Great Band, Shame About the Poster; Stop Using AI For Promotion! Mixed emotions over one of those eye-catching social media “reels” a few months ago, for two reasons. Firstly, attraction; the singing girl was a vision of beauty, perfect in every way. So perfect in fact, orally she cast no shadow, like she had a torch wedged into her oesophagus, and her sparkly array of exemplary toothy-pegs seemed to levitate in her mouth without the need of gums, ugly as gums usually are…..

Great Band, Shame About the Poster; Stop Using AI For Promotion!

Mixed emotions over one of those eye-catching social media “reels” a few months ago, for two reasons. Firstly, attraction; the singing girl was a vision of beauty, perfect in every way. So perfect in fact, orally she cast no shadow,…

REVIEW – King King @ The Corn Exchange, Devizes – Tuesday 21st April 2026 Acoustic Tuesday by Andy Fawthrop Not my favourite night for going to a gig but, hey, sometimes you just have to roll with it.  On a night to fit in with their current short seven-date UK tour, Tuesday it just had to be, and King King rolled into town with their stripped-back “acoustic set”. First up, alone on stage, was support act Felix Rabin, a young man with plenty of talent.

REVIEW – King King @ The Corn Exchange, Devizes – Tuesday 21st April 2026

Acoustic Tuesday by Andy Fawthrop Not my favourite night for going to a gig but, hey, sometimes you just have to roll with it.  On a night to fit in with their current short seven-date UK tour, Tuesday it just had to be, and…

Phil Cooper & Friends to Play to at The Fold Excitement for the rebirth of The Fold music venue at The Lamb in Devizes is building. As you’ve probably seen me posting on social media, Devizine presents two astounding Wiltshire singer-songwriters, M3G and Seren to Devizes this Friday (24th April,) and Gaz Brookfield with JP Oldfield in support has only gone and sold out for the 5th June, but between them we have something else to announce…..

Phil Cooper & Friends to Play to at The Fold

Excitement for the rebirth of The Fold music venue at The Lamb in Devizes is building. As you’ve probably seen me posting on social media, Devizine presents two astounding Wiltshire singer-songwriters, M3G and Seren to Devizes this Friday (24th April,)…

Bradford on Avon Live Music Festival’s Full Line Up Bradford on Avon’s Live Music Festival returns from Friday 29th May to Sunday 31st May; three days of live music from outstanding bands and artists happening across the town..... BOA Live has grown year on year, offering everything from indie and rock to pop, jazz and blues kickstarting the summer for music lovers in the town. They're kicking things off on Friday night with a launch party at the…

Bradford on Avon Live Music Festival’s Full Line Up

Bradford on Avon’s Live Music Festival returns from Friday 29th May to Sunday 31st May; three days of live music from outstanding bands and artists happening across the town..... BOA Live has grown year on year, offering everything from indie and…

What Billionaire are you Feeding Drinking in a Pub? A sad state of affairs and reflection on the era, to see village pubs dilapidated and closed, once thriving hubs of a community. I thought this as I drove past Bottlesford's Seven Stars just the other day, for it was the last pub standing within the Woodborough area, aside from a hike into Pewsey or Honeystreet. Fear not helpless peasant drinkers, as the Gazelle & Herod…

What Billionaire are you Feeding Drinking in a Pub?

A sad state of affairs and reflection on the era, to see village pubs dilapidated and closed, once thriving hubs of a community. I thought this as I drove past Bottlesford's Seven Stars just the other day, for it was the last pub standing within…

Lavington Electronica Composer Moray MacDonald Releases a Wharf Theatre Production’s Soundtrack Some four years since his last release under his own name, Lavington’s electronica composer Moray McDonald presents a soundtrack; the music he wrote and produced for Devizes’ Wharf Theatre's production of Kit Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus, which was performed back in January….. It was one of those rare occasions I stepped in to cover the dress rehearsal as our regular theatre critic Ian, was busy, stuffing a bucketload of Rice Krispies in the play!

Lavington Electronica Composer Moray MacDonald Releases a Wharf Theatre Production’s Soundtrack

Some four years since his last release under his own name, Lavington’s electronica composer Moray McDonald presents a soundtrack; the music he wrote and produced for Devizes’ Wharf Theatre's production…

Pewsey Moonrakers St George’s Cross Façade Stays Can we please draw a red line under Pewsey's Moonrakers St George's Cross facade fiasco now Wiltshire Council has u-turned on a proposal forcing landlord Jerry Kunkler to paint over it? Providing we don't draw a vertical red line at its centre-point, yes!! Locally It's created divided opinion, but reaching national media has wonked the entire narrative, in which many passing causal comments are either sadly misinformed, triggered, or both.

Pewsey Moonrakers St George’s Cross Façade Stays

Can we please draw a red line under Pewsey's Moonrakers St George's Cross facade fiasco now Wiltshire Council has u-turned on a proposal forcing landlord Jerry Kunkler to paint over it? Providing we don't draw a vertical red line at its…

Experiencing Devizes Ways on Market Days; a Special Case for a Town of Culture 2028 Sketches and Written by Brian Edwards If not too distracted when bumping into townsfolk and village friends, you might remember to get more of a cheese you liked or that essential part for the vacuum cleaner..... As regular readers of Devizine will know, one of the understated pleasures of Devizes is having a wander around on market days. From the listed buildings to the independent shops, our market day wanderings are significantly enhanced by the character of the town’s historic environment, and an enduring community spirit enriches the charming thoroughfares and myriad of routeways to and from the Market Place.

Experiencing Devizes Ways on Market Days; a Special Case for a Town of Culture 2028

Sketches and Written by Brian Edwards If not too distracted when bumping into townsfolk and village friends, you might remember to get more of a cheese you liked or that essential part for the vacuum cleaner.....…

The Voice of Hind Rajab; Film Screening in Swindon The award-winning film, ‘The voice of Hind Rajab’ will be shown for one night only on Monday 18th May at 7pm at Swindon Arts Centre..... In January 2024, 6 year old Hind was killed along with her cousins, aunt, uncle and two paramedics from The Palestinian Red Crescent who came to their aid after their car was fired on by Israeli forces in Gaza City.

The Voice of Hind Rajab; Film Screening in Swindon

The award-winning film, ‘The voice of Hind Rajab’ will be shown for one night only on Monday 18th May at 7pm at Swindon Arts Centre..... In January 2024, 6 year old Hind was killed along with her cousins, aunt, uncle and two paramedics from The…

Tastebud Heaven on the Canal; Sunday Lunch at The Water Gypsy If options for urbanites seeking experiential or themed dining experiences are boundless, they’re lesser so in our rural backwaters. Yet, we’ve returned from a delicious and most memorable Sunday lunch at The Water Gypsy, a working longboat pop-up licensed restaurant cruising the Kennet & Avon Canal; it’s the unique and enjoyable experience you really need to sample for yourself….. In order to do so you can either check their…

Tastebud Heaven on the Canal; Sunday Lunch at The Water Gypsy

If options for urbanites seeking experiential or themed dining experiences are boundless, they’re lesser so in our rural backwaters. Yet, we’ve returned from a delicious and most memorable Sunday lunch at The Water Gypsy, a working…

Seren’s New Single; Worm There’s a cold remote ambience of burrowing doubt in the opening of Westbury’s singer-songwriter Seren’s debut song, in which, as the title suggests, she uses a worm analogy to convey shadows of diffidence. Yet, it is a breath of fresh air of resilience, and an exhaustive equilibrium in which to express sorrow and build from a simple honest riff to a sublime and encapsulating stentorian…..

Seren’s New Single; Worm

There’s a cold remote ambience of burrowing doubt in the opening of Westbury’s singer-songwriter Seren’s debut song, in which, as the title suggests, she uses a worm analogy to convey shadows of diffidence. Yet, it is a breath of fresh air of resilience, and an exhaustive…

The date is set for Imberbus 2026 !

We are pleased to start 2026 by announcing that this year, we are planning to run the Imberbus service on Saturday 15th August 2026 when several vintage former London Transport Routemaster double deckers (plus a few newer ones) along with some visiting buses…

Don’t Click on Illegal Rave Rage-Bait! The biggest risk for any media reporting negatively on illegal raves is that, in their youth, their fifty-plus target audience probably attended illegal raves themselves! What the actual F are they trying to prove with their negative coverage of an illegal rave, when tax-dodging billionaires ripped a financial hole into the country, political extremists march causing division and spreading hate, yet all seem unscathed from media assaults, and countrymen illegally hunt without concern journalists might pop out of the hedgerow with a waggy finger?

Don’t Click on Illegal Rave Rage-Bait!

The biggest risk for any media reporting negatively on illegal raves is that, in their youth, their fifty-plus target audience probably attended illegal raves themselves! What the actual F are they trying to prove with their negative coverage of an illegal…

Devizes Music Academy returns with uplifting production of Sister Act!  Devizes Music Academy is set to bring joy, energy and a whole lot of sparkle to the stage with its latest musical theatre production, Sister Act later this week.....  Following the outstanding success of previous productions SIX and Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, the Academy continues its run of ambitious, high-quality youth theatre with this feel-good favourite, based on the much-loved film.

Devizes Music Academy returns with uplifting production of Sister Act! 

Devizes Music Academy is set to bring joy, energy and a whole lot of sparkle to the stage with its latest musical theatre production, Sister Act later this week.....  Following the outstanding success of previous…

Three Crowns, One New Stage, and a Fake Family Easter 2026: I could speculate The Three Crowns was still the place to be in Devizes, but thought it best to check! I'm not the gathering-shit-from-Facebook type journalist, pal, I'm the milkman who needs an unwinding cider or six on a Saturday. I took matters into my own hands; things I must endure for the cause of investigative journalism! Three-piece Trowbridge punkers…

Three Crowns, One New Stage, and a Fake Family

Easter 2026: I could speculate The Three Crowns was still the place to be in Devizes, but thought it best to check! I'm not the gathering-shit-from-Facebook type journalist, pal, I'm the milkman who needs an unwinding cider or six on a Saturday. I…

The Makers Exchange; DOCA Call to the Creative Thimbles on standby, Devizes Outdoor Celebratory Arts are calling all creative craftspeople and makers to their new project, The Makers Exchange. It’s a new craft market celebrating the South West’s most skilled makers, and it will take place at the historic Devizes Corn Exchange on the 23rd and 24th May….. The event offers visitors the chance to explore a vibrant marketplace of contemporary craft, meet the makers behind the work, and experience live demonstrations and workshops. 

The Makers Exchange; DOCA Call to the Creative

Thimbles on standby, Devizes Outdoor Celebratory Arts are calling all creative craftspeople and makers to their new project, The Makers Exchange. It’s a new craft market celebrating the South West’s most skilled makers, and it will take place at the…

Frome Celebrates the Life of Phil Moakes with Fundraiser at The Cheese & Grain Frome’s Cheese & Grain will host a celebration of the life of local music promoter Phil Moakes, who sadly passed away last July, aged just 66… Party at the End of the World will be on Sunday 10th May and will be a special event in celebration of Phil’s life, alongside his family and friends. The evening features a fantastic line-up, including The Utopia Strong, Arch Garrison, Richard, Chantelle & Amy, Kavus Torabi, Thee Jolly Rotter, Hodmadoddery, and Sara Vian, and will be hosted by Martin Dimery.

Frome Celebrates the Life of Phil Moakes with Fundraiser at The Cheese & Grain

Frome’s Cheese & Grain will host a celebration of the life of local music promoter Phil Moakes, who sadly passed away last July, aged just 66… Party at the End of the World will be on Sunday 10th May and will be a…

All Together Ooky; Addams Family Musical with Devizes Musical Theatre Whether you've a bizarre inclination to meet the Addams Family in the flesh and figure this might be your closest opportunity, you couldn't think of anything worse, or you've absolutely no opinion on the matter whatsoever, Devizes Musical Theatre's Addams Family Musical is a must-see! Invited to the dress rehearsal yesterday, The Addams Family Musical opens tonight, Wednesday 1st, and runs to Saturday 4th April, at Dauntsey’s School, and I can confirm it's creepy, kooky, mysterious, spooky and absolutely brilliant.

All Together Ooky; Addams Family Musical with Devizes Musical Theatre

Whether you've a bizarre inclination to meet the Addams Family in the flesh and figure this might be your closest opportunity, you couldn't think of anything worse, or you've absolutely no opinion on the matter whatsoever,…

Katie Hopkins to Reopen Devizes Cinema in May Picturedrone, the new owners of the old Palace Cinema in Devizes announced today that the cinema will have a grand reopening as early as May, and media personality turned controversial comedian Katie Hopkins has accepted an invitation to cut the ribbon on the newly renovated establishment…. May is set to be an exciting time in Devizes, when the cinema will finally be reopened.

Katie Hopkins to Reopen Devizes Cinema in May

Picturedrone, the new owners of the old Palace Cinema in Devizes announced today that the cinema will have a grand reopening as early as May, and media personality turned controversial comedian Katie Hopkins has accepted an invitation to cut the ribbon…

Harmony Asia Can Do This It’s a question I’ve asked Chippenham singer-songwriter Harmony Asia on each rare occasion I catch her for a chat; if she’s planning to capture a slice of her wonderful performances on record. I guess I will have to find a new request now, but judging by her debut single released today, I Could Do This, it will probably be, when is the next one coming out?!

Harmony Asia Can Do This

It’s a question I’ve asked Chippenham singer-songwriter Harmony Asia on each rare occasion I catch her for a chat; if she’s planning to capture a slice of her wonderful performances on record. I guess I will have to find a new request now, but judging by her debut single…

A Year into a Lib Dem Wiltshire Council; Chatting with Ben Reed It’s a Friday, just polishing off a big boy breakfast at New Society. Got the window seat; I ponder how beautiful Devizes Market Place looks from up here, and how we often take it for granted. There’s Ben Reed, Wiltshire Councillor for Devizes North, waving at me from below; he’s coming up for carrot cake, and to chew the fat over the first year with the Liberal Democrats at the helm of Wiltshire Council….

A Year into a Lib Dem Wiltshire Council; Chatting with Ben Reed

It’s a Friday, just polishing off a big boy breakfast at New Society. Got the window seat; I ponder how beautiful Devizes Market Place looks from up here, and how we often take it for granted. There’s Ben Reed, Wiltshire Councillor…

Battle of Bishop’s Cannings Ends in Devizes Defeat David slew Goliath with a sling and a stone. Bishop's Cannings Parish Council used evidence, against a group of Devizes Town councillors’ more circumstantial land grab pitch, at Wiltshire Council’s Community Governance Review, and just like David, triumphantly….. More war of words than any military action, though the latter would've made a better scoop for me, the underdogs came up trumps in a surprising result!

Battle of Bishop’s Cannings Ends in Devizes Defeat

David slew Goliath with a sling and a stone. Bishop's Cannings Parish Council used evidence, against a group of Devizes Town councillors’ more circumstantial land grab pitch, at Wiltshire Council’s Community Governance Review, and just like David,…

How it Feels for a Bluebeard! The first time I heard the name Bluebeard and the Desperate Hours, I presumed their sound might be folk or blues inspired. Judging a book by its cover, because while this Wiltshire collective's debut single How it Feels might pertain such elements, I was pleasantly surprised to find it also jumping with feelgood soul.... Taken from an upcoming album of the same name, …

How it Feels for a Bluebeard!

The first time I heard the name Bluebeard and the Desperate Hours, I presumed their sound might be folk or blues inspired. Judging a book by its cover, because while this Wiltshire collective's debut single How it Feels might pertain such elements, I was pleasantly…

Things are going to get creepy, kooky, mysterious and spooky, and all together ooky in Lavington at the beginning on April....

Devizes Musical Theatre presents The Addam's Family - www.devizesmusicaltheatre.co.uk

7 Hills to Trowbridge’s Old Town Hall To clear up any confusion, Trowbridge’s old town hall is no longer the town hall, but The Old Town Hall. I have no idea, nor care to know if there's a new town hall; that's irrelevant. Whilst still owned by the council, it was refurbished and reopened as a charity funded arts centre and cultural hub last October….. I met a great bloke there called Tom, he used to run Bath's venue Moles, now he's steering events at this glorious grade II listed building, originally opened in 1889 to commemorate Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee.

7 Hills to Trowbridge’s Old Town Hall

To clear up any confusion, Trowbridge’s old town hall is no longer the town hall, but The Old Town Hall. I have no idea, nor care to know if there's a new town hall; that's irrelevant. Whilst still owned by the council, it was refurbished and reopened as a…

Wiltshire Hunt Sabs Stolen Drone Footage Reveals a Beaufont Hunt Kill Retrieved footage from a stolen drone of the Wiltshire Hunt Saboteurs reveals the Beaufont Hunt making a fox kill earlier this month, and it’s undeniable evidence of their despicable crimes against our wildlife…. The Wiltshire Hunt Saboteurs have exposed The Beaufort Hunt numerous times, recording a kill on the Fosse Way in November 2025, on the Duke’s Badminton Estate in December, and another at Cranmore Farm, Shipton Moyne, in January this year.

Wiltshire Hunt Sabs Stolen Drone Footage Reveals a Beaufont Hunt Kill

Retrieved footage from a stolen drone of the Wiltshire Hunt Saboteurs reveals the Beaufont Hunt making a fox kill earlier this month, and it’s undeniable evidence of their despicable crimes against our wildlife…. The Wiltshire…

Extended Lineup for CrownFest It was back in October when we revealed CrownFest at The Crown in Bishop’s Cannings was returning this summer, and January when we last mentioned it, because the organisers Stone Circle announced that its proceeds will be donated to Wiltshire Hope & Harmony’s Dementia Choir. I like to tease you during those cold winter months, and get us looking forward to warmer days coming.....

Extended Lineup for CrownFest

It was back in October when we revealed CrownFest at The Crown in Bishop’s Cannings was returning this summer, and January when we last mentioned it, because the organisers Stone Circle announced that its proceeds will be donated to Wiltshire Hope & Harmony’s Dementia…

Vox Populi: New Album From Deadlight Dance The difference between punk and goth is that as a punk you reject society, as a goth society rejects you. Being society lives mostly online today, that's probably why my spam filter assumes proposals from exiled middle eastern princes to deposit bitcoin into my bank, and machines to extend one’s manhood are of interest to a regional entertainment blog, but a local goth duo's new album should be hidden in a spam folder.

Vox Populi: New Album From Deadlight Dance

The difference between punk and goth is that as a punk you reject society, as a goth society rejects you. Being society lives mostly online today, that's probably why my spam filter assumes proposals from exiled middle eastern princes to deposit bitcoin…

Kate X: Swindon’s Best Kept Secret You’re young, stars in your eyes, and you live in Swindon; you are not alone, but you are, unfortunately, up against Kate X! Kate is independently producing contemporary pop RnB of international quality, and she’s riding it. Kate X should, and I hope and strongly predict she will be, a global success story….. James Threlfall spins her tunes on BBC Introducing, comparing her with Sabrina Carpenter and Zara Larson, and I respect his professional judgement.

Kate X: Swindon’s Best Kept Secret

You’re young, stars in your eyes, and you live in Swindon; you are not alone, but you are, unfortunately, up against Kate X! Kate is independently producing contemporary pop RnB of international quality, and she’s riding it. Kate X should, and I hope and strongly…

Shedric’s Misadventures of Theodore Thump Just who is Theodore Thump? A wise pet rabbit? The mysterious sixth Beach Boy? This album newly released from Shedric, Swindon soloist and groovist of Thud, reveals nothing, but makes for a diverse and interesting listen…. The Misadventures of Theodore Thump was unwittingly released unto the cosmos earlier this month, and through title and cover art you might preconceive some psychedelic surreal nonsensical comedy akin to the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, and in a way there’s sombre and subtle nods to this direction, but there’s more than meets the eye to this masterwork of audio art.

Shedric’s Misadventures of Theodore Thump

Just who is Theodore Thump? A wise pet rabbit? The mysterious sixth Beach Boy? This album newly released from Shedric, Swindon soloist and groovist of Thud, reveals nothing, but makes for a diverse and interesting listen…. The Misadventures of Theodore…