Wednesday, 10 September 2025

Curry heaven at Café le Raj

CARLSBERG don’t do curries — but if they did, they wouldn’t be a patch on those served at Café Le Raj in Henley. The Indian restaurant ...

English wines to please the eye and excite the palate

A FAMILY-RUN business since 1980, the Chiltern Valley Winery and Brewery is passionately committed to providing you with products ...

Browsing the bookshelves for the ultimate dinner party gift

THERE’S a sacred place in Henley where I expand my knowledge. How to bikini wax, avoid cauliflower blight, treat verrucas, learn of ...

Mouthwatering food on a lazy summer’s afternoon

I ENJOYED a lazy summer afternoon at the newly refurbished Fat Fox Inn in Watlington, writes Judith Toner. A traditional country pub ...

Fine dining experience was so perfectly spiced

EARLY on Saturday evening we arrived at the award-winning Haweli restaurant in Wargrave, writes Karen French. An array of bright ...

Riverfront lunch was an experience to treasure

THERE are some restaurants that offer so much more than a fantastic meal, and Shaun Dickens at the Boathouse is a prime example, ...

Clue is in the name at Tandoori Connoisseur

WITH a wealth of Indian restaurants for curry lovers to choose from, quality ingredients and preparation now often set apart the good ...

Warm and welcoming pub was the perfect February lunchtime refuge

ON a rainy, cold and blustery February day, a trip to the Fat Fox Inn in Watlington proved a perfect lunchtime highlight, writes Katie ...

Social networking the old-school way

IT isn’t easy being single and finding a new partner when you are in your forties, fifties, and beyond. A lot of people try internet ...

Foodie find was a special start to 2016

THE Baskerville in Shiplake is undoubtedly a foodie find. With the most wonderful position, ambience and hospitality, my January blues ...

Veggie Christmas cake is soul good

I’VE devised a vegetarian gluten free Christmas cake recipe for BBC Good Food. Easy to substitute beef suet and use Doves Farm ...

‘Great expectations’ were more than met

A STUNNING setting, fantastic food and incredible hospitality are the recipe for an amazing luncheon, writes Katie Thomas. With a warm ...

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Wb Watlington FOWL AGM 2708

Friends of Watlington Library will hold its annual meeting in the library on Thursday, September 25 at 8pm. Doors open at 7.30pm. All are welcome to attend.

 

Wb Watlington nursing home 2708

A SUMMER fete will be held at Watlington and District Residential and Nursing Home in Hill Road from 2pm to 4pm on Saturday, September 13. The event will feature a tombola and ... [more]

 

Wb Maggie walk 1708

A CHARITY walk will set off from Foxington, Britwell Salome, on Sunday, September 21. The event will raise money for Maggie’s Oxford, which supports people with cancer. Supporters ... [more]

 

Back singing

REHEARSALS for the South Chiltern Choral Society will resume at Maiden Erlegh Chiltern Edge in Sonning Common on Monday at 7.30pm. During the term, rehearsals will take place at ... [more]

 

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