Opinion

By the Revd Colin James What are we trying to escape? If your answer is “nothing”, I am afraid I don’t believe you! There are clearly situations where escaping is...

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path (Psalm 119: 105) On the walls of my study are two large framed post road maps....

  I believe I have mentioned before of my major interest (some of my friends call it a fixation!) with space exploration and research. I have been the Vice Chair...

When I started my role originally as Youth and Family Worker back in 2012, my daughters were then six and nine had recently lost both their paternal and maternal grandfathers...

The vote-quakes in last month’s local elections were the biggest upheaval in Wokingham politics in living memory. Losing over half the seats they contested last month, the Conservatives seem to...

OUR front page story this week is of one Wokingham man who needs little introduction to many. Stan Hetherington is one of the stalwarts of our community: organiser of the...

I believe it is important to protect our local heritage and green spaces, both in Woodley, Earley and in the wider Reading and Berkshire area. I am concerned that Reading’s...

As he wishes the Spirit gives a different gift to each person (1 Corinthians 12:11) At Christmas somebody kindly gave us an Amaryllis which we enjoyed as it grew in...

I thought I would take the opportunity to send you some photos of our cat which my wife took recently. His name is Elmo. He is nine-years-old but still acts...

NEWS that the new leader of Wokingham Borough Council wants to declare a climate emergency is welcome. There can be no denying that the world is getting hotter, the polar...