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 […]
FAMILY, FRIENDS, local music lovers, and regular attendees of Concerts in Caversham will have been saddened to learn of the death this summer of oboist Timothy Watts, husband of pianist Adrienne Black, joint co-founders of […]
IN FEBRUARY 2024, Good Old Days, a relatively new local restaurant offering Hong Kong Chinese cuisine, went viral on social media following a glowing review by Jay Rayner in the Observer. There is a copy […]
GEORGE ALLEN grew up in Devon, one of eleven children. He attended Newton Abbott Grammar School and then, at the age of 18, started an apprenticeship with the railway in Reading. It was here he […]
A SERVICE OF thanksgiving celebrating the life of Colin was held at St Andrew’s United Reformed Church, Reading on April 26, 2024. Colin was born to Robert and Mabel Ferguson in Perthshire. After a troubled […]
As well as providing a bespoke picture framing service, a small shop in Church Road is now creating quite an impact as an art gallery. Lydia Gledhill (left) explains to Elestr Lee about her […]
BET TICKNER, BBC journalist, linguist, walker, craftswoman and political animal, died in Caversham, Reading, on 6 January 2024, after a brief period of palliative care. She was born in London in 1946, attending Hornsey High […]
HELEN SADLY passed away on the morning of 14 December 2023. She had survived three different cancers in her time since 2007. In November last, Helen had a diagnosis of a secondary breast cancer that […]
Dr Alison Johnston, Caversham Bridge, 2017 (Editors Login)