Opinion

Age. What is it? We talk about Ice Age, Prehistoric Age, Middle Age, Old Age. University of 3rd Age, Retirement Age. Folk who read this column each week will probably...

This column was originally published in The Wokingham Paper of Thursday, November 14, the day nominations for the 2019 General Election closed … finally decided - that’s later today (Thursday,...

Many of us are well versed with the saying ‘change is constant’. We live in changing times and sometimes, the changes around us can be so rapid and unexpected that...

General Elections in December are a rare thing and the last one was called in 1923, shortly after the Conservative leader had resigned and a new one had been chosen....

Politically, we are living through strange times. We had an election in 2015, which was not supposed to be repeated until 2020. We then had a referendum in 2016. As...

Connectivity is a big part of societal functioning, with people using several different channels to connect with others for different reasons and purposes.  Our ability to connect with such efficiency,...

There’s a first time for everything and this commentary is by request. As anyone who’s been keeping up with social media in Winnersh will know, dissatisfaction with WBC’s Highway’s Department...

As the winter months approach, the days get shorter and shorter and the Christmas season gets nearer marking the end of yet another year, there appears to an atmosphere of...

LAST weekend, avid young readers flocked to Wokingham to celebrate reading. The second children’s book festival organised by, among others, Wokingham Town Council and Wokingham Borough Libraries, was a wonderful...

When things are working properly, engineering, politics or organisations, you can enjoy the results for years.  But when they aren’t, they attract attention. Plenty of it, and none welcome. Sutton...