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Fancy an evening of live music this Friday? A duo named “Branded” will be performing at The Pheasant pub in Southampton Street.
In an earlier post, I said that The Pheasant was ranked the lowest of all pubs in the Reading Pubs league table - but don’t let that put you off. I’ve not been there [...]

I returned to Zero Degrees on Saturday night.  Busy, busy, busy!  As expected.  What I wasn’t expecting was a no-trainers policy.  I didn’t think it was going to happen purely because, well, Zero Degrees seemed different to me. 
I was ok, as I was wearing more formal looking shoes, but my (male) friend had stripes on [...]

And now for a seemingly random and non-Reading related entry.  Are there any readers/bloggers here based in Vancouver, Canada?

Updates from me have hardly been coming in thick and fast lately.  Well,  perhaps thick.  It’s been such a busy month.  Anyway, news about the so-called “Russian scam” landed in my in-box yesterday.  It’s happening in Reading, apparently:

Reading Police are making people aware of a rise in distraction thefts of mobile phones in Reading Town Centre from customers [...]

So it’s confirmed: Sidwell out, someone else in.  That someone else is Boavista’s Kalifa Cisse (who?), signed by Reading FC for “just under” €1 million.
Cisse is a French defensive midfielder just 22 years of age.  Apparently there was quite a bit of competition for his signature (he was linked to Bolton back in January 2007).  [...]

Doing anything this evening?  How about a bit of African adventure?  A cultural adventure, that is.  A quick reminder that tonight is Ethiopian night at Global Cafe. 
To whet your appetite, here are 5 quick facts about Ethiopia (source: Wikipedia).  The country is:

the second most populous nation in Africa
the second-oldest officially Christian nation
roughly the size of [...]

Taste of Malaysia will be back at the Global Cafe this Sunday (13 May) and the following (20 May). If you miss either of those dates, fear not, as Taste of Malaysia’s Malaysian food will also be offered at Palmer Grill (229c London Rd), as of Monday 14 May.
I visited Palmer Grill late this afternoon [...]

VISA Europe is coming to town.
The credit card company, reports the Reading Chronicle’s Business Editor Alan Bunce, will occupy Queens Road’s Kennet Wharf, formerly used by the nonsensical-sounding 186k. Bunce adds that the transfer represents the biggest inward investment since Hutchison 3G joined the party in 2001.

Reports suggest that Chelski, sorry, Chelsea have agreed to sign Reading star Steve Sidwell, according to The Guardian’s Jeremy Wilson.
The Mirror says the club’s Special One, who has had a less than special season, offered the midfielder a deal worth a stunning £50k per week, but adds that Fergie has now also spoken to him.
So [...]

The Reading Beer & Cider Festival is a momentous, tremendously important event in Reading’s proud cultural calendar. With the departure of WOMAD this year, the 2007 festival (only the 13th) felt even more important.
In 2006 there were apparently 13,100 guzzling visitors. This year, no idea, but surely a greater number as the queue we joined [...]