Oranjepan analyses Berkshire blogosphere
The prolific political blogger Oranjepan has published an interesting (and unique, I believe) analysis of the Berkshire blogosphere.
Oranjepan compiled a list of most influential Berkshire blogs in June 2009 (based on Wikio rankings), with John Redwood’s Diary in top position. The other titles in the top 5 were listed as Boulton & Co., Mark Reckons, [...]
Tourism tips on Twitter
Stuck for pub ideas on a rainy Saturday afternoon in Oxford, I turned to Twitter and received two replies:
tempted to try a third Oxford pub. On my own, so a bit sad, no?
3:01 PM Jun 6th from mobile web
@mattbrady Suggest the Royal Blenheim on St Ebbes. Best real ale pub in Oxford, sloe gin, mean [...]
Interest shown in Blagrave Arms history
Would anyone have an old picture or two of town centre pub Blagrave Arms that they could share with me (please)?
The reason I ask is because an email arrived in my inbox from somebody in the US, who shares the Blagrave name, requesting information on the history of the pub.
Reading’s Alive: Latin American students, money for Mongolia and a cracking pole
My attention was drawn to another charity event recently: Reading’s Alive/Mongolia Benefit Gig, held at the 3Bs after the Reading Half Marathon (more travelling back in time here). I didn’t take part in the morning run. I stood pathetically at the bottom of Kendrick Rd, watching, as wave after wave of participants ran past. It [...]
Students sky dive for Rise and Shine Festival
I was recently contacted by a lovely group of students about a charity sky dive that they were taking part in a little more than a month ago, on Sunday 5 April, in Bicester. The sky dive was held in aid of a new one-day festival, Rise and Shine Festival, planned for Reading’s Kings Meadow in September [...]
Mongolia Benefit Night after Reading Half Marathon
If you are taking part in the Reading Half Marathon this Sunday, and looking forward to a treat at the end of the punishing trot, there is a Mongolia Benefit Night kicking off at 5pm in the 3Bs.
Mongolia Benefit Night, Susanne Koch tells me, will feature indie acoustic/funk musicians Stuart Dooley and The Foolish Galatians, [...]
Heavenly Planet cancellation needn’t be a show stopper
Much has been said online about the cancellation of the Heavenly Planet festival.
I’m disappointed, but I understand the decision. There is still the Reading Festival to look forward to (we are blessed, aren’t we, in Reading) and I believe that the original global gathering, WOMAD, will go ahead as planned in its new Wiltshire site [...]
Drinksinreading blog launched
A blog has been launched by the DrinksinReading.com team: drinksin Blog.
Their first, and so far only, entry is an entertaining writeup of a Friday night pub crawl, with the itinerary looking something like this: Global Cafe, Oakford Social Club, Afroba, Malmaison, After Dark and Mix Bar.
Would other local bloggers be interested in taking part in a [...]
Thames Valley Social Media Cafe is a Tuttle success
Sometime mid-morning on Friday 13 March, a number of social media enthusiasts talked Twitter tactics over coffee as bemused Workhouse Coffee punters looked on. It was the inaugural Thames Valley Social Media Cafe, held in Reading.
I’m not a great counter, preferring words, but I estimated there to be a dozen or so of us, including heavyweights [...]
Reading pub brought back to life as The Kennet Arms
Cllr Tony Jones said of local newspapers in Reading, “Whether we always like what they say or not, they are important to our community.”
He’s right, of course. I’m a firm believer that pubs are also important to a community, and the carnage in the countryside that I have seen recently has not exactly filled me [...]
