We’ve been admiring the snow coming down all evening, and decided to venture out to see what it’s like out there. We’re just back from a half-hour stroll in the neighbourhood.
Here’s the good news: there’s no gridlock. In fact there’s virtually no traffic of any kind whatsoever. Here’s the other good news: you probably won’t [...]
If there’s any accuracy at all to modern weather forecasting, it seems highly likely Reading could be hit by snow later today.
From a glance of the main weather websites, we reckon it’ll start late afternoon or early evening, but as we’re not known for our metereological prowess, you might want to play things safe and [...]
You’re probably still slap bang in the middle of your Christmas celebrations (or out braving the sales). However, if you’re starting to think about next year’s general election, you might be interested to hear that David Cameron will be heading to Reading in early January for a “town hall” style meeting.
It’s all part of Cameron [...]
I’ve not updated this blog since early July 2009. That’s a whopping 6 months of silence. I’ve been overseas, making it pointless for me to keep the blog going, unless I comment on external news related to the town or perceptions of Reading from afar (generally speaking, the football club is known but that’s pretty [...]
I mentioned in a previous post last week’s Reading Borough Council Scrutiny Panel meeting with First Great Western and Network Rail. I have to do the right thing and confess that I wasn’t present on the occasion, simply because I work in London and wasn’t able to get back to Reading in time (my fault, [...]
A new Workhouse Coffee is in the works. The new-look cafe will look like this (according to WHC’s Eva Marie Fels):
Will have a completely new flooring system.
All new espresso machines including a unit being built in Italy right now that is not for market release until 2010.
Look even less than it already does like a shop [...]
A local UI designer, Ros Horner, reached out to me recently, saying that Reading’s Zerodegrees had won a CAMRA Pub Design Award in the new build category.
Ros observed in her blog post:
It goes to show that Real Ale doesn’t have to be all beardy old beer bellies and horse brasses. (Not that there’s anything wrong with [...]
Last night, I was fortunate enough to experience the Las Iguanas launch party, held at their new Reading restaurant at The Oracle Riverside. This was my first Las Iguanas (Spanish for “The Iguanas”) visit, although I’ve had a peek inside two of their other restaurants, in Brighton and on London’s South Bank.
I’m grateful to Lucy Harwood, Las Iguanas Marketing [...]
I was pretty stunned to read that Network Rail bosses are to receive six-figure bonuses. I don’t like seeing executives rewarded for failure anyway, but this really stung. The UK rail travel experience is often unpleasant and horrendously expensive.
Fortunately, if you feel similarly frustrated, you can have your say this coming Tuesday evening, as Network Rail and [...]
Like Reading’s blogosphere, the town’s Twitterverse is flourishing.
I believe we now have what can be described as a legitimate Reading identity (or strands of identity) on Twitter, shaped by 4 key developments:
#rdg was created
#rdgtweetup event and corresponding hashtag were created
Journalists from getreading/Reading Post and Reading Chronicle joined Twitter
Reading Chronicle and getreading/Reading Post began using #rdgnews to publish [...]
