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  • Bromham Girls Help the Homeless This Christmas

    Bromham Girls Help the Homeless This Christmas

    A commendable effort by two Bromham girls to give fifty goodie bags to the homeless this Christmas is quickly growing worthy attention. A massive congratulations goes to these kind year 6 girls, Greg and Al, for such a wonderful thought and their determination to organise this. Still, they need donations of many items on their Read more

  • Back Wood Redeemers Squash into the Southgate

    Back Wood Redeemers Squash into the Southgate

    Yet another blinding nightโ€™s entertainment at the Southgate, as Fromeโ€™s Back Wood Redeemers came, saw and kicked ass….   His banjo to one side for a beer break, Flounder Murray perched on the step as I defined the live music scene in Devizes as thriving. As most Saturday nights we were spoiled for choice; People Read more

  • How Devizes Constituency Would Differ Under a Labour Flag; an interview with Rachael Schneider Ross

    How Devizes Constituency Would Differ Under a Labour Flag; an interview with Rachael Schneider Ross

    Not wishing to dabble in politics too much, I still think itโ€™s important we get to know our local candidates a little. Hopefully weโ€™ll track down all of them in time, as I invite Rachael Schneider Ross of Labour to be the first under the Devizine coshโ€ฆโ€ฆ So engrossed in our chat, I thought the Read more

  • The Soul of Billy Green 3

    The Soul of Billy Green 3

    Nice prolonged mellow murmur of Britpop breezes through my headphones, the Billy Green 3โ€™s last single release of the year, Soul. Thereโ€™s a mesh of Verve and Spaceman 3 coming across, itโ€™s growing on me fast; do check it out, and bear in mind Billy and the lads are down the Crown, Devizes Saturday night. Read more

  • Gate-crashed The Lawrence Society of Artโ€™s Annual Exhibition!

    Gate-crashed The Lawrence Society of Artโ€™s Annual Exhibition!

    Nipped into the Town Hall earlier, imagine, me, in the Town Hall. The Guardians will want me on their head chair before you know it; they should be so lucky! Ah, but thereโ€™s milling around The Assembly Rooms, few things still in boxes and a few ends to tie as The Lawrence Society of Art Read more

  • Friday at the Southgate; Blues Previewed…

    Friday at the Southgate; Blues Previewed…

    Pop Quiz: The best way to preview whatโ€™s on Friday down the trusty Southgate is A: Have me waffling about Chippenham/Devizes based Blues Reviewed with Adrienne Hale, Mark Johnson, Paul Hale, Pete Lamb, Derek Head and Martin Cleverley. Or B: Have a listen to this preview YouTube Vid of four classic covers? Eh? Me, waffling? Read more