Reading Roars!

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You may be aware that Reading has twinning agreements with several towns worldwide, one of them being the city of Düsseldorf, the capital of Nordrhein-Westfalen in Germany. Now, quite possibly for the first time ever (or quite possibly not), a twinning agreement has been struck between local blogs: Reading Roars! and Düsseldorf Blog.
Reading’s close relationship [...]

Curiously, while a link to this blog was removed from the international Wikipedia site, a link has surfaced on Italian Wikipedia, the Italian-language version of the popular online encyclopaedia:
Blog di Reading Roars
Grazie mille!

“Every night and every day it’s alright and it’s ok” goes the chorus in the Anydays‘ new single Rollercoaster, and it looks as if every night and every day it will be ok for the band too, who are steadily attracting attention on their space on, well, MySpace. Well, it worked for the [...]

Angry rail users from Reading have had their say in a BBC article about overcrowding on rail services:
Ive travelled from Reading to London once a week for about 10 years. I always travel from Reading between 7.15 and 8.30 and I have NEVER had a seat. Not once. The cost is now in excess of [...]

A link to this blog on Wikipedia was removed (thanks “Dahlia Rose”) for being “inappropriate” and “self-promoting”. Perhaps Dahlia will kindly also remove links to Reading Wildcasts Lacrosse Club and Remix Reading? I believe that Wikipedia should be inclusive, not exclusive (as long as it does not offend).

Reading residents this morning woke up to a winter wonderland. An overnight flurry left the town buried under a thin crust of snow, most of it sadly gone by midday.
On my way home from work, I snapped a giant snowball (the kind you see in cartoons, rolling down a mountain) nestling next to a bin. [...]

Reading-born Kate Winslet, one of the leading actresses in the English-speaking world, has been nominated yet again for an Oscar, this time for her role in Little Children.  It is Kate’s fifth nomination to date.
The other Best Actress nominees are Penelope Cruz, Meryl Streep (her 14th nomination, gulp) and fellow Brits Judi Dench and Helen [...]

Reading University boffins have been working with the Fat Duck to help produce the perfect roast dinner.
The world-class (I’m pretending to know the meaning of this term) restaurant in Bray, Berkshire used a Radleys Carousel Reaction Station to investigate how to use stocks and sugars to produce “exceptional roast flavours” for adding to the meat [...]

I’m constantly reminded of the need to eat more fruit and vegetables. Sadly, five Frulis a day do not count.
On Sunday, I decide to make it happen - by eating at Cafe Iguana, the only vegetarian restaurant in Reading (amusingly, it is located next to Perfect Chicken, a fast food outlet of the very [...]

The “de-concretisation” of Reading continues apace. Reading Borough Council have commenced a public consultation on proposals to replace the splendidly grey civic centre with something less concrete-looking.
Deputy Leader of Reading Borough Council Jo Lovelock (not “Joe”, BBC) explained:
The regeneration of this part of Reading is going to be a great opportunity to rid us of [...]