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Devizes Kebab Van Riding High But Staying Put!
Four months on from the tragic fire on Northgate Street in Devizes which took out the popular Kebab House, owner Mustafa Suna and his dedicated team have set up a mobile unit, The Devizes Kebab Van at The Garden Trading Estate opposite the Travelodge. Business is as busy as ever, and the kebabs are as… Read more
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JP Oldfield Meets The Devil’s Doorbell at the Cellar Bar
To suggest I’m knowledgeable about the music of the 1920s because I lived through the era is plain cheeky, though I wouldn’t put it past you! I like to think I know just enough to hold my own in a drunken waffle on the subject. Such is that Jellylegs Johnson suggested a resurgence of 1920s… Read more
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“Blood Brothers” at The Mission Theatre, Bath, March 27th-30th 2025
by Ian Diddamsimages by Ann Ellison. What can possibly be better than watching a performance of “Blood Brothers” by Willy Russell? Watching TWO performances of “Blood Brothers” by Willy Russell of course! Next Stage Youth performed their dress rehearsals at The Mission Theatre last night, and with two casts we were treated to both of… Read more
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“Flatpack” at The Rondo Theatre, Larkhall, Bath, March 26th-29th 2025.
by Ian Diddamsimages by Josie Mae Ross and Richard Fletcher John Hodge is well known for his screenwriting of “Shallow Grave”, “The Beach”, “A Life Less Ordinary” and “Trainspotting”, as well as plays such as “Collaborators” which played at the Rondo Theatre last June. This week sees his latest play “Flatpack” appear at the same… Read more
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Killers, Catalysts and Devizes Author Dave McKenna’s New Novelette
On impulse I speculated, just short of a quarter way through this book and at the conjunction the format of the narrative is sussed, that if the author, Devizes’ Dave McKenna, has a favourite Quentin Tarantino film it might be my favourite too, the lesser acclaimed Jackie Brown. Not for its plagiarism of blaxploitation nor… Read more
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Bits of Elation; Chatting with The Belladonna Treatment
One of Swindon’s premier grunge pop-punkers, The Belladonna Treatment released their debut single, Bits of Elation, with London-based SODEH Records earlier this month. I spoke about the single, the band and local circuits with the bassist in the band, Ian James, as he was the most punctual at a recent gig at the Vic! Bits… Read more
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