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  • Billy Green 3; Should not be Moved

    Billy Green 3; Should not be Moved

    On my holibobs last week, local Geordie Britpop/mod musician Bill Green of trio Billy Green 3, (not to be confused with the British-Upper Canadian scout who saw victory at the Battle of Stoney Creek, naturally) messaged a YouTube link to his debut single, โ€œI Should be Moved.โ€ Promised to get on it this week, finally… Read more

  • Legally Blonde Jnr Comes to Devizes

    Legally Blonde Jnr Comes to Devizes

    You got into Harvard Law? What? Like, it’s hard? Hey, get your flaxen Barnett around this; Legally Blonde, rom-com, chick-flick adaptation of Amanda Brownโ€™s novel of the same name is eighteen years old. Yeah, like, I know right. Two years later they made the sequel; although a smash at the box office, it never raised… Read more

  • REVIEW โ€“ Devizes Arts Festival โ€“ String Sisters โ€“5th June @ St Andrewโ€™s Church, Devizes

    REVIEW โ€“ Devizes Arts Festival โ€“ String Sisters โ€“5th June @ St Andrewโ€™s Church, Devizes

    A Cracking Little Concert By Andy Fawthrop   Thereโ€™s so much to do and see in this yearโ€™s Devizes Arts Festival that itโ€™s hard to pick out the best bits. From what Iโ€™ve already seen and heard, this yearโ€™s event is turning out to be another cracker, and thereโ€™s plenty still to go. Today, for… Read more

  • Our Cheque to OpenDoors

    Our Cheque to OpenDoors

    Hey there, just a quick one from me today, mind, I say that then I start waffling, you know how it is!   Delighted to announce that I handed a cheque for the total sum of ยฃ225 to Devizes Opendoors today, from our fundraising events at the Bear Hotelโ€™s Cellar Bar in Devizes last month.… Read more

  • PREVIEW – White Horse Opera sing Gilbert & Sullivanโ€™s โ€œThe Mikadoโ€ โ€“ Saturday 15th June @ St Maryโ€™s Church, Devizes

    PREVIEW – White Horse Opera sing Gilbert & Sullivanโ€™s โ€œThe Mikadoโ€ โ€“ Saturday 15th June @ St Maryโ€™s Church, Devizes

    A Bit of Nanki-Poo in The Vize By Andy Fawthrop   Do you like opera? What about โ€œlightโ€ opera? With rather a lot of comedy thrown in? Good โ€“ because youโ€™re really going to love this! Last night I was privileged to attend the full dress rehearsal for โ€œThe Mikadoโ€ by the splendid White Horse… Read more

  • Reggae, Reggae, Reggae, inโ€ฆ. Devizes Arts Festival?! Barbdwire Bring a Taste of Coventry to Town

    Reggae, Reggae, Reggae, inโ€ฆ. Devizes Arts Festival?! Barbdwire Bring a Taste of Coventry to Town

    All Photos used with kind permission of Gail Foster   From a talk by CBE award-winning English foreign correspondent and BBC News world affairs editor, John Simpson, to the Sub-Organist at Durham Cathedral, Francesca Massey, the Devizes Arts Festival has kicked off this week, better than Tottenham. Their showcase, more varied than ever before, truly… Read more