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Singing in the rain: It’s carnival time in Hungerford

Singing in the rain: It’s carnival time in Hungerford

Singing in the rain: It’s carnival time in Hungerford

22 July 2025

It may have rained on Hungerford’s carnival parade - but the town’s spirits are not easily dampened!


Sporting painting up for auction depicts cricket match at Sandleford Priory, now St Gabriel’s School

Sporting painting up for auction depicts cricket match at Sandleford Priory, now St Gabriel’s School

Sporting painting up for auction depicts cricket match at Sandleford Priory, now St Gabriel’s School

22 July 2025

19th-century English School watercolour from one of the world’s finest private collections relating to the sport expected to fetch £800-£1,200.


Scummy Mummies back on the road

Scummy Mummies back on the road

Scummy Mummies back on the road

20 July 2025

Hot Mess: from menopause to mansplaining, teenagers to Tinder, no subject is safe.


Courageous and inspiring evening with Newbury Choral Society

Courageous and inspiring evening with Newbury Choral Society

Courageous and inspiring evening with Newbury Choral Society

20 July 2025

Moving and thought-provoking, Journeys and Belonging departed from the society’s more traditional choral fare.


Mischief, magic and moonlight in outdoor Midsummer Night’s Dream at cricket club

Mischief, magic and moonlight in outdoor Midsummer Night’s Dream at cricket club

Mischief, magic and moonlight in outdoor Midsummer Night’s Dream at cricket club

19 July 2025

Bring a picnic, grab a Pimm’s and prepare for a beautiful evening of laughter, wonder and theatrical magic with Creation Theatre.


Talented Calcot primary school pupil wins Open Studios art prize

Talented Calcot primary school pupil wins Open Studios art prize

Talented Calcot primary school pupil wins Open Studios art prize

19 July 2025

Her use of colour and attention to detail impressed the panel of professional artists.


Debut horror novel by Newbury author Aaron Miles

Debut horror novel by Newbury author Aaron Miles

Debut horror novel by Newbury author Aaron Miles

18 July 2025

Aaron Miles’ Trauma House is a blend of psychological, supernatural and occult horror.


Looking forward to Fairport Convention’s three-day Cropredy bash

Looking forward to Fairport Convention’s three-day Cropredy bash

Looking forward to Fairport Convention’s three-day Cropredy bash

17 July 2025

There are certain summer traditions that seem quintessentially British, says John Garvey, who would add the annual pilgrimage to Cropredy as one.


What’s on this week in West Berks: your community listings

What’s on this week in West Berks: your community listings

What’s on this week in West Berks: your community listings

17 July 2025

From wine tasting and afternoon tea to bingo nights and vintage street markets to repair cafés, it’s all going on.


What’s on this week: our pick of arts&entertainment

What’s on this week: our pick of arts&entertainment

What’s on this week: our pick of arts&entertainment

17 July 2025

Are you ready for the big party weekend?


Market Place revs up in a whirlwind of breakdancing, roller-skating and skilful choreography

Market Place revs up in a whirlwind of breakdancing, roller-skating and skilful choreography

Market Place revs up in a whirlwind of breakdancing, roller-skating and skilful choreography

17 July 2025

Crowd of 800 for free Gorilla Circus show centred on a large custom-built treadmill.


Seriously skilful silliness

Seriously skilful silliness

Seriously skilful silliness

17 July 2025

Award-winning Out of the Box is previewing at Arlington Arts before making its Edinburgh Fringe debut.


Patakas bring 200-year-old family tradition of fine folk music to ACE Space

Patakas bring 200-year-old family tradition of fine folk music to ACE Space

Patakas bring 200-year-old family tradition of fine folk music to ACE Space

17 July 2025

Joe and Will Sartin’s lineage traces back to Marina Russell (née Sartin 1834-1908), a celebrated Dorset folk musician.


Clients try new exercise machines at therapy centre

Clients try new exercise machines at therapy centre

Clients try new exercise machines at therapy centre

16 July 2025

New powered-exercise therapy equipment has been installed at West Berkshire Therapy Centre in Thatcham.


New Inkpen authors publish fiction

New Inkpen authors publish fiction

New Inkpen authors publish fiction

16 July 2025

Roger Hunt’s Vindicta is set during the Napoleonic Wars, while Clare Evans’ When the Numbers Don’t Add Up is speculative commercial fiction.


Jazz among the Giants

Jazz among the Giants

Jazz among the Giants

16 July 2025

Oxford chamber Music Trio combine an unusual instrumentation of piano, trombone and saxophone to perform exciting new music at Aldworth church.


Pupils play with pups to beat exam stress

Pupils play with pups to beat exam stress

Pupils play with pups to beat exam stress

15 July 2025

West Berkshire students have enjoyed much-needed downtime with some excitable puppies after a stressful exam season.


Food Review: The Fairview Restaurant & Bar in Kingsclere

Food Review: The Fairview Restaurant & Bar in Kingsclere

Food Review: The Fairview Restaurant & Bar in Kingsclere

15 July 2025

Our reporter Mirek Gosney went to find out what culinary delights The Fairview Restaurant & Bar has to offer.


The Downs School moving production of Billy Elliot the Musical ‘a triumph’

The Downs School moving production of Billy Elliot the Musical ‘a triumph’

The Downs School moving production of Billy Elliot the Musical ‘a triumph’

15 July 2025

With more than 80 students involved across cast, crew, and band, the production was a true team effort.


Police museum volunteers celebrate 500 years of service

Police museum volunteers celebrate 500 years of service

Police museum volunteers celebrate 500 years of service

15 July 2025

Volunteers have celebrated 500 years of preserving the history of crime and policing in the Thames Valley.


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