St Mary Devizes

07/06/2026

01/06/2026

We're really looking forward to hosting this Devizes Arts Festival FREE FRINGE exhibition of prisoners' artwork later this week.

The opening is on Thursday at 6pm - join the Friends of Erlestoke Prison for a presentation about the prison art programmes that will including readings from an anthology of prisoners’ poems.

HMP Erlestoke and the Friends of Erlestoke Prison charity work in partnership to support prisoners with the challenges of rehabilitation and successful resettlement when they leave prison. Both the prison and charity strongly believe that art programmes positively impact prisoners’ mental health, ...

14/05/2026

My 'The Children of the Avenues (Devizes & Beyond)' poem, one of the poems from my exhibition, is going out on the BBC Upload radio show this week.
Here's the details from the email:
'We're playing your upload 'The Children of the Avenues (Devizes and Beyond)' on BBC Upload with Adam Crowther this week!
Your upload will be broadcast at the following times:
On Thursday evening on BBC Radio Gloucestershire & BBC Radio Wiltshire from 6pm!
On Saturday evening on BBC Radio Gloucestershire, BBC Radio Wiltshire, BBC Radio Bristol and BBC Radio Somerset between 6-8pm. You can listen on your radio or via the free BBC Sounds app.'
If you haven't heard it or read it already and you're near a radio on Thursday or Saturday, do have a listen 😊

21/04/2026

It gets like that. Thoughtful conversations about the meaning of life, love, the universe, Sainsbury's veg aisle, the beautiful rolling countryside and lots more.

Come and take a close look at Gail Foster's poetry and images Devizes and Beyond'... Open every day until next weekend.

EVERY DAY THIS WEEK: 10am-3pm every day to 26th
PLUS Friday: 6pm-8pm

https://what3words.com/curls.almost.fists

20/04/2026

Take time to stand and stare. Ian did, and he wasn't disappointed.

"Treat yourself to an indulgence . . . you’ll undoubtedly spot someone you know, a beloved place, something or somewhere to make you laugh, smile, weep – or even halt you with a jolt.

Gail is not shy to show warts and all either… we live in such a beautiful part of the world and her wonderful photographic eye captures so many shots that are truly stunning, worthy of any great exhibition… but she also grabs the mundane parts of everyday life that are the reality of living in a small town. For every framed shot of a church yard entrance, a shaft of light in the Ginnel, there’s the kebab shop building site, a hearse, a crowded bus."

Ian Diddams for Devizine

by Ian Diddamsimages by Gail Foster ‘Devizes & Beyond’ is a collection of original poems in traditional forms and digital photography, inspired by life in Devizes and the occasional…

15/04/2026

It's nearly time! We think you'll need more than one visit to Gail's exhibition - there are so many shots of life in Devizes... and beyond... like it says!

Plus, there are words about this place and its people... and we know she has a way with them.

Join us for the exhibition in our atmospheric and beautiful building.

We are delighted to bring Gail Foster's words and images to from 18th April.

Aside from undertaking poetry commissions and publishing her own books, Gail counts among her achievements reading her poems on BBC radio and in Salisbury Cathedral, writing for and reading at Avebury on high days and holidays, honouring people at weddings and funerals, and having her ghazals included in Eastern Structures, a magazine dedicated to Asian poetry forms written in English.

‘Devizes & Beyond’ is a collection of original poems in traditional forms and digital photography inspired by life in Devizes and the occasional foray into the world outside.

The exhibition covers eight areas of life from shopping to spirituality and is a colourful and poignant snapshot of what it is to be human in this beautiful place and brief moment of time, and the physical and metaphysical journeys we take on different forms of transport and through life itself.

With a nod to conflict and the odd laugh, this cute and existential exhibition is one person’s view of what is wonderful about the world and the community we live in.

21/02/2026

𝐆𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐞
𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝟐𝟔 - 𝐒𝐚𝐭 𝟐𝟖 𝐅𝐞𝐛 | 𝟏𝟎𝐚𝐦 – 𝟐𝐩𝐦
𝑷𝒂𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒔 50𝒑 :: 𝑯𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒔 £1
Fiction and non-fiction – all sorted
Maps and Children’s books
📌 St Mary’s Church,
New Park Street, Devizes SN10 1DS

Proceeds to St. Mary's project and Wiltshire Sight charity.

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01/10/2025

𝑻𝑯𝑰𝑺 𝑾𝑬𝑬𝑲𝑬𝑵𝑫!
Please bring cash if you intend to buy - and why wouldn't you, with all that loveliness coming your way!

𝑵𝒐𝒕 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒏𝒐𝒘... 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆!