Lifestyle

IN NORMAL times, schoolchildren everywhere have often promised the teacher that the dog definitely ate their homework. But in these home-schooling days, pooches seem to be getting more elaborate with...

A NEW charity created by three men in Lower Earley spiralled from planting fruit trees to aiming to feed the borough. Freely Fruity began with the idea to grow the...

It’s good for the body and soul, and with the warm weather here, there’s no better time to be in the great outdoors Gardening is well known to be good...

The WatersideFairwater Drive, Woodley RG5 3EZ0118 342 0171watersidewoodley.co.uk THE WATERSIDE is a beautiful pub in the heart of Woodley – the thatched roof says tradition, but the contemporary interior has...

THE LATEST casualty of the Covid-19 pandemic is Woodley Carnival, which would have celebrated its 60th anniversary this year. The event was due to take place on Saturday, June 13,...

LAST WEEK’S pub emoji quiz got many of you pork scratching your head as you attempted to decode the names from the little pictures. We’re glad many of you enjoyed it,...

WHEN A new Banksy is posted on the streets, the world takes notice. When Sonning’s answer to the street artists appears, they put a smile on everyone’s faces. The anonymous...

It was Emmie’s first birthday on Good Friday, but with social distancing being strongly respected there couldn’t be a party. So to make up for it, her parents put a...

Now MONDAY is my usual day for cleaning round the house,I try to do this cheerfully, but more often I just grouse.The dust piles up in corners where the Dyson...

IT’S THE problem of the lockdown – what do you do if you need to make a video call but your home decor is, well, more shabby than shabby chic?...