1. Invisible woman? Not Lucy

THE first time I realise journalist and author Lucy Cavendish is a mother first and foremost is when I try to get hold of her for an interview.

2. Girls show how it’s done...

POPULAR comedienne Lucy Porter will bring her new show to theatres near Reading this weekend and next month.

3. Henley Literary Festival offer – buy one get one free

Reading Alive and the Reading Evening Post have teamed up with the organisers of the Henley Literary Fesyival to offer readers 2 for 1 tickets to the shows featured here – Paolo Hewitt/Irvine Welsh/Mick Brown/Lucy Cavendish. Just call 01491 843404 quoting ‘Evening Post’. This offer is valid until September 6 and is subject to availability.

4. Young chefs ‘cook off’

It is a case of out of the frying pan and into the fire for the finalists in the 10th annual Young Chef Competition.

5. Order from chaos

ONE imagines that most members of the Reading public are not particularly interested in the inner workings of newspapers.

6. Children have the last laugh in contest

YOUNGSTERS in Reading will get to show how funny they think they are next week during a competition.

7. Let’s hear it for the girls

THE Reading Comedy Festival comes to its hilarious conclusion this weekend – so you’ve still got time to have your ribs tickled from some of the country’s finest comics.

8. Something for everyone

HENLEY’S inaugural literary festival will kick off tomorrow with a host of authors, models, sportsmen and comedians entertaining the crowds.

9. One woman show

Punjabi actress Anjali Mya Chadha brings her “exotic take” on English wedding rituals to Maidenhead’s Norden Farm Centre for the Arts this weekend.

10. Second portrayal

First it was Switchback and now it is Double Death.

In other words, actor-writer Simon Williams has done a make-over of one of his earlier plays and is directing the new version himself under its new title at The Mill at Sonning.