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Life lesson out of clay ALLY EVANS has a busy job as a primary school teacher in Caversham, but she always manages to keep one day a week for her ‘brain space’ – time when […]
Love Your Neighbour THE UNITED KINGDOM is a multicultural nation and Reading and Caversham reflect that. The number of international restaurants in Caversham alone is testament to the mix of ethnicities we can boast locally. […]
LEN MIDDLETON is a people-orientated person with a great sense of humour. Originally from Scunthorpe, in North Lincolnshire, Len is a graduate of the University of Bradford and has dedicated his career to software development […]
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Share Nicely! THE SCHOOL YEAR begins and a fresh cohort of 5-year-olds set off in new uniforms. As a proud grandparent, my experience of little ones grappling with basic life skills is recent. Some skills, […]
DAVE CLARKE, the newly elected Green Party councillor for Thames Ward, is a doctor by profession, working as an A&E consultant at the Royal Berkshire Hospital (RBH). After growing up in the Midlands, he did […]
Drawn to Art THOSE WHO enjoy the visual arts might assume that painting and drawing have a fundamental place in art schools: in fact, the opposite is true. “Nowadays,” explained Mark Webber, alumni of the […]
If you have an event planned, please send details to whatson@cavershambridge.org. We need to receive these no later than the 10th of the month before the event for inclusion in the printed paper. It is helpful […]
TONY, WHO died peacefully on 26 July 2026, aged 88, founded Caversham Tiles in 1980 with a vision built on hard work, integrity, quality, and outstanding customer service. Tony’s journey to founding Caversham Tiles was […]
Cheers to Tara as Loddon wins national award While some struggle to achieve creativity, for others creativity pours out of them – and it’s definitely true of Tara Magee, Head Brewer at Loddon Brewery. Elestr […]
Dr Alison Johnston, Caversham Bridge, 2017 (Editors Login)