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Swindon Advertiser Running With Islamophobic Clickbait, Again
Immediately after the weekend which saw press photographers ejected, so they could savagely beat women at the Birmingham Reform conference, as if someone threw a side of beef into a pride of starved lions while Farage played the part of Scar, encouraging them and laughing it off, and black shirts disrupted holiday-makers returning home, and… Read more
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Marlborough’s Hidden Gem; The Town’s Home for Arts, Culture and Community
Tucked away in plain sight at the heart of Marlborough stands St Peter’s. While this Grade II listed landmark has been around for centuries, its modern identity remains one of the area’s best-kept secrets…. Though no longer an active church, the Trustees have quietly been transforming this historic structure into a vibrant, independent space for… Read more
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Chippenham “Midweek Mojo” Brian Reid Passes Away
Tributes to Chippenham’s community activist, poet, actor, and event compere Brian Reid poured onto social media today, as the sad news of his passing spreads… Known as the “Midweek Mojo,” Brian Reid was renowned and much loved in the Chippenham community. A prominent figure in the Wiltshire arts scene, hosting open mic nights at the… Read more
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JP Oldfield’s Saltwater Gospel
Devizes favourite southern fried gothic-Delta blues one man band, JP Oldfield has an EP released at the end of the week, Saltwater Gospel. It’s a six gun shooter of length and breadth, classed as an EP, but contains enough poignant narrative, dark twisted swagger, and redemption, for an album to have causally swung through those… Read more
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Jess Chiver’s Sunrise Comparison
I’ve found myself sympathising about post-punk recently, how they scrambled around in the dark somewhat, taking pot shots at reggae, claiming a “new wave,” or else succumbed or faded to new romantic electronica. Find myself wondering what they’d have made of grunge or emo at the time, because that’s progressing the style, and in this,… Read more
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Local Reggae Musicians Release Compilation Celebrating Ninetieth Anniversary of Emperor’s Exile in Bath
Singers and players of instruments of The Southwest assembled for an album celebrating the ninetieth anniversary since Emperor Haile Selassie I was exiled to England, and stayed at Fairfield House in Bath, now a museum and shrine to the Ethiopian Emperor….. Last month I wrote a piece about the celebrations and activities at Fairfield House,… Read more
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