Archive for December 2008
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Restaurant promotions to beat the credit crunch
Are you looking for somewhere cheap(er) to eat out in Reading? I have compiled a list of local restaurants offering current promotions and offers (not entirely credit crunch-related), below.
I am hoping to grow this list to make the definitive credit crunch lunch guide to Reading. So, if you are a diner or restaurateur with [...]
BID plan aims to transform Reading town centre
The Reading Evening Post has revealed that businesses are having their say on a proposed new five-year Business Improvement District (BID) phase to transform the town centre.
Suggestions have so far included live music in restaurants, coffeeshops closing later in the evening, sitting on ice in the middle of Broad St to win a prize, a charity Moonwalk in Broad St, a [...]
Reading and the recession
I feel that I can’t continue without further mentioning the economic slowdown. One reason why I named this blog Reading Roars! three years ago was because of the roaring economy and Reading’s part in it (roaring capital of the Thames Valley). Well, our economy isn’t roaring any more. The lion has been muzzled. Who knows [...]
A fond farewell to Joff Hopkins
Joff Hopkins, the highly talented Reading 107 FM presenter and formerly of Reading University’s Junction 11, has left town.
Joff, who (rather kindly, I thought) expressed support for this blog, interviewing me a couple of times, has gone abroad*, to East Angular.
The town has indeed lost a luminary. For those interested in keeping up to date with his [...]
A few things I should have blogged about this autumn
It has taken me a long time - a little more than two months, to be exact - to update this blog.
I can’t explain my absence. It’s just one of those things. You stop doing something, and it sticks. Only that this has a stuck a while longer.
I’ve actually enjoyed this blogging break. It’s nice, healthy [...]
