Events
It must be love: Reading Lantern Parade returns for Valentine’s weekend
Bad weather may have seen the Reading Lantern Parade postponed last December, but it’s back this weekend and ready to see the town lit up. It’s perfect for a...
Cheap eats
Blue Collar’s Glen promises an exciting 2025 for Reading’s street food scene
Street food in Reading is going to get even more exciting in 2025 according to Blue Collar Corner boss Glen Dinning.
Speaking at the opening...
Events
Waterstones Book Group to discuss The Secret History and Orbital
Avid readers can share stories when they join a book group at the Reading branch of Waterstones.
Meeting from 7pm at the Broad Street-based bookshop,...
Art
A poetic twist on rejection coming to Norden Farm in new exhibition
Artist and producer Abhi Arumbakkam attempts to take the sting out of rejections by repurposing them as poetry.
Redacted Poems from Rejection Emails is an...
Cheap eats
Bargain! Dine out from £1 from Italian chains Bella Italia and Pizza Express this January in Reading (and how to get a meal for...
Two Italian restaurants with branches in Reading are offering bargain meals this month, helping people save pennies after the big festive blow-out.
Bella Italia offers...
Christmas
University of Reading to switch on festive lights at Winter Festival
The nights really are drawing in, the weather outside has been frightful, but the University of Reading is preparing to show that there really...
Christmas
Is that a Cheeselog? Reading’s new Christmas lights celebrate the town’s past, present and future
It pays to look up … Reading's past, present and future – including a Cheeselog – is being celebrated through its all-new Christmas lights,...
Christmas
Fire eater, carol singing, mince pies and more … Winnersh to hold Christmas light switch-on celebration
A chance to get Christmas presents and watch a fire eater while celebrating the switching-on of Christmas lights is coming to Winnersh this November.
Winnersh...
Places to Visit
Walkaround Swallows Meadow, the new country park in Lower Earley
Swallows Meadow is a country park that opened in Lower Earley in November 2024, offering people a new place to get into the great...
Events
The effect of the First World War on the Mediterranean focus for new University of Reading lecture
When we focus on the First World War, many of us will think of Flanders Fields and the Western Front.
But the battles were fought...
Dining Out
Cheap eats in Reading: The Wee Waif at Charvil
Clocking in at number 10 in Trip Advisor's selection of cheap eats is The Wee Waif, a country pub and hotel close to Sonning and just off the A4. It has received lots of rave reviews for its food, service and value
