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Creative Caversham – Hannah Thurston-Smith

01/03/2026 Helen Bennet Comments Off on Creative Caversham – Hannah Thurston-Smith

The play’s the thing DESPITE STRINGENT cuts in arts funding and alarm over arts provision in state schools – Highdown being a notable exception – Reading is endowed with an impressive rollcall of musicians, artists, […]

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March 2026 – What’s On

22/02/2026 Helen Bennet Comments Off on March 2026 – What’s On

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. Later submissions can […]

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What’s On Weekly

22/02/2026 Helen Bennet Comments Off on What’s On Weekly

A roundup of events, clubs and other meetings which happen every week.  Contact whatson@cavershambridge.org to add your meeting or correct an entry Caversham Library – 09:00-17:00 Tuesday and Friday, 13:00-19:00 Thursday and 10:00-15:00 Saturday. Regular events […]

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Creative Caversham – Liz Felix

28/01/2026 Helen Bennet Comments Off on Creative Caversham – Liz Felix

Turning heads at stunning new hat shop It’s just six months since Liz Felix opened her doors in Caversham, where she also makes an extraordinary array of the hats and headpieces which have made her […]

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Community Connections – Nick Haskins

28/01/2026 Helen Bennet Comments Off on Community Connections – Nick Haskins

Keeping Caversham and Emmer Green great places to live NICK HASKINS succeeded Helen Lambert as Chair of the Caversham and District Residents’ Association (CADRA) in May 2025. He is no stranger to many local residents […]

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Talking Point – Feb 2026

28/01/2026 Helen Bennet Comments Off on Talking Point – Feb 2026

Working Together ONE OF MY favourite stories (parables) is the following: One day, in the carpenter’s shop at Nazareth, the carpenter laid the tools down and went out to have his lunch. No sooner had […]

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Feb 2026 – What’s On

14/01/2026 Helen Bennet Comments Off on Feb 2026 – What’s On

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. Later submissions can be […]

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Talking Point – Jan 2026

01/01/2026 Helen Bennet Comments Off on Talking Point – Jan 2026

Church and Politics? IT’S OFTEN SAID that the Church should keep out of politics. But what about the other way round? Perhaps the way we do politics could teach the Church some lessons. In a […]

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Community Connections – Kevin Farrell

01/01/2026 Helen Bennet Comments Off on Community Connections – Kevin Farrell

FOR VEGANUARY we have an interview with Caversham’s best known purveyor of vegan food and winner of the Pride of Reading Hospitality Award in 2025. Vegivores is very much a passion project for Kevin. He […]