The Guide / Reading Chronicle

Published 2 Feb 2012 10:30 0

An extravaganza of dance is returning to South Hill Park, Bracknell, in the form of its annual festival Lift Off. Renowned for bringing an eclectic mix of dance to audiences from Bracknell and beyond, Lift Off is set to be bigger and better than ever this year.

Get Out! Ents new this week...

SIMON Mayor's mandolinquents will strum up a storm when they jangle over to the New Greenham Arts Auditorium next week.
Big Country bring a big sound to The Hexagon

It will be something of a homecoming when Big Country drummer Mark Brzezicki finds himself on stage at The Hexagon on February 12, during the band's 30th anniversary tour.

Reading

Motocycist in critical condition after crash

A MOTORCYCLIST is in critical condition after being involved in a smash with a car in Thatcham.

Woodley & Earley

Over 50s rally for sport

VETERAN badminton players have been rallying to join a new fitness programme.

Opinion

With these role models, go figure why we lack integrity

WAS anyone surprised to learn from last week's Essex University study on integrity that over the last decade we've become a nation of liars and cheats?

Opinion

Rob Wilson's Westminster Diary: February, 2 2012

It's back to bashing bankers this week and Fred Goodwin and Stephen Hester have been the chief targets. The public is still very upset by what happened in 2008 and the fall out since. There's a feeling that we're paying for the financial crisis but bankers are not. So the chance to kick a banker is too good an opportunity to miss.

The Guide

Bringing the 60s back

Herman's Hermits are a band with some serious stats to feel proud of: 23 Top 20 singles, 10 hit albums, three major movies, and an eye-watering 75,000,000 records sold worldwide to date.

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