He attended the Forest School in Winnersh with the other original members of The Cooper Temple Clause band, with whom he grew up with in Reading.
Golden Globe-winning BBC sitcom The Office namechecks Winnersh when Ricky Gervais as David Brent muses on his future: "My world does not end with these four walls. Slough's a big place, and when I'm finished with Slough, there's Reading, Aldershot, Bracknell, you know, I've got – Didcot, Yateley. You know. My – Winnersh, Taplow. And because I am my own boss, I can.. Burghfield."
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Place names such as Earsham, Winnersh and Wonersh derive from their situation in an earsh field.