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  • Ian Siegal at Long Street Blues Club

    Ian Siegal at Long Street Blues Club

    Devizes is often spoiled for choice when it comes to live music. Swindon folk ensemble SGO at the Gate would’ve been an excellent decision for this Saturday night, and I considered dropping by at some point during the proceedings at Long Street Blues Club prior to the proceedings at Long Street Blues Club, but during… Read more

  • “The Real Inspector Hound”, at the Rondo Theatre, Larkhall, Bath, November 8th 2024.

    “The Real Inspector Hound”, at the Rondo Theatre, Larkhall, Bath, November 8th 2024.

    by Ian Diddamsimages by Playing Up Theatre Company When is a mousetrap not a mousetrap? When it’s written by Tom Stoppard…If you have seen “The Mousetrap” you may find elements of “The Real Inspector Hound” quite familiar. Or alternatively, if once having seen “The Real inspector Hound” you then progress to seeing “The Mousetrap” you… Read more

  • False Allegations Against Wiltshire Hunt Sabs About Drone Fly Zones is Unapologetically Reversed By Illegal Hunt Supporting Facebook Group

    False Allegations Against Wiltshire Hunt Sabs About Drone Fly Zones is Unapologetically Reversed By Illegal Hunt Supporting Facebook Group

    Due to my real job making regular home deliveries I get to know when folk are away on their holibobs, and when they plan on returning. I could, if I wanted, start a “residents watch” Facebook group for burglars, to ensure those pesky homeowners don’t return early and cause good honest thieves to be inconvenienced… Read more

  • Wiltshire Music Centre Announces New Joint Leadership

    Wiltshire Music Centre Announces New Joint Leadership

    Wiltshire Music Centre is delighted to announce the new appointments of Daniel Clark as Artistic Director, and Sarah Robertson as Executive Director. Daniel and Sarah join Wiltshire Music Centre in a new co-leadership model. They will join the team in late January 2025, to strengthen the Centre’s role as a cultural and creative space and Arts Council England NPO for Wiltshire. Sarah is currently working as Director… Read more

  • The Soul Sessions from Bristol’s Kaya Street

    The Soul Sessions from Bristol’s Kaya Street

    In 1985 Tenor Saw toasted the lyric, “another sound is dying,” in Ring the Alarm. It implied his sound was the contemporary champion, yet while it’s true reggae is competitively progressive, this particular tune’s dubplate derived from the Stalag riddim created by Ansel Collins twelve years earlier, as did Sister Nancy’s Bam Bam and numerous… Read more

  • El Toro Fundraiser at The Old Road Tavern, Chippenham

    El Toro Fundraiser at The Old Road Tavern, Chippenham

    Over to Chippenham for my dose of live music this Saturday. I didn’t see any chips nor ham, there were some pasties passed around a lively and hospitable “proper” pub, and whilst meeting some favourites old and new, there were also opportunities to cross some must-sees off my list. It was a fundraiser for El… Read more