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  • Devizes Arts Festival Rules, OK?!

    Devizes Arts Festival Rules, OK?!

    Alas, it’s been a long week since the Devizes Arts Festival called time. It feels a little like when my Dad would take the Christmas decorations down; sure, the lava lamp and toilet roll dolly remained but somehow the rest of the house looked bare and sparse! Another great year for the annual festival which… Read more

  • Weekly Roundup of Events in Wiltshire: 19th June 2024

    Here’s what we’ve found to do in the wilds of Wiltshire this coming week….  Everything listed here is on our event calendar; go there for links and more info. It may be updated, so check in later in the week. Ongoing: A Wiltshire Thatcher: A Photographic Journey Through Victorian Wessex runs at Wiltshire Museum, Devizes,… Read more

  • A Chat with Melksham-Devizes Labour Candidate Kerry Postlewhite

    A Chat with Melksham-Devizes Labour Candidate Kerry Postlewhite

    Here comes another slice of tree through my letterbox, I receive two or three per day, all from the Conservatives; I love the overkill of desperation in the morning! This time, apparently, Keir Starmer wants me to vote Lib Dem, yesterday it he wanted me to vote Reform; just what does Keir Starmer want me… Read more

  • “The Collaborators” at the Rondo Theatre, Larkhall, Bath, June 19th-22nd.

    “The Collaborators” at the Rondo Theatre, Larkhall, Bath, June 19th-22nd.

    by Ian Diddamsphotos by Richard Fletcher & Lisa Hounsome The concept of historical brutal dictatorships and comedy is not necessarily one that one considers as workable. Yet the likes of “The Producers” and “The Death of Stalin” show that the right level of satire can over come any qualms that may exist. John Hodge’s play… Read more

  • “Where’s The Cat? Live!” at the Wharf Theatre June 27th 2024

    by Mick BrianPhotos by the “Where’s the Cat?” team Within the walls of Devizes very own Wharf Theatre meets an eclectic group of script writers. And having written scripts and read them to each other, they wondered what to do next. So they recorded themselves performing these short radio-style plays and unleashed them on an… Read more

  • A Junco Shakin’ Finale for Devizes Arts Festival at The British Lion

    A Junco Shakin’ Finale for Devizes Arts Festival at The British Lion

    A leopard doesn’t change its spots, and neither does a British Lion. Watch other Devizes pubs change landlord, decor, attractions, and styles. Watch them close, reopen under new management, and try something else, while the British is steadfast and loyally imperishable. Ask anyone in Devizes their favourite pubs, and they’ll have different answers, then add… Read more