1. Mike Robinson Part 2

2. Boy, this is a real fun runner

ACTOR Simon Pegg admits some people may find it hard to swallow that in his new movie Run Fat Boy Run (opening at Reading cinemas this weekend) he leaves the gorgeous Thandie Newton standing at the altar.

3. Also in September's Food Monthly

4. Bone up on vitamin D

The calendar is positively alive with foodie happenings at this time of the year, but it’s also the start of the academic year and therefore a good time to bone up on one of our essential vitamins.

5. Centre of the world

“During the Rock Festival everything changes in Reading. For three days, and three days only, the eyes of the whole music world turn to our little corner of the Thames Valley and watch as the biggest bands in the world cruise into town, tear it up and then leave again.

6. This weeks book reviews

This weeks book reviews including the Pink Chameleon, Remarkable Birds and Artful Cards.

7. Coming soon...

The Carling Weekend maybe over for another year but the quality of live music still on offer in Reading certainly hasn’t ceased.

8. Movie’s sentenced to failure

With Kevin Bacon in the lead role and the director’s chair filled by James Wan, the man behind the original Saw film, Death Sentence promises much. Sadly, however, it fails to deliver.

9. Mummy, I’ve completely ruined the chilli con carne!

I was thumbing through a food and drink section in a weekend paper recently and there amongst the must-have foodie gadgets like a pizza wheel that comes as a cutlery set with a matching fork, intended to be used instead of a knife (I feel another column coming on), I spotted the blurb advertising cookery courses for students.

10. Mike Robinson Part 1