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The Big Dig is coming to Calderstones
Under my window a clean rasping sound When the spade sinks into gravelly ground: My father, digging. I look down…
The Big Dig: Dates Announced!
2015 is here, meaning we are getting ever closer to The Big Dig getting underway in Calderstones Park. A buzz…
Featured Poem: from Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage by Lord Byron
You might have noticed a lot of talk online about Blue Monday yesterday - the third Monday of January is…
Featured Poem: Old and New Year Ditties by Christina Rossetti
If it's not too late to say it, we'd like to wish a very Happy New Year to all of…
The Reader Organisation’s Review of 2014: Part 2
Yesterday we brought you the first part of our highlights from 2014 - from feeling Better with a Book to…
The Reader Organisation’s Review of 2014: Part 1
2014 is fast drawing to a close, and what a year it's been for us here at The Reader Organisation.…
Featured Poem: from The Buried Life by Matthew Arnold
This week's Featured Poem comes from Matthew Arnold, who was born 192 years ago this week. He is often noted…
Seasons Readings!
Christmas spirit is filling the TRO offices at the moment as we get ready to wrap up for the holiday…
The Menlove Treasure: The end is in sight…
The grass turned silver, the stone doorway shone red. The long, skinny shadows of the children twitched across the shovelled…
Featured Poem: Winter-Time by Robert Louis Stevenson
As the festive season approaches even closer, as well as the shortest day of the year, we're keeping things seasonal…
Prison book ban overturned
Wonderful news was announced at the end of last week as the ban on sending books to prisoners in England…
Featured Poem: O Thou Whose Face Hath Felt the Winter’s Wind by John Keats
The last week has seen a definite chill in the air, and no doubt the temperatures will drop even further…
