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  • Short Story: Dizzy Heights

    The silhouette of a fledgling businessman clutching some paperwork apprehensively entered through the light of the doorway, and eased the door shut behind him. Sealed in darkness now, he couldnโ€™t be absolutely certain, but he whimpered nonetheless. โ€œI know youโ€™re in here, Dizzyโ€ฆ.โ€ He received no reply; the only sound was the gentle hum from… Read more

  • We Call The People That We Love Inside: by Gail Foster

    We received this poem from Gail this morning, rather current and especially lovely, but that’s our Gail; poem is good too!! Re-blogging from her site, please follow the link to read. The shops are shut. Our hearts are open wide Before we put the Closed sign on the door We call the people that we… Read more

  • I Will Not Bleat About Coronavirus, Write it Out a Hundred Timesโ€ฆ…

    So, I love television, think itโ€™s a marvellous invention. I just donโ€™t like trending programming schedules; I want to bring people an alternative. I cut the grass yesterday, yes, thatโ€™s how desperate life has got! I cut it so my sports-loving daughter can have a kick around in the garden, before her built-up energy explodes… Read more

  • The Lost Trades; Debut at the Village Pump

    The Lost Trades; Debut at the Village Pump

    By Helen Robertson Images by Abbie Asadi On a rainy Friday night in Trowbridge, I followed the directions from the bar staff at the Lamb Inn- past the pool table and out the back โ€“ to the Village Pump, a quirky, intimate performance space that was already packed. And there was cake, lots of cake.… Read more

  • Blues at the Sports Club got my Mojo Working

    Blues at the Sports Club got my Mojo Working

    If I divide rock music into three favoured eras; its birth from rhythm and blues to form rock n roll, psychedelia moulding it back to wailing blues, and second gen mod or new wave from the eighties, and anything post these I donโ€™t care for so much, be it heavy, soft or Nu-metal, I paused… Read more

  • Day Breakers Down The Cavy!

    Day Breakers Down The Cavy!

    If variety is the spice of life, The Cavalier in Devizes cannot be faulted. While it may be a short walk from the town centre it hardly requires a sponsor form, and when you get there itโ€™s a warm welcome from a proletariat pub divided from the Wadworthshire typecast. Yeah, define it as boozer for… Read more