Reading Roars!

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I was made aware of a new blog today named I Hate First Great Western.  Guess what it’s about?
Frankly, it’s about time that we had a blog slamming FGW.  I don’t usually travel by rail these days, but when I do I am shocked by how poor services still are.  Here’s a selection of my [...]

“Excuse me. You can’t take photos, ” said the guy with the shaved head and fluorescent jacket. He was surrounded by shattered glass on the floor. Glass that originally formed part of the Broad St entrance overhead at The Oracle shopping centre.
What? It was an answer you’d expect to hear from a government official in [...]

The Solent Centre for Architecture + Design and South East England Development Agency (SEEDA) have launched a competition to capture “the spirit of the places we live in”.
The organisations are inviting people in the South East to submit a photo that they think portrays the identity of where they live (could be a building, park [...]

Some encouraging words from the Operations Manager behind dogma, the new trendy-looking bar on Castle St:
We have an offering that doesn’t have doormen who are worried about really stupid things and generally being annoying.
Allegedly, dogma does not have a dress code. I like this spirit of inclusivity (one reason why I’ve been a Purple Turtle [...]

I was back at Zero Degrees last night, a bar rapidly becoming my favourite in Reading.
My partner was peckish, so we headed to the restaurant section. We opted to have two appetisers only: bruschetta (£3.75) and garlic bread with shallots.  They were very good!  Plus, I was drinking Pale Ale, so even better.
My partner is [...]

Dismayed at the negative attention Reading has acquired lately, the Reading Chronicle is calling on readers this week to unite behind the town.
Of course, Reading Roars! has been doing this for some time (since 2005), believing that Reading is actually a very good town for a number of reasons. It’s an ambitious town (Reading FC [...]

Simon Jones has announced his departure from the Reading Chronicle. Two things stood out for me in his time as Editor: his blog, which is a great read, and the launch of the Polish-language edition of the newspaper (bold and brilliant). Thanks Simon, and all the best!

Reading Station appears to be getting smaller.
Now we have a posh hotdog stand selling bratwursts outside the main entrance and a new Subway upstairs. I’m not sure why the bratwursts are there. It seems like an odd place to put them, but I’m sure someone did their homework. As for the Subway, I hope it [...]

Wot, no updates? There is a reason, and it’s not laziness (not this time). I was on holiday for 2 weeks and I sought to avoid computers as much as possible. My vacation was partly spent in Vancouver, British Columbia (you may have guessed this if you saw one of my recent posts) and so [...]