1. After Dark answer call for live music

Three music promoters are promising to bring the best up-and-coming bands back to Reading with an exciting new line up at the legendary After Dark Club.

2. Mixed-up friends are seriously funny

The BBC’s high-profile new drama, Mutual Friends, certainly gets off to a grim start.

3. Hoosiers excited to play Rivermead

Alfonso Sherland isn’t Worried About Ray – or anything else for that matter.

4. A Cliff hanger!

The Young Ones – and the young at heart – queued in Broad Street yesterday as Cliff-mania came to town.

5. Everything in Moderation

The formerly dingy Moderation has had a fresh lease of life thanks to new leaseholder Andy Becalick.

6. A passion for pudding

Helping in a poverty-stricken area of South America and baking for a rather nice Berkshire dinner party are worlds apart, but it was one determined step for Carolyn Deges.

7. Water wonderful world

My sister has been known to travel back from Birmingham for what she calls a Waterfalls.

8. Not all that smart

Get Smart is the latest in a select line of US television shows from the 60s to get the Hollywood remake treatment.

9. What's on in Berkshire

10. Festival boss vows to make 2009 safer

A ‘spotter’ in the crowd to notice potential surges, increasing the spill-out area of the main stage and ensuring a one-way entry/exit system for the toilets are among safety issues Reading Festival boss Melvin Benn has vowed to address.