1. Not a veggy good year for my sad has-beans!

Keeping on top of tomatoes is a full-time job and one which I have never managed to do well.

2. A great local

One of Reading’s unsung treasures is the parade of shops down the Oxford Road.

3. The Purple Turtle @ Gun Street, Reading

Our evening started nicely last Wednesday. We’d visited a fashion show at the TVU where end of year BTEC National Diploma (equivalent to 3 A-levels) students were showing off their designs.

4. Supreme Sardines

There was a time in this food-phobic nation of ours when the only sardines to be had were released from a tin with a special key.

5. Player profile: Will Hardy

6. Little stunned by his big move

Glen Little admitted his move to Premier League Portsmouth was just too good an opportunity to turn down.

7. Old green eyes is back

Hot on the heels of Iron Man comes the latest incarnation of The Incredible Hulk.

8. Baby-based Juno delivers a modern classic

Juno was early 2008’s surprise hit – and it is very good.

9. Hedkandi at Sakura, Gun Street, Reading

When the much-loved Fez closed its doors earlier this year, the Angels felt that nothing could take its place, but we didn’t know the power of Sakura. Team the venue up with Hedkandi and the past is soon a distant memory.

10. Waitrose put their shirt on Royals

Reading FC have secured a new club sponsorship deal with Waitrose for the 2008/09 Championship campaign.