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  • Song of the Day 1: Atari Pilot

    Song of the Day 1: Atari Pilot

    Irregularly I share a music video to our Facebook page with the status “song of the day,” or week, or whenever, as if it’s a daily occurrence. When the reality is it’s a big, fat fib on my part, it’s only when I happen to find such a video and can be arsed to share… Read more

  • Big Bath Sleep-Out: At Home

    Big Bath Sleep-Out: At Home

    Avoid the irony, sadly this year Bath’s annual big sleep-out event in Alice Park cannot be for obvious reasons. But homelessness during a lockdown is no joke. Julian House and Bath Boules Charitable Trust lay down a more local gauntlet, inviting you to join in with a sleep-out in your garden, on your balcony or… Read more

  • Very Terry Edwards

    Very Terry Edwards

    The word “very,” rarely an adjective, as in “it happened in this very house,” or “this is very Terry Edwards,” but commonly worthlessly used as an adverb, as in “it’s very cold today,” or “this is the very best of Terry Edwards.” While the album simplifies it to the ambiguous “Very Terry Edwards,” it’s BandCamp… Read more

  • Wiltshire Council to spend £1.1m on digital devices so struggling families can access remote education

    Wiltshire Council to spend £1.1m on digital devices so struggling families can access remote education

    Wiltshire Council is allocating £1.1m of government COVID-19 funding to buy laptops and digital devices for disadvantaged pupils who currently can’t join classmates learning from home. The decision to allocate the funding to buy around 2,500 devices means these children will be able to access their school lessons from home rather than have to attend… Read more

  • Wiltshire Council Ask Gecko For Road-Crossing Song.

    Wiltshire Council Ask Gecko For Road-Crossing Song.

    Not to make you feel old or anything, but Tufty, the safe road-crossing squirrel turns sixty this year, the Green Cross Code Man is not far behind at 51. Not too long before they’ll need some assistance crossing the road themselves, I don’t doubt! Popular as retrospection is, Wiltshire Council have rightfully recognised a CJI… Read more

  • Just Another Lockdown Festival

    JMW Promotions have a free online festival coming this Saturday and Sunday (9th & 10th Jan.) There’s a lot of names I don’t recognise, which is the best thing about festivals in general, but especially online; local artists without borders. In fact the only performer I have heard of is the brilliant Jess Silk, on… Read more