Latest Articles….

  • Weekly Roundup of Events in Wiltshire: 3rd – 9th April 2024

    First week of April, there’s no fooling you, here’s what we’ve found to do….. Everything listed here is on our event calendar; go there for links and more info. It may be updated with even more things to do than listed here, so check in later in the week.  Wednesday 3rd Crafty Kids in Hillworth… Read more

  • Help Devizes Opendoors On Lions Sponsored Walk

    Join Devizes Opendoors for a sponsored walk, at 9.30 am on Sunday 12 May 2024,  (registration from 9am) to support the work of Opendoors, which helps local homeless and vulnerable people. They ensure that they have a hot meal, clean clothes and bedding, help to tackle problems like finding a home, getting medical assistance, or… Read more

  • Devizes Road Resurfacing Plan Abolished Due to Dinosaur Fossil in Pothole

    Devizes Road Resurfacing Plan Abolished Due to Dinosaur Fossil in Pothole

    Wiltshire Council’s ambitious plans to resurface all the roads in Devizes before the next ice age have been cancelled because rare dinosaur fossils have been found in the potholes on Estcourt Street, by the Morrisons roundabout…. Head of Wiltshire Council, Dick Cleaver, a keen fossil finder in his spare time, discovered the fossil of what… Read more

  • Led Zeppelin’s Cover Thatcher Photographer is the Subject for Wiltshire Museum Exhibit

    Led Zeppelin’s Cover Thatcher Photographer is the Subject for Wiltshire Museum Exhibit

    November was one crazy month for our friend and researcher from the Regional History Centre at the University of the West of England, Brian Edwards. Undoubtedly our only friend from the Regional History Centre at the University of the West of England! Brian still found the time to chat with me, despite national media hot… Read more

  • The Wiltshire Gothic; Deadlight Dance

    The Wiltshire Gothic; Deadlight Dance

    With howling, coarse baritones Nick Fletcher, the main vocalist of Marlborough’s gothic duo, Deadlight Dance chants, “here comes the rain, and I love the rain, here she comes again,” proving two things: one; he’s never been a milkman, and two; they’ve covered the Cult classic Rain on their upcoming second album, The Wiltshire Gothic, released… Read more

  • So Excited…. Devizes Musical Theatre’s Sister Act at Dauntsey’s

    So Excited…. Devizes Musical Theatre’s Sister Act at Dauntsey’s

    An exodus of musical lovers and, I’d assume, a healthy handful of friends and family, trekked southwards through winter’s final ambush last night, to enjoy the opening night of a dazzling performance of Sister Act at Dauntsey’s….. It was presented by the established local amateur dramatics group, Devizes Musical Theatre. I stress my usage of… Read more