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  • Chatting Carnival with Loz

    With a nail in the offside rear tyre, Iโ€™ve got a three-quarter of an hour window to nip to Mike Woods and stop for a drink at Times Square before the school run. Prioritise Worrow, prioritise; erm, just a cup of tea thanks, you get a little biscuit on the side anyway. Loz Samuels beats… Read more

  • Devizes Women V Cancerโ€™s Race & Gin Night

    Cycle enthusiast, Sharon Crabbe is riding the Costa Rica Cycle Challenge in November to raise funds for Woman V Cancer, a special fundraising partnership between Breast Cancer Care, Ovarian Cancer Action and Jo’s Cervical Cancer trust. This gruelling 360km coast-to-coast cycling challenge starts on the eastern Caribbean coast and finishes on the western Pacific coast.… Read more

  • Devizes Nights: At the Southgate, Jon Amor, One and All

    Devizes Nights: At the Southgate, Jon Amor, One and All

    Images by Nick Padmore In that year of the breakdancing fad waning my brother went off and bought Born in the USA, and we became Boss fans overnight. So, he nipped out and bought Nebraska too, and we were like, โ€œoh…โ€ It took some time for my infantile mind, accustomed to pop, to appreciate acoustic,… Read more

  • REVIEW โ€“Skinny Molly โ€“ 21st June 2019 @ Long Street Blues Club, Devizes

    REVIEW โ€“Skinny Molly โ€“ 21st June 2019 @ Long Street Blues Club, Devizes

    Sweet Home Devizes Andy Fawthrop Just when you think the current season is over at Long Street Blues Club, Ian Hopkins sneakily adds a couple more gigs. First up on tonightโ€™s Friday gig, playing support, was local troubadour Vince Bell who delivered his usual thoughtful and well-polished set. Vince doesnโ€™t always play the most cheerful… Read more

  • Mod R&B Legend, Georgie Fame Coming to Devizes!

    Mod R&B Legend, Georgie Fame Coming to Devizes!

    Update: Tickets for Friday 8th November are Here!   Iโ€™ll probably get told off by my mum for adding this photo, but I love it. My parents and friends at a dance in Shoreditch Town Hall, 1964. Dad captioned the bands were Screaming Lord Such and The Rockinโ€™ Berries. How cool those mods looked! Zip… Read more

  • Two Family Friendly Festivals in Swindon

    Two Family Friendly Festivals in Swindon

    If family-friendly festivals these days are two-to-a-penny, and you pop with the kids, like you are a kid, one thing is certain, and cool, you donโ€™t gotta trek miles to catch one. Swindon has two upcoming Iโ€™d like to mention, if I may? Firstly, a massive congratulations to Talk in Code, Swindonโ€™s own indie-pop outfit… Read more