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  • “Whereโ€™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 Shakinโ€™ Finale for Devizes Arts Festival at The British Lion

    A Junco Shakinโ€™ 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

  • A Chat With Lib Dem Candidate for Melksham & Devizes, Brian Matthew

    A Chat With Lib Dem Candidate for Melksham & Devizes, Brian Matthew

    You know I’m a lady’s man but nestled between chats with Green Party candidate Catherine and our forthcoming one with Kerry of Labour, I’m with the Liberal Democrat candidate for Melksham-Devizes, Brian Mathew. So no flirting this time, straight political chat! Obviously not as handsome as me, but Brian is one wise gent with a… Read more

  • Boomers Rule – “The Slambovian Circus of Dreams” at the Devizes Arts Festival, June 14th, 2024.

    Boomers Rule – “The Slambovian Circus of Dreams” at the Devizes Arts Festival, June 14th, 2024.

    by Ian Diddamsphotos by Gail Foster Way back in the mists of time (August 2022 โ€“ yโ€™know that REALLY, REALLY hot summer?) I saw the Slambovians play at Cropredy festival. A crowd of 20,000 embraced their version of โ€œHillBilly Pink Floydโ€ as Wikipedia calls it, so moving forward from 2022, the chance to see them… Read more

  • Talk in Code are All In for New Single

    Talk in Code are All In for New Single

    Swindon indie pop virtuosos Talk in Code released their brand new single, All In, Yesterday, via Regent Street Records. And We. Love. Talk in Code here at Devizine Towers…. Bridging the gap between eighties new wave electronica and nineties indie pop, Talk in Code are producing original timeless anthems. All In is unarguably their finest… Read more

  • REVIEW โ€“ Devizes Arts Festival โ€“ The Sound Of Blue Note @ Assembly Room 13th June 2024

    REVIEW โ€“ Devizes Arts Festival โ€“ The Sound Of Blue Note @ Assembly Room 13th June 2024

    Cool, Man Andy Fawthrop Devizes Arts Festivalโ€™s programme continued on Thursday night, and it was time for a little jazz.ย  As I often say (apparently) thereโ€™s nothing like sax in the evening…. Terry Quinneyโ€™s Sound Of Blue Note features some of the most prominent jazz musicians in the Southwest whose main aim is to accurately… Read more