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  • Billy in the Lowground are Halfway Up The T-Shirt

    Billy in the Lowground are Halfway Up The T-Shirt

    Itโ€™s been on my to-do list far too long, overdue to tick it off. Foot-tappin’ West Country folk ensemble, Billy in the Lowground released this album at the end of August, apologies for not mentioning it sooner, but it is worth mentioning, very worth mentioningโ€ฆ. Rather than baked bean stains halfway up most of my… Read more

  • Harder to Breathe; New Single from Talk in Code

    Harder to Breathe; New Single from Talk in Code

    Itโ€™s been a fantastic summer for Wiltshireโ€™s indie-pop favourites Talk in Code. I think Iโ€™ve caught them live at least four times, and only once blagged a lift home from guitarist Snedds, of which is customary to drunkenly chew his ears off on as many random subjects the journey time will allow; I guess that… Read more

  • Chatting with Josh Oldfield on Blues, Inspiration, and Drums in Suitcases!

    Chatting with Josh Oldfield on Blues, Inspiration, and Drums in Suitcases!

    I was chatting to Josh Oldfield last week, a Devizes singer-songwriter I believe weโ€™ll be hearing a lot more of. Though this interview was pending before Iโ€™d had the opportunity to see him perform, coincidentally the Sunday before I was fortunate enough to, at a private partyโ€ฆ. And it was worth a fortune, Josh has… Read more

  • โ€œDesign for Livingโ€ at the Rondo Theatre October 2ndโ€“5th 2024.

    โ€œDesign for Livingโ€ at the Rondo Theatre October 2ndโ€“5th 2024.

    by Ian Diddamsimages by Josie Mae-Ross Noel Coward is probably best known for โ€œBlithe Spiritโ€ but he in fact wrote sixty-five stage plays over a fifty year period. Bath Drama this week perform his excellent โ€œDesign for Livingโ€ – a comedy about a menage-a-trois, complicated by a fourth relationship set in Paris, London, and New… Read more

  • World Food in Devizes; Thanks Food & Drink Festival!

    World Food in Devizes; Thanks Food & Drink Festival!

    Devizes Food & Drink Festival came to a close for this year with the most amazing World Food event at the Corn Exchange on Sundayโ€ฆit was yummy on an international scale! Itโ€™s an annual finale Iโ€™ve missed in previous years, but was persuaded to attend by Dora who was there with a sweet Hong Kong… Read more