1. Travel: Gorgeous Grenada

2. Travel: Didsbury – a charming village find

I’m not going to pretend we had a burning desire to visit Didsbury – or even knew where it was.

3. City Woman: Pants to Y-fronts

It was enough to make a footy widow buy a season ticket and rattle when Robbie Savage’s last professional game saw him strip off to his smalls and throw his kit into the crowd.

4. Restaurant review: Las Iguanas

Las Iguanas serves a mix of Mexican and South American dishes, including tasty churrasco – skewered of marinated meat served with a spicy hot garlic and chipotle sauce

5. Make-up tips for beautiful brides-to-be

Reading Post news editor Sarah Dave abandons singledom in a few weeks when she becomes a smug married.

6. Tylney Hall is a luxurious weekend treat

Tree-lined vistas and afternoon tea all steeped in history, but more bacon please, says Sarah Dave at the Grade II listed mansion.

7. Café Rouge, The Oracle Riverside

After some kerfuffle over the final location for Café Rouge in Reading (previously planned for St Mary’s Butts) the chain has opened up in the former Tootsies in The Oracle.

8. A Latin Summer at Las Iguanas

After one of the worst winters for years gradually making a move – albeit on the back of a tortoise limping very slowly – restaurant menus are now offering more springy fare.

9. Penta Hotel, Reading Town Centre

It wasn’t what we were expecting from a funky, largely business market hotel.

10. Sporting estate fit for the stars

Sarah Dave worked up an appetite at Stapleford Park so she could enjoy the region’s famous Melton Mowbray pies.