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May half term; yeah I know right, on its way, already; mums pour wine into a litre tankard and try not to think about it. But hey, is your child one of those imaginative ones? What little one isn’t? Do they enjoy creating characters & stories? Are they interested in performing? Here’s an ideal opportunity Read more

You never know what’s going to come up when you ask local Facebook page the Devizes Issue for ideas for stories. I certainly didn’t expect this, but I’m a gonna do it; ready?   Two reasons, it’s a feel-good fun story, and the Borrill family of Chirton’s hamsters have more of a social life then Read more

Since 2015 a charitable organisation dedicated to supporting musicians and promoting live music and performing arts in Calne and beyond has aimed for funding to obtain a practise and performance arts and media space in the town, hoping for training, recording and broadcasting facilities. Members of the group, Calne in Tune, are musicians, artists, promoters Read more

All images used with the kind permission of Nick Padmore Photography   She compares his eyes to autumn trees and October skies, her favourite things, but fall is a short while off; this summer belongs to local songstress, the wonderful Tamsin Quin.   I’m only too happy to authorise this notion; I’ve her brand-new studio Read more

He-Gassen (屁合戦) literally translates from Japanese as “fart competitions,” and is a sequential scroll depicting just this, blasts of flatulence often blowing contestants off the edges. Dating back to the Edo period of 1603, this ancient scroll verifies flatulence and defecation have always been subjects of hilarity. It is with such example I justify this Read more