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There’s a plethora of online social networking sites out there, all catering for different audiences, such as teens (Piczo, Bebo) and professionals (LinkedIn). I was invited by a contact to join Facebook, a site originally developed for American college kids. So, do I dig it?
During the registration process, I was asked if I wanted to [...]

Following the success of Kronika Reading, a Serbo Croat version of the Reading Chronicle is to be launched in 2007, according to editor Simon Jones:
The team here have achieved a lot with the re-launch and broken new ground with the launch of our Polish edition (look out for our next one in Serbo Croat early [...]

PR whiz, local resident and fellow “coffee freak” Drew Benvie recommended that I check out new coffeeshop Workhouse Coffee on Oxford Road.  In his words: 
it serves what has to be the best coffee I have ever tasted. The owner, Greg, is a massive coffee connoisseur and really knows his stuff (I also love coffee but [...]

A report released earlier in the month by market research company EuroDirect revealed that Reading is the worst town in the UK for single men to find a female partner:
When it comes to the greatest proportion of single men, Reading tops the stakes with the largest disparity between single males living alone to women, with [...]

We’re fast approaching the end of 2006 (the year just zipped by, didn’t it) and Reading FC have had a magnificent 12 months.  Just for fun, BBC Radio Berkshire’s Joel Hufford has compiled a quiz so that you can test your knowledge of the Royals’ year.  There are 10 questions in total (I scored a [...]

“Mourinho at a loss as Reading expose Chelsea’s fragility” (The Guardian)
“Chelsea squandered two priceless Premiership points against Reading” (BBC)
“Regal Reading show Chelsea value of class” (The Scotsman)
Reading have achieved something stupendous, drawing away to Mourinho’s giants, Chelsea, at the Bridge, a feat that not even mighty Barcelona could accomplish this season.
It was never going to [...]

Reading Roars! (that would be me) would like to wish you all a nice Christmas and a happy, and healthy, New Year (e-cards, by the way, to this address: mbrady@readingroars.com - thank you!).

Meet Rob, 25 years of age and living on Reading’s streets.  When I left him, he had one pound in his pocket and needed another seven to get himself a bed for Christmas.
Trouble is, Rob, whose parents died seven years ago, leaving him in this dire situation, needs to collect this amount before 11pm tonight, [...]

Christmas wouldn’t be complete without a whiff somewhere of frankincense. The mystical substance was burning outside the Global Cafe on London Street early this afternoon to draw in customers. However, rather than mince pies or mulled wine, there was something rather surprising in store - an Ethiopian coffee ceremony.
Coffee is one of the things I [...]

I’m not a cricket follower. I don’t know the rules and know little about the teams. The psychology of the sport, like any other, does interest me, however, and its personalities, such as Shane Warne and Freddie Flintoff, are exciting (even if the game sometimes isn’t).
Cricket featured heavily in the news recently, of course, because [...]