Arts

AN AWARD-WINNING duo will be the guests at this Monday’s Nettlebed Folk Club. Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman have twice won at the BBC Folk Awards and organisers say that...

FAMILIES who love music can put on their dancing shoes this Sunday and enjoy a rave for all ages. Big Fish Little Fish is returning to The Hexagon from 2pm,...

THE HEXAGON’S ‘house band’ is back in action on Saturday night, opening a new season of Classical Music Alive. The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra has a residency in Reading, performing a...

As the British summer draws to a close, what better way to welcome in the chilly autumn evening than to spend a night in Provence? Upon entering the Mill’s theatre,...

Stars (out of 5) = 4.One-sentence review = “Funny and sad, like that episode of Only Fools & Horses where Rodney got married”.Good for people who = like One Foot In...

Today we have our very own French Connection to discuss… Paul Beauvais, an artist of some international repute, who hit the art scene a decade or two later.

THE idea that libraries are fusty places were everyone has to be sssshed into silence will be dispelled thanks to a special event coming up next month.

TEXAN pop punk rockers Bowling For Soup are getting excited about Christmas, so much so that they’ve announced a stop-off in Reading as part of its festive UK tour. Called...

There’s a debt that Ricky Gervais owed Manfred Mann – just another good day at the office for Mike D’Abo. JAMES HASTINGS explains MIKE D’ABO always looks forward to a...

Can the colour of your skin influence the opportunities that are open to you? As the years have moved on and racial equality has taken significant steps forward, many of...