in Devizine), it was back to The Southgate for something completely different. From gentle Americana on a Friday to straight-up pub-rock on a Saturday night. Part of me was concerned that the Read more

  • REVIEW โ€“ Arnie Cottrell Tendency @ The Southgate, Devizes โ€“Friday 7th February 2020

    REVIEW โ€“ Arnie Cottrell Tendency @ The Southgate, Devizes โ€“Friday 7th February 2020

    Live Music At Its Very Best Andy Fawthrop Friday night is music night, so where else to go other than the ever-welcoming Southgate? Once again Dave and Deb had found a wonderful band to fill the pub….. I managed to miss the very start of the gig, but then stayed to catch the rest of Read more

  • The Worldโ€™s Most Famous Fences!

    The Worldโ€™s Most Famous Fences!

    Slow news week, our local rag The Gazelle & Herod decided to report on the countryโ€™s most vital subject, Philip Schofieldโ€™s sexual orientation, as if he lives in Burbage or somewhere, so why canโ€™t I focus on something irrelevant too? Like the worldโ€™s most famous fences. Yeah, as you ponder daring to whisk across your Read more

  • White Horse Opera’s Spring Concert

    Spring, thatโ€™s what we need to be talking about today! Iโ€™m getting my shades and sun tan lotion ready. Plus, White Horse Opera’s Spring Concert this year will be on Friday 20th March at 7.30pm in Devizes Town Hall. It will include Haydn’s Creation, Donizetti’s L’Elisir D’amore and Ruddigore by Gilbert and Sullivan. โ€œA musical Read more