Swindon gets such a bad press from every quarter but it is not the cultural desert people seem to think.

The exhibition of abstract art owned by the town on show at the art gallery, the current musical festival, the forthcoming Swindon Festival of Literature and Madam Renards Mini Fringe, which is coming soon to a variety of venues around the town, are just four reasons to be proud.

CE Billings, Newport Street, Swindon