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The race is on to identify 75 mysterious photographs captured in Devizes Details, by Dave Buxton. The book celebrates the rich detail and character of the town of Devizes, and has been flying off the shelves in recent weeks. Devizes Details encourages people across the town to take a closer look at familiar streets, rooftops, windows and more. It has been created by Devizes Outdoor Celebratory Arts (DOCA) stalwart Dave Buxton, alongside Ida McConnell of Jakson McConnell. Proceeds from sales of the book will go to support DOCA’s future programme of events that have been much missed...

A BOATING couple who have spent a decade travelling through Asia have returned home to Somerset and Wiltshire to capture the changing moods of the Kennet & Avon Canal through the seasons. Authors Sebastien and Louise Tickner have captured exclusively on film an intimate portrait of the boating community at the western end of the canal. It spans the open vistas of the Pewsey Vale to the wooded hills of the Limpley Stoke Valley, observing a community that is quite unlike any other. Louise said: “United by a stretch of water that shapes a communal identity, people of diverse ages and b...