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  • Hollychocs Chocolate Experiences for Autumn & Christmas Released

    Hollychocs Chocolate Experiences for Autumn & Christmas Released

    I canโ€™t believe itโ€™s been the best part of six months since my son and Iโ€™s half term chocolate making workshop at Hollychocs in Poulshot, it was so much fun and I was as excited as little Charlie Bucket! Holly has released their new program of events, their Hollychocs Experiences for the Autumn & Christmas… Read more

  • Swindon Community Flocked to Protect our Town and itโ€™s Residents

    Swindon Community Flocked to Protect our Town and itโ€™s Residents

    People from the Swindon community flocked to protect their town and itโ€™s residents, in anticipation of the rumoured far right anti-immigration march through their town today…. With suggestions of a large violent gang threatening their asylum hotels, mosques and immigration services, they guarded all the possible targets in large numbers from 2pm until 8.30pm.  It… Read more

  • Weekly Roundup of Events in Wiltshire: 7th – 13th August 2024

    Hereโ€™s what weโ€™ve found in the wilds of Wiltshire this coming weekโ€ฆ. Everything listed here is on our event calendar; go there for links and more info, as it takes too much time to link them all in. It may also be updated as more events come to our attention, so check in later in… Read more

  • Ruzz Up The Gate!

    Ruzz Up The Gate!

    I was intending to start this along the lines of โ€œyou don’t need me to provide another reason why I love The Southgate,โ€ but this is Devizes. Being I overheard a conversation between a person by the ticket machine in the carpark, and their friend at their car three yards away, which went: โ€œgotta put… Read more

  • Canuteโ€™s Plastic Army; Hollow Children of Men

    Canuteโ€™s Plastic Army; Hollow Children of Men

    New single out today from Swindon-based gothic-folk duo, Canuteโ€™s Plastic Army, and itโ€™s three yeses from meโ€ฆCan one person give three yeses? Iโ€™m way past caringโ€ฆ. If youโ€™ve loved the previous single Wild, like me, or caught them gigging, usually in Swindon (but they did grace us with their presence at the Southgate in the… Read more

  • Homestead; New Festival Coming to the South West from Husband and Wife team

    Homestead; New Festival Coming to the South West from Husband and Wife team

    A brand new festival will be coming to the South West countryside in 2025, from a husband and wife team with years of experience across some of the UKโ€™s best-loved festivals….. Homestead is the culmination of a decade of dreaming for Will and Jess Lardner, a Bristol based couple who have been running and working… Read more