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Modernisation of Football Pitches at Green Lane, Devizes
Angle left a bit, then hard lock right and hope you’ve managed to avoid craters akin to a Halley’s comet impact site. That was my technique for getting the kids to football practise at Green Lane’s Playing Field in Devizes; would be highly surprised if it’s changed much, if only for a few more exhaust-crunching Read more
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My Top 30 Dance Albums of the Nineties: Part 1
When I was sauntering through early morning mist, wearing the half-demented-smirk-half-gurn of a madman on a day out of the funny farm, a dreadlocked ragamuffin lounging at the wheel-arch of his van, perpetually waving one hand from fist to flat palm, appeared like magic through the haze. He greeted me with a wide smile, asked Read more
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Our Entire Area Becomes an Art Mecca with Marlborough Open Studios
Provided it’s large enough, I’ve been known to lose all track of time in an art gallery, and miss the last train home! But a gallery is one thing, this is another. July is Marlborough Open Studios month, the name of which in itself is quite misleading. Although transport will help, a train to Read more
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Pray on Summer Solstice? That’ll be Fifteen Quid, Thank You.
The sun sets at 21:26 on Wednesday folks, and rises for the longest day at 04:52 Thursday. On their website, English Heritage are keen to point out, “Stonehenge is a significant World Heritage Site and to many it is sacred, please respect the stones and all those who are attending.” I appreciate this, the first Read more
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Follow The Crows to the Global Film Awards
Someone said to me a few weeks ago that I shouldn’t always flatter subjects in my reviews. I agreed, while I feel anyone engaged in DIY, homemade creative projects deserve a big medal for their efforts, if something is a big bag of spanners then I’m your man to tell it thus; you know that! Read more
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When Devizine Met Devitera
Devizine asks you, what kind of person would use the front end of their hometown name as part of their corporate identity, especially when their hometown is Devizes?! Glen Upward is man after my own heart; we stand around the old bakery in Rowde, now his microbrewery, as he devotedly enlightens the science behind beer-making. Read more
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