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  • โ€œLarkin with Womenโ€ at the Mission Theatre, Bath, November 25th-29th November.

    โ€œLarkin with Womenโ€ at the Mission Theatre, Bath, November 25th-29th November.

    by Ian Diddamsimages by Ian Diddams, Mike Stephens and Next Stage Ask people what they know about Philip Larkin, and the general best response may well be โ€œa poetโ€. They may even know he was a librarian at the University of Hull. Some may even know he coined a phrase concerning the effect of oneโ€™s Read more

  • Devizes Winter Festival This Friday and More!

    Devizes Winter Festival This Friday and More!

    Whoโ€™s ready for walking in the winter wonderland?! Devizes sets to magically transform into a winter wonderland this Friday when The Winter Festival and Lantern Parade opens in the Market Place; excited?! Well, I say magically, it actually takes a lot of hard work to put on; thank you to DOCA and all the volunteers. Read more

  • The Lost Trades & Half of One at The Hop, Swindon

    The Lost Trades & Half of One at The Hop, Swindon

    One part of Swindon was in perfect harmony last night, and I donโ€™t mean the traffic circumnavigating the Magic Roundabout. Rather The Lost Trades were at the Hop in Old Town, honouring a postponed gig from Septemberโ€ฆ.. SoP Live, who run a regular Thursday night music club at The Castle, plenty of other gigs, and Read more

  • Snow White Delight: Panto at The Wharf

    Snow White Delight: Panto at The Wharf

    Treated to a sneaky dress rehearsal of this year’s pantomime at Devizesโ€™ one and only Wharf Theatre last night, if forced to sum it up in a word, the word would be โ€œdelightfulโ€ฆ..โ€ With Ian dedicated to all things theatrical here on Devizine, panto is reserved for my tuppence; that has become as much a Read more

  • Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas at The Rowdey Cow!

    Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas at The Rowdey Cow!

    Itโ€™s beginning to look a lot like Christmas at the Rowdey Cow cafe and ice cream parlour; their Christmas Tree Light Switch On is this Friday, the 21st Novemberโ€ฆ.. If you thought an ice cream parlour was restricted to summertime, think again! Itโ€™s the first time the Rowdey Cow near Devizes has held a Christmas Read more

  • Steatopygous Album Marks Pinnacle for Sketchbook Records

    Steatopygous Album Marks Pinnacle for Sketchbook Records

    Raging expressions of angered feminist teenage anguish this month, perfectly delivered by Steatopygous via their mindblowing debut album Songs of Salome, I hail as the pinnacle of Sketchbook Records to date. But it’s only been a year since Simon formed the label. It’s DIY, a contemporary local counterculture ethos; welcome to the Wiltshire underground of Read more