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  • Jamsters; A New Initiative For Musicians at The Southgate

    Jamsters; A New Initiative For Musicians at The Southgate

    Bob Marley sang โ€œjamminโ€™ โ€˜til the jam is through,โ€ Jimmy Cricketโ€™s catchphrase was โ€œcomeโ€™ere, thereโ€™s more,โ€ but it looks like The Southgate in Devizes is combining the two. Jamsters is landlord Daveโ€™s new initiative to provide a Friday night platform for loose groupings and associations created at their regular jam sessions each Wednesdayโ€ฆ. The inaugural… Read more

  • First Christmas: Kopp and Guyโ€™s Second Feature Film Enters Development

    First Christmas: Kopp and Guyโ€™s Second Feature Film Enters Development

    The second feature film for director Keith Wilhelm Kopp and writer Laurence Guy, First Christmas enters development, to be produced by Shropshire-based production company, Ask Seek Knock. We sent our Helen to the press screening of their award-winning first film, Translations, hereโ€™s what she thoughtโ€ฆ.. First Christmas is set to be filmed in Shropshire, with… Read more

  • Discover the perfect destination for Walk Your Dog Month at Nightingale Wood

    Discover the perfect destination for Walk Your Dog Month at Nightingale Wood

    Image credit: Forestry England/Crown copyright. Forestry England Nightingale Wood invites dog owners to celebrate Walk Your Dog Month this January….. Walk Your Dog Month is a great opportunity to build your bond with your four-legged family members. It can be tempting to stay indoors at this time of year, but regular walks are essential for… Read more

  • Devizine Review of 2024 Part 1: Jan to July

    Devizine Review of 2024 Part 1: Jan to July

    Featured Image: Gail Foster All other image usage here was credited on the original articles, to locate sources again would take a long time, so please accept my apologises. If you see an image you own and wish to be credited for it, please ask. Thank you. Okay so, three days into 2025 and my… Read more

  • Discovering Swindon Story Shed

    Discovering Swindon Story Shed

    With Dad’s taxi on call in Swindon and a few hours to kill whilst her majesty is at the flicks, it was fortunate local author Sorrel Pitts posted a thank you on Facebook yesterday evening, to all who helped promote her fantastic book, Broken Shadows. Because, as well as Devizine for reviewing it, she also… Read more

  • The Rise of Winter Festivals

    The Rise of Winter Festivals

    Once upon a time it seemed to me, that folk would grin and bear the winter weather for the sake of a Christmas lights switching on type of event, then batten down the hatches and hibernate like hedgehogs until spring. Nowadays you need not wait till summer for music festivals; winterfests are a thingโ€ฆ.. For… Read more