Do you want to take to your soapbox? We’re always on the look out for bloggers from all walks of life. If you want to see your musings on newburytoday email your details to sarah.bosley@newburynews.co.uk. Just send us a pic, a few lines about yourself and give us an idea of what you’d like to pen for us. Blogs can be posted as frequently as you like and for as long as you like – though we will need a minimum of one a week
Fair Trade guru John is often found selling beads from Ghana and Alpaca knitwear from Peru at local events. He's lived in Hungerford for 12 years and takes craft and cycling tours to Ghana in the holidays.
Northerner John has lived in Newbury for 10 years and works as a computer programmer for a government research organisation. He married his wife Vee in Las Vegas, and has two children
Jonathan runs the WordWatchers writers’ circle in Newbury and is penning his second novel. He recently married again and has two children of his own as well as three new ones. His talents include hypnotising people – but only when necessary.
Madeleine has lived in Newbury for 37 years, with a couple of short breaks (one to college in Newcastle and another brief one to Hungerford). She has 3 young daughters and works part-time as a web editor for a large software company.
I'm thirty something, live in Newbury and commute to London for my distinctly unglamorous IT career. In real life, I travel widely, go to gigs in the winter and to festivals in the summer. I am currently writing a resolutely trashy chick-lit book.
