Sometimes a game is more than a game. That’s how Reading resident Mike Reese feels about chess. “Martin Luther King was about civil rights and everyone being equal, men, women, people of all shades of ...

Chess tables have been built in two Berkshire parks to encourage people to socialise outdoors. The two-seater concrete benches and tables were installed in Prospect Park and Palmer Park in Reading.

Young athletes wearing brightly colored T-shirts run back and forth on the basketball courts in Reading’s City Park. It might seem like all eyes are on the ball, but not everyone in the park watches ...