Reading residents are divided on the impact of graffiti and tagging. Since lockdown, graffiti and tagging have become much more prominent on the urban landscape …
Read More: The Voice Of The Voiceless Or Vandalism ?
Of course, a day out with the kids can quickly become expensive, four tickets at £20, a few drinks and a meal at £50 and …
Read More: Free Summer Activities For Kids
School is out and the summer holidays are upon us and many parents, grandparents, uncles and aunts will be on the lookout for ways to …
Read More: Summer Activities For Kids
Reading Borough Council is moving on its transport policy and not everyone is happy. In fact, almost no one is. What is going on and …
Read More: Reading's Transport Gridlock
Why are rents in the area going up when property prices are lowering ? Rents and sales prices are driven by different elements of demand. …
Read More: Why Are Rents Rising So Quickly ?
Blue Collar has become a Reading institution and a champion of independent food and drink in our town. We caught up with its founder, Glen …
Read More: Interview - Glen Dinning, Blue Collar
Reading is blessed with two major rivers, the Thames and the Kennet, and several tributaries, including the Loddon and the Pang. We also have brooks …
Read More: Reading's Waterways
Some twenty years ago my wife's little sister announced that she was going to get married in Kenya with only close family present. Then came …
Read More: Flavour Of Mauritius
Over the past decade, the cost of renting in Reading has seen a significant upward trajectory, outpacing many other towns and cities in the Thames …
Read More: Rents On The Rise
After a long gestation period, Kings Walk is becoming quite a food hall, with all kinds of unusual eateries from a Polish pyrogi place to …
Read More: Banh Mi QB
East Reading is home to a sizable Sikh community, who first settled in our town around seventy years ago, focused on the gurdwara or temple …
Read More: New Future For Sikhs in Reading
The Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, has called a snap general election and there are significant changes for the residents of Reading and its environs from …
Read More: Special Feature - Election Predictions For Reading
With over ten thousand new units currently being proposed for development in central Reading alone (see the interactive map below), there is an increasing trend …
Read More: Getting High
We live in a dangerous world. With the increased threat from the east and the pugilistic Vladimir Putin, our sensationalist media have been publishing maps …
Read More: In The Nuclear Zone
Two reviews for the price of one this month as we review songstress Judie Tzuke live at the rural pub So, our last review was …
Read More: The Crooked Billet At Stoke Row
We all like to blame the council don't we ? Potholes, rent, over-development, traffic, Travellers, empty shops. The gripes and groans across 'social media' seem …
Read More: What Does Your Councillor Actually Do ?The Local Elections are upon us. Can you make a difference ? Why should you vote ? Who should you vote for ? And what …
Read More: Special Feature - Local Elections May 2024
The musician Mike Oldfield was born in the Battle Hospital on May 15, 1953 and attended several local schools including St. Joseph's School, Highlands Junior …
Read More: Reading People - Mike Oldfield
Every major town and city has a drag where the businesses that do not and cannot make the astronomical rents in the centre of town …
Read More: Betty's Bistro
The good news is Reading is now considered one of the twenty most populated areas of England. Or, if you look at it another way, …
Read More: Explained - Urban Uplift