Saturday, 16 October 2021
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RESIDENTS in Henley and the surrounding area have been invited to take part in an online festival. Henley Lockdown Fest will be held on the weekend of May 2 and 3 to raise money for the NHS and Riverside Counselling Service. It will be hosted...
TODAY the city of Berlin is a cultural and tourist hotspot. But for almost half a century during the Cold War it was, according to author Iain MacGregor, “the most dangerous place on earth”.In...
SATURDAY’S programme of events concluded with Elizabeth Day, journalist, novelist, and host of the popular podcast How to Fail in conversation with Sara Collins, author of The Confessions of Frannie Langton and...
David Melling River & Rowing Museum RAIN didn’t keep parents or children away from one of the first events of the literary festival, ...
Peter Oborne Christ Church GIVEN that political correspondent Peter Oborne’s most recent book, titled The Assault on Truth, asserts ...
Ed Balls (and Rob Beckett) Baillie Gifford Marquee COMEDIAN Rob Beckett and former MP Ed Balls have something in common which I found ...
THE women behind the AstraZeneca vaccine were given a standing ovation at the Henley Literary Festival. Professor Dame Sarah Gilbert ...
THE Henley and District Agricultural Association’s ploughing match returned on Sunday. A total of 47 people competed at the ...
A FIRST-TIME author whose debut novel is expected to be one of next summer’s biggest bestsellers will be talking about it in public ...
THE brother of Stephen Lawrence will be talking about his book for young people at this year’s Henley Literary Festival. Stuart ...
From its beginnings as a weekend of talks in 2007 to being established as one of the UK’s biggest book events, Henley Literary ...
Don’t Stop Me Now | Henley Festival | Sunday, September 19 A SUNNY Sunday evening in the company of thousands was the ideal way to ...
Sophie Ellis-Bextor | Henley Festival | Friday, September 17 “YOU want to go where?” asked my mother in disbelief. “RADA,” I replied, ...
Madness | Henley Festival | Wednesday, September 15 THE evening was balmy, the queue long, beautifully turned out and full of ...
Disco Classical with Kathy Sledge | Henley Festival | Saturday, September 18 KATHY SLEDGE got a party vibe going from the off. The ...
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I AM pleased to report that Goring Parish Council has agreed to renew its subscription to the Henley Standard. The council, which had not met since May 4, made a decision under ... [more]
A HOUSE in Sonning Common could be demolished and replaced with two new ones. Gareth Bertram has applied to South Oxfordshire District Council, the planning authority, to build ... [more]
A CHOIR in Sonning Common has been given a grant of £250. Harmony, which meets at Peppard War Memorial Hall in Gallowstree Road every Thursday from 1.20pm, was awarded the money ... [more]
RHYME time sessions at Sonning Common library have restarted. They will take place from 10am on every first and third Monday of the month. Numbers are limited to allow for social ... [more]
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