21. Go Organic: Buy nothing for 24 hours

Next Saturday is the official Buy Nothing Day, one of my favourite days of the year.

22. Rural Reading: Wet feet are worth it to see waders

I Wonder if our local fauna read Rural Reading. No sooner had I decided that a walk to the gravel pits was in order...

23. My festive berries are being eaten by fat pigeon

Gardening at this time of year is a bit like housework  where you save yourself extra effort if you tidy as you go.

24. Christmas is on its way

Christmas in Bracknell was launched last night with a helping hand from Father Christmas himself and a very lucky little girl.

25. Puzzle it out with the Chiltern Players

26. Victory for local newspapers as BBC plans are scrapped

27. Isaiew and Dudman earn Finch vital point

The first league game for a month after a series of cup matches all at home gave Finch a change of scenery.

28. Film Review: Max Payne (15)

Movie adaptations of computer games are notoriously dire. From Street Fighter to Mortal Kombat and Doom to Silent Hill, the list is littered with detritus.

29. Miah’s Garden of Gulab

I hate to be the one to break it to you, but geese are getting fat. That can only mean one thing: December 25 is looming large on the horizon.

30. Police detain lorry refugees

Seven African immigrants have been detained after they were found hiding in a supermarket lorry.