1. Pub food of the very best

The Bull at Barkham is a traditional pub, where Susie and Adrian Brunswick offer good food and drink, and a haven in which to socialise.

2. Band mixes making music with studies

A highly-rated young band from Wokingham hellbent on playing at Reading Festival are hoping to hit the big time.

3. Quattro restaurant- Caversham

I am really annoyed and amazed I have not eaten at Quattro before.

4. Deja Vu, Reading- Food worth going back for

Deja Vu – have we been here before? Well, no actually as the new bar opened in the summer, taking over from the former Café Du Sport in St Mary’s Butts.

5. The Southcote Beefeater - Reading

The last time I set foot inside the Southcote Beefeater, they had a full-size model of Worzel Gummidge.

6. The Pond House - Maidenhead

New landlords can do wonders for pubs – and Sam and Warren at The Pond House in Maidenhead are proving to be no exception.

7. A night at the opera

I ring Operahouse frontman Johnny Lloyd just as he was entering McDonalds for a much-needed burger.

8. September's Food Monthly

Get your copy of September's Food Monthly free inside Friday's Reading Post

9. Steak out the Shire Horse

I love good old English pubs like The Shire Horse. It’s quite an old inn, not one of these new ones that try to look as if they’re 500 years old.

No, it’s a genuine, good English pub.

10. It's showtime!

This weekend, celebrate all that’s good about the countryside at the County Show The Household Cavalry, in a glittering display of high speed riding, will be topping the bill at this year’s Royal County of Berkshire Show.