Bridge the Gap
Talking Point – November 2021
News just out: young people pray twice as much as old people! I WAS SURPRISED and delighted by a recent survey (see Young more likely to pray than over-55s – survey – BBC News) in […]
Articles by Philip Chatfield
Around Caversham
December 2021 What’s On
IF YOU have an event planned, please send details to editors@cavershambridge.org We need to receive these no later than the 10th of the month before the event for inclusion in the printed paper. Later submissions […]
Environment
Eco Tip – In the bag….
by Phil Chatfield A REGULAR reader contacted the Council when she found she was running low on the green, biodegradable bags supplied for use with food waste caddies. The following is their reply, which is […]
Environment
Eco Tip – Recycling Plastic Films
by Tricia Marcouse A NEW SCHEME aims to recycle most of the plastic bags, film, and pouches that are NOT accepted by the door-to-door recycling system, and to process these materials for reuse within the […]
Environment
Eco Tip – How green is your front garden?
RESEARCH BY the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) reported in March 20211 shows front garden greenery has grown by an area 70 times the size of Hyde Park since 2015. This increase in plant cover is […]
Bridge the Gap
EcoTip – Going peat-free in the garden
by Tricia Marcouse IN 2011, our government said it would phase out the sale of peat-based composts to the public by 2020 and for commercial use by 2030. 2020 has passed, and a new announcement […]
In The News
Creative Caversham – Nicola Duncan
WATERY REFLECTIONS FROM OUR RIVERSIDE Living close to the Thames has provided a regular theme for artist, Nicola Duncan. She talks to Elestr Lee about her work which frequently features the beauty of Caversham’s swans. […]
Talking Point
Talking Point – October 2021
My Hope for Continued Harmony 1 CORINTHIANS 13, 12-13 “For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I […]
Around Caversham
October 2021 What’s On
IF YOU have an event planned, please send details to editors@cavershambridge.org We need to receive these no later than the 10th of the month before the event for inclusion in the printed paper. Later submissions […]
Bridge the Gap
Lesley Boardley 1945-2021
LESLEY BOARDLEY was born 14 April 1945 in Malvern to John and Benda Hooper. After taking A-levels she was offered a place at Nottingham University to study Social Administration, spending 6 months as an au […]