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The eastern end of Broad St is a good place to loiter, these days, for freebies. Recently, free fruit juice samples were presented to passer-bys. I can’t recall the name of the product, but it’s said to contain the five portions of fruit a person is recommended to consume every day. The [...]

It’s the start of the Chinese New Year, and what better way to celebrate locally than by going out for a nice Chinese meal (sure, I’d rather be partying in Shanghai, but never mind that). On Wednesday evening, myself, two colleagues and a visitor from Redmond dined at the contemporary Chi Oriental Brasserie [...]

Fed up of your Sunday roast? Then get yourself down to the Global Café on London Street. Every Sunday afternoon, a stunningly African menu will be offered at this most cosmospolitan of Reading cafés from 2pm to a dazzingly late 10.30pm.
The menu features:
Nyama Choma & Kachumbari
Pilau
Mukimo (mashed peas with potatoes)
Fried meat
Ugali [...]

According to the South East Public Health Conservatory (SEPHO), only 35% of Thames Valley men undertake five half-hour sessions of moderate exercise per week. Women are less active, with 24% achieving the recommended amount.
Furthermore, SEPHO found that adult obesity in the Thames Valley had risen to 18.9% of the population over 2000-2002 from [...]

Reading, Reading, the team everyone’s, er, dreading.
In a thrilling FA Cup encounter, the Royals overcame Premiership side West Bromwich Albion 3-2 as Leroy Lita thumped in a hat-trick (50′, 65′ and 93′). The result means that Reading will play Birmingham in the fourth round. The Blues will lose, no doubt about it.
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IT IS TIME THAT Reading were outed. Time that they emerged from the closet and told the world what the world has known for many weeks. That when the 2006-07 Barclays Premiership season kicks off in August, Reading will be playing in the top flight of English football for the first time in their 135-year [...]

In parliament, PM Tony Blair recognised efforts made in Reading to cut crime and underlined the need to implement tougher actions still. Blair said that the new powers were making a difference. Really? I’m still seeing drunk and disorderly people, fights and evidence of vandalism. Must try harder, I think: [...]

New Year, new you. Some of us make a song and a dance about it. I’ve gone for the dance bit as, on Tuesday evening, upstairs at the Global Cafe, I had my first formal salsa sesson (I say formal as I had several informal ‘lessons’ during my Madrid student days).
Joining [...]

Steve Coppell’s Reading FC aren’t just good. They’re eye-wateringly good. They’re chilli-seeds-on-your-conjunctiva good. And this afternoon they gave Cardiff a real hammering, 5-1, to increase their lead at the top of the table to 10 points.
Reading’s goals were scored by Ibrahim Sonko (32′), Dave Kitson (51′,76′) and Steven Sidwell (11′, 71′) as Cardiff provided a [...]

Can you draw?
I’m looking for a cartoonist to regularly display their artistic brilliance on
One cartoon to be submitted per week on a theme related to Reading
The cartoon must be no greater than 190 pixels in width; the height should be about 250 pixels
You will not be paid for your efforts (sorry), but your work [...]