'A wonderful whizz-bang overview of 18th century society and the finances & politics of such voyages – before we even got onto the men involved and specifically the artists. I...

In this week’s column we meet Margaret, one of our Volunteer Receptionists. Margaret and her colleagues are the first person people see when visiting Citizens Advice Wokingham. They help to...

Would you take a tip that wasn’t yours? I had just had a meal with my family, at a local Finchampstead Pub, when my husband, as usual left a tip...

This week the government announced a 5% rise in the National Living Wage to £8.21 an hour. The Minimum Wage for younger employees aged between 21 and 24 years was...

Welcome to my weekly Bridge column. I intend to vary the level I pitch the topics in this column because I know I cannot please all of the people all...

I love this time of year. Constantly being surrounded by new life; spring flowers, little lambs, bursting buds. When you take a moment to observe, to pause, to breathe, you...

IT’S CIDER – but not as we know it. A Charvil-based pub is promising one of the most unusual flavours of the apple-based drink over the next two months. The...

Last summer, more than 600 cyclists - a recent record - enjoyed their ride through the local countryside on the Three Counties Cycle Ride organised by the Rotary Club of...

On Monday 11th March, a group of seven local young people with autism visited Westminster Abbey to meet The Queen. The excited group attended a service to celebrate Commonwealth Day,...

Just occasionally an action you take has surprising consequences… I posted an item for sale on a well-known international auction site and awaited questions and/or offers for the painting in...