Exciting changes are planned for The Sports Exchange as we near our 2nd anniversary. The founders, me and J2O (the soft drink gambler of great renown previously known as J2E) have been much occupied with our other ventures: J2O on his sports cafe in Pangbourne "The Ditty"; and me on a stem cells pharmaceutical development programme.Neither lend themselves to The Sports Exchange, so we havent written much about it. Though both are a huge sporting gamble, so that will strike a chord with all the…See More

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 More stirrings from the Thames riverbank.Your correspondent sampled Boeuf Bourguignon at the DITTY Sports Cafe in Pangbourne today, a dish that brought the sight and smell of  true French cuisine to this smart commuter-belt fleshpot.John Tuohy's new boutique gastropod rightly basked in long-awaited March sunshine as his top chef, Mo, finessed his personal take on this classic French peasant dish from Burgundy - warming up ahead of the Ditty's French evening later this month.A glass of J2E's…See More