Latest news and updates

The latest news and updates from the NWR National Office team, plus articles, reviews, fiction and poems from NWR members.

National

NWR Big Read 2026

20 Jan 2026 Sam Bushell

National

2026 Country and Annual Themes

15 Dec 2025 Sam Bushell

National + HORSHAM group + SHEFFIELD / FULWOOD group

First ever joint winners announced for the Mary Stott Award 2025 at NWR National Conference

12 Aug 2025 Sam Bushell

National

2025 Annual Theme

5 Dec 2024 Sharon Gibson

National

NWR Big Read 2025

5 Dec 2024 Sharon Gibson

National

2025 Country Theme – The Channel Islands

4 Dec 2024 Sam Bushell

National

BBC Radio 4 – Last Word – Maureen Nicol OBE

12 Sep 2024 Sam Bushell

NEWPORT (Shropshire) group

Newport group celebrate 50 years with NWR!

15 Jan 2026 Sam Bushell

BURY ST EDMUNDS group

Sugar Rush

15 Jan 2026 Carole S.

KILBARCHAN group

First winter walk of 2026

10 Jan 2026 Linda B.

SALISBURY group

Epiphany ?

8 Jan 2026 Judy H.

SHEFFIELD / SOUTHWEST group

Christmas Lunch 2025

7 Jan 2026 Wendy C.

Reading Jane Austen Tour

30 Dec 2025 Lynn L.

Anne’s Story

29 Dec 2025 Anne T.

LEIGHTON BUZZARD 2 group

Celebrating Christmas

22 Dec 2025 Linda D.

KILBARCHAN group

Christmas Lunch

20 Dec 2025 Linda B.

SONNING COMMON group

Christmas in the Stonor Valley

18 Dec 2025 Mary W.

DEREHAM & SWAFFHAM group

Christmas Party 2025

18 Dec 2025 Rosemary P.

Christmas Party🎄

15 Dec 2025 Sue B.