Reading Roars!

After five Oscar nominations over the years, Reading’s Kate Winslet finally fufilled her childhood dream of winning the Best Actress award for her role in The Reader (as I correctly predicted).

At the Vanity Fair party afterwards, speaking to GMTV, Kate impressively mentioned one of my favourite Reading pubs, The Retreat, not once, but twice:

My mum won the pickled onion competition at The Retreat pub in Reading just before Christmas and they sent me a picture of her with her prized pickled onion. So, to The Retreat – here’s another Winslet picture for you, ok?

Congratulations, Kate.

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