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Cyclists visit every Queen Eleanor Cross site in annual ride

Keith Busfield describes an annual bike ride that takes in all 12 sites of all the Queen Eleanor crosses including Northampton… August Bank Holiday weekend was a [...]
The man who recreates Northampton’s lost landmark buildings

Many of Northampton’s lost landmark buildings have been recreated in amazing detail by a model railway enthusiast. (Pictures by Dave Ikin) The old Victorian Emporium [...]
The lure of life on the open road

‘Uncle’ Eric Whitehouse has fronted many local blues combos but he also has an ear for a story… On the back of the CD, there’s a small picture of a guy [...]
The Hog, the Dog and the Cat

Why the Rose of the Shires should be the Shire of the Roses [...]
He couldn’t get on with the posh boys

Lena Davis, of the Caring & Sharing Trust, opens her address book to tell us why she is friends with Brian Binley Writing about Brian Binley without the letters ‘MP’ [...]
How a king was defeated at the Battle of Northampton

Mike Ingram tells the story of the 1460 Battle of Northampton which will be commemorated on July 15 and 16 at Delapre Abbey. Northamptonshire Battlefield Society will have a [...]
It was the end of the world as we knew it

In his second piece about Northamptonshire during the English Civil War, Mike Ingram takes us back to June 1645, when the future of the nation was decided at the Battle of [...]
Notorious Northamptonshire the home of naughty

Mike Ingram tells how the lawlessness of medieval Northamptonshire led to it becoming a centre for experiments in fighting crime… Today, headlines like “Knife crime [...]
Magna Carta – the Northampton connection

Mike Ingram unpicks the role of Northampton in the Barons’ War and how it played a key role in bringing King John to seal Magna Carta… In 1202, Northampton was [...]
Leather at Lunchtime free lecture series

The National Leather Collection is hosting a series of free lunchtime lectures this week revealing the history of leathercraft. The NLC, housed above the Grosvenor Centre [...]
The Pomfret: a series of hipster-based coincidences

Barney Felce tells the story of The Pomfret Arm’s journey from abandoned shell to thriving Northampton pub (and it’s not a hipster bar)… Back in 2013 my [...]
The hidden war history of the Racecourse

Hilary Scott talks to an academic who is studying how The Racecourse was turned into a military camp… A major project researching the history of Northampton’s [...]
Thomas Becket vs the King of England: the trial of the millennium held in Northampton

Mike Ingram takes us step by step through the trial that shook the nation when the church took on the state at Northampton Castle Northampton has always been a place of Kings [...]
Civil disobedience broadened my horizons

Eric Whitehouse recalls what it was like staging a demonstration in Northampton… I’ve always taken an interest in what schools now call ‘current affairs’, [...]
Northampton remembers the Holocaust

The Errol Flynn Cinema is screening The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas to mark Holocaust Memorial Day. The Errol Flynn Cinema website describes The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas as [...]

Bill’s may be a chain but a good shopping hideout

We usually give priority on our eating out experiences in NQ to independent outlets who, like our humble selves, are battling against the bigger chaps with their deeper, [...]
Tap and Kitchen’s an odd modern mixture

WE needed an excuse to move further afield from the county town to discover more of Northamptonshire’s culinary hot-spots. When the in-laws decided, well in advance of [...]
Mother lovin’ noodles

Let me show you what mountain bikers eat, I said to my daughter as we pootled around Northampton on our bikes at the weekend. That’s how we ended up at Mothers Wok and [...]
Delapre’s Orangery has improved 18-months on . . . but still not for dogs

Back in August 2017 we wrote about the huge redevelopment that had been ongoing at Delapre Abbey in Northampton. One of the major changes was the removal of the much-loved [...]
Elwes lunch was a traditional treat

The search for Penda’s perfect Sunday lunch has become a bit of a quest for the family. Not organised enough to plan in advance, there are many weekends spent deciding at [...]
They have changed the menu at Buddies!

Towards the end of the last century I arrived in Northampton as a wide-eyed bumpkin from leafy Bedford and I asked the grizzled old hacks at the Chron what this dirty old [...]
Review: Posh picky bits at the Bread and Pullet

THERE’S a signature dish enjoyed at Casa Penda known as ‘Picky Bits’. This can come in premium and economy versions. The economy version is basically leftovers, some [...]

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Cyclists visit every Queen Eleanor Cross site in annual ride

The man who recreates Northampton’s lost landmark buildings

The lure of life on the open road

The Hog, the Dog and the Cat

He couldn’t get on with the posh boys

How a king was defeated at the Battle of Northampton

It was the end of the world as we knew it

Notorious Northamptonshire the home of naughty

Magna Carta – the Northampton connection

Leather at Lunchtime free lecture series

The Pomfret: a series of hipster-based coincidences

The hidden war history of the Racecourse

Thomas Becket vs the King of England: the trial of the millennium held in Northampton

Civil disobedience broadened my horizons

Northampton remembers the Holocaust

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Mother lovin’ noodles

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Elwes lunch was a traditional treat

They have changed the menu at Buddies!

Review: Posh picky bits at the Bread and Pullet

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