Reading Roars!

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As you can see, I’ve made a few changes to this blog.
Gone is the old Oracle (shopping complex, not technology giant) header graphic: I have now introduced a brighter, more colourful banner showing Reading’s ornate facades. Similarly, I’ve left behind a tight, cramped template in favour of one that is broader and more spacious, hopefully [...]

Another quality blog with a Reading connection is the well-designed Dayorama, launched way back in 2002 (a long time in internet years!).
Dayorama is a site made up of contributions from four talented individuals.
Journalist Ollie Williams is a member of BBC Radio Berkshire’s online team and has recently been blogging about Reading Rockets, the local basketball [...]

I was pleasantly surprised to see Reading Roars! mentioned in a BBC - Berkshire feature about blogging. The focus of the article was, however, on another local blog I hadn’t come across before, the award-winning and absolutely quackers Scaryduck, maintained by Alistair Coleman.
Scaryduck is eccentric British humour at its best (up there with Monty Python [...]

Reading FC visited one of the “Big Four” on Saturday - poetic Arsenal - and fortunately I was there, thanks to my friend, and lifelong Arsenal follower, John McGarvey. Cheers John!
Arsene Wenger’s Arsenal have been one of the most exhilarating teams to watch in recent years, from The Invincibles to the reinvented and exuberant side [...]

“Don’t dilly dally, vote for Sally” urged Reading University Students’ Union presidential candidate Sally Pearman.  And dilly dally they did not, for Sally has been named 2007/8 President by students.
According to current RUSU President Dave Lewis, Sally will be their 14th female President.
Well done Sally!

Reading East MP Rob Wilson has remarkably suggested changing the town’s name to Reading-on-Thames in order to “make Reading more appealing”.
Interestingly, this tactic is being tried already - by London Street’s English Language Courses (ELC). Stated on ELC’s homepage are the words:
Welcome to the online brochure of: ENGLAND LANGUAGE COURSES in Reading-on-Thames, Berkshire, England.
The [...]

Legendary band Nirvana’s greatest ever moment was their performance at the Reading Festival in 1992, according to a fan survey on NME.com.
NME readers also voted Reading Festival (and the other Carling-backed extravaganza in Leeds) best in the country at this week’s NME Awards.

The University of Reading’s website has been revamped - and it doesn’t look bad at all.
The site has adopted a cleaner, simpler and brighter look and feel. The site’s sections - Life at Reading, Study at Reading, Research at Reading (note at Reading - I like it) and more - are colour-coded, for example, and [...]

According to the Reading Chronicle, plans have been unveiled for an IDR footbridge to “rival the Millennium bridges in London and Gateshead”. It seems like an exciting concept, but while the bridge may be aesthetically astonishing, how do we get the IDR to rival the great Thames and Tyne?