Opinion

Brian Hicks August 13 has been celebrated as Left-Handers Day since 1976, although the organisation that started this is long defunct.  It is low-key, maybe as left-handers do not want...

Praise was rightly given in a recent letter in Wokingham.Today for the work of the Council’s My Journey team.  Winning hearts and minds is an essential part of changing travel...

As we start a bigger discussion on climate change, I wanted to look back on why Wokingham Borough Council declared a climate emergency in July 2019, and what actions have...

Mindfulness is fashionable at the moment, but resentfulness can make it harder to achieve calm. What can we do about it?

There are no easy answers to the unfolding situation, but what is right is to make preparations to welcome Afghani community members who need a safe home here in the...

Angela Garwood HONEST MOTHERHOOD with Angela Garwood It’s been one of those weeks where I don’t feel I’ve stopped once for air. The Garwood household has been highly socially active....

Join the Aldi boycott over parking eye As a very infrequent shopper I recently shopped in Aldi Wokingham.  If I have to shop  (something I do not enjoy) I usually...

John Halsall PIC BY STEWART TURKINGTON www.stphotos.co.uk By Cllr John Halsall, leader of Wokingham Borough Council When I started putting this series of columns together about the Local Plan, I...

IN THE words of Young Mr Grace, they’ve all done very well. The past 18 months have been a rollercoaster for us all: it’s stating the obvious when we say life...

We live in a very complicated world, where companies spend lots of money trying to persuade us to spend our time and money on their products. All of these companies...