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  • Three-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee, Josie Long Coming to Bath

    Three-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Josie Long brings her latest show, Tender, to the Bath Komedia on 20th February. Josie is back on the road with a brand-new show about the mind-bending intensity of new motherhood, but it is also about kindness, gentleness and joy. A cult-optimist herself, Josie wants her audiences to feel optimistic… Read more

  • Celebrate Chinese New Year with Alzheimer’s Support, Chef Peter Vaughan & Indecision

    Celebrate Chinese New Year and support one of Wiltshire’s best loved charities.   What better way to celebrate the Chinese New Year than a 3-course Chinese meal cooked by Chef Peter Vaughan of Vaughan’s Kitchen and dancing the night away to the ever-popular local live band, Indecision? Alzheimer’s Support have a fundraising dinner and dance… Read more

  • A Dirty Harry, some Ex-Men, a One Love Orchestra and more @ MantonFest 2020

    Tickets for this summerโ€™s Manton-Fest are up for grabs, a one-day festival Iโ€™ve heard only good things about. The date is Saturday 27th June. A ยฃ20 Early-bird ticket will guarantee youโ€™re in for this previously sold-out mini-fest, this year you can book a plot for your gazebo for ยฃ5, parking has been moved to a… Read more

  • PREVIEW: Bradford Roots Music Festival 17th โ€“ 19th January 2020 @ Wiltshire Music Centre, Bradford

    Andy Fawthrop If youโ€™re looking for a whole week-end of music-based events, with lots of sessions for children too, then you should do yourself a favour and head over to Bradford-On-Avon. Itโ€™s a bit out of D-Town I know, but it doesnโ€™t take long to just tootle over to the really splendid Wiltshire Music Centre.… Read more

  • Splashpad, Iโ€™m all over it, Pal!

    Word of the week in the Vizes; Splashpad (apparently Word sees it as one word) So, who wants to splash and who wants to whinge? I ask Town Clerk, Simon Fisher the questions which need to be asked…โ€ฆ..ย  Once upon a time there was a slash-pad on the Green in Devizes, dubbed a drug-hatch, it… Read more

  • Talk in Code; Like That

    Talk in Code; Like That

    Swindonโ€™s indie-pop four-piece Talk in Code have a new single pending, which will blow your diddy-boppers offโ€ฆ.. Okay, six seconds into Swindon-based anthemic indie pop darlings, Talk in Codeโ€™s new single โ€œTalk Like That,โ€ and these old ears are blessed with an intro which drifts me back to electronic synth-pop of the eighties. If I… Read more