I stood off to one side, Crew front and center in the council room, the place eerily empty without a crowd of Reading residents at my back filling every nook and cranny just to find out what was up.

Nope, not this afternoon the en masse gaping of every soul that lived in our fine little town. Turned out this was a closed meeting, despite being held in the huge room at the base of town hall more suited to mayoral debates and the odd craft sale. Multi-purpose? You ...