1. Wokingham Music Club aims to revolutionise gig scene

Jazz, folk and rock fans in Wokingham who wish to spend a balmy summer evening listening to live music and sipping a beer generally have to hop on the train and travel to nearby towns like Windsor or Reading to catch big name acts in the flesh.

2. Nick Pynn returns to Reading

If you type Nick Pynn into YouTube, one of the first videos that comes up is called ‘The Human Orchestra’ – and that's a pretty accurate description of what he his.

3. How my grandfather escaped the Titanic tragedy

Broken bottles and half-decayed shoes lie on the bottom of the ocean somewhere between Southampton and New York.

4. Unique project brings professional theatre to Reading

Four writers, four directors, four days and four plays. That’s the task being set by Reading’s new professional theatre company for its launch play later this month.

5. An Enryching evening awaits

A clarinet player who taught herself to play music despite being visually impaired will be performing at a charity fund-raising concert this weekend.

6. Love, sex and marriage get complicated in Closer

A love triangle is always complicated but when it becomes a love square everything goes up a notch.

7. TV Choice: The Voice, Titanic & Piers Morgan

Every week our square-eyed reporters take a look at what’s on TV – the highlights and the lowlights – and pick what they think you should watch or avoid.

8. 'How my grandfather escaped the Titanic tragedy'

Broken bottles and half-decayed shoeslie on the bottom of the ocean somewhere between Southampton and New York.

9. Theatre review: Troubled love is played out in Closer

10. Nine-piece band are going to funky town

Wild funk drum breaks, a razor sharp rhythm section, killer horn lines and a whole lot of soul – these are the ingredients which are helping a bunch of musicians whip up a frenzy in the charts.