Sweet Dreams This September marks the first anniversary of BKRY which opened its doors a year ago, offering coffee, delicious cakes – and upstairs, an Academy, where young and old alike can learn the art […]
In May this year Helen Lambert stepped down from the committee of the Caversham and District Residents’ Association after 20 years as Chair. She was immediately elected as President and will remain involved, mainly on […]
CAVERSHAM HEIGHTS Methodist Church (CHMC) was packed for a memorial service led by Rev Rosemary Fletcher, a former minister, to celebrate and honour the life of Linda Dudley on 20 June. That so many people […]
Mission to make connections and collaborations THE GLITTERING, modernist energy-rich port of Aktau on the Caspian Sea in Kazakhstan – with its cold desert climate, lying mostly below sea level – sounds about as far […]
All that glitters… Award-winning silversmith Machi de Waard will be showing her stunning designs at the Whiteknights Studio Trail this June – and Reading has a special place in her story, as she explained […]
ROB BOWEN is a force of nature, and it would be impossible not to be swept along by his passions – for the outdoors in general and for bikes and all things cycling in particular. […]
From tiny terraced houses to large estates, local landscape gardener and designer Hugh Netley has watched the seasons come and go since setting up Netley Landscapes 39 years ago, as he told Elestr Lee HAVING […]
AT THE END of February, we received the sad news of the passing of one of our long-time postal subscribers, Joyce Hicks. Joyce was born in July 1926 in Reading to Horace and Mary Loveridge. […]
A passion for words and writing has always driven Rebecca Netley …resulting in two gothic historical novels being published by Penguin Michael Joseph. The Whistling, which appeared in 2021, was adapted into a play last […]
Pets play a vital part in many of our lives… owning a portrait is a great way to honour or to remember a favourite animal. Rachael Hunter-Lara tells Elestr Lee how she is developing her […]
Dr Alison Johnston, Caversham Bridge, 2017 (Editors Login)