Arts

FIFTY new acts for Reading Festival 2019 have been unveiled this morning by organisers and include some big names from the charts. They include ‘musical chameleon’ Charli XCX who they...

Shakin’ Stevens chats about where it all started, his brand new tour and how, almost 40 years on, he’s still as determined as ever to be the best. Throughout history,...

A NEW exhibition featuring sculptures made of semen straws will go on show in a local museum next week. The Museum of English Rural Life (The MERL) at the University...

IT’S A MUSICAL tradition and it usually sells out - and now tickets for this year’s show are just about to go on sale. Jool Holland and his Rhythm &...

A BURNS supper will help the work of a charity that helps families with seriously ill children. St Anne’s Manor hotel in Wokingham’s London Road will be the venue for...

THE MILL at Sonning is hosting an afternoon tea tomorrow where guests will have a chance to hear Tim Valentine at the piano. The Waterwheel Bar will be the venue for the...

THE West Forest Sinfonia is preparing for an orchestral concert at the University of Reading’s Great Hall this weekend The group will perform Elgar’s In The South, Alwyn’s Autumn Legend...

FOR more than 50 years, he’s been creating Ripping Yarns, travelling the globe and tickling our funnybones. Now he’s preparing to make an epic visit to Reading’s Hexagon Theatre. Michael...

ONE of the true legends of British comedy is back on the road and is preparing to come to the Thames Valley this autumn. Tickets have just gone on sale...

Could "theatre" be the New Year’s resolution that changes your life? We all make resolutions – and we all too often break them. But if your plan was to get...