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Fiori Musicali: beautiful music in the heart of Northamptonshire

Peter Dennis talks about one of the county’s cultural hidden gems… Among the finest of Northampton’s cultural secrets is Fiori Musicali. With a passion to [...]
American air hero who kept returning to Northampton

It’s Facebook time, folks! Like many others, writes Eric Whitehouse, I love to surf the Northampton local history site and…………. There’s a feature [...]
Folk history: secretly tanked up

Northampton Bluesman ‘Uncle’ Eric Whitehouse has seen a few things and heard a few more, these are his stories… When you live in a place for a long time, [...]
Battle of Northampton memorial walk

The annual Battle of Northampton memorial walk is tonight. Historian Mike Ingram will lead a tour of the battlefield from 7pm, starting at Queen Eleanor’s Cross where a [...]
Our great American tales

For a good part of its history, Northamptonshire was at the centre of events that shaped our country, however in recent years, for the most part, the county has forgotten or [...]
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 [...]
Alan Moore will scrap plan to shoot TV series in Northampton if libraries are closed

Alan Moore said he will scrap plans to shoot a TV series in Northampton if plans to close the majority of the county’s libraries go ahead. The writer and film-maker [...]
New shoe factory sited in Northampton because our skills cannot be copied

The first new shoe factory for years has been opened in Northampton by Foster and Sons. The high end boot and shoemaker of Jermyn Street, London, is aiming to create top [...]
The amazing adventures of Walter Tull

Tre Ventour examines the life and times of Water Tull… Today, there are numerous black footballers being adored by fans and earning millions of pounds in the British [...]
The battle decided by a Banbury bar maid

Historian Mike Ingram reveals the story behind the Battle of Edgecote which legend has it was decided by the whim of a Banbury bar maid… It was the year 1469. The [...]
Would you know what Wooow-oow meant?

‘Uncle’ Eric Whitehouse, bluesman and raconteur, recalls one of his favourite stories about the Cobblers… “Wooow…ooow!” (www)….the cry goes [...]
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 [...]
How do you fix a hospital that is ‘the worst in the Kingdom for a Recepticle of sick people’?

The 225th anniversary of Northampton General Hospital passed in September, Julia Corps of Northampton Heritage Hunters looks at its early beginnings… [...]
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 [...]
How war and life as a refugee inspired me

Proprietor of LeSpice Merchant Imran a. Chowdhury describes the long journey that ended with him working in and serving the community of Northamptonshire… The journey [...]

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 [...]
Church salvation is historic and gastronomic

Review: The Church, 67-83 Bridge Street, Northampton, NN1 1PD. Tel: 01604 603800 Penda remembers when the church on the island at the bottom of Bridge Street was pretty much [...]

Tap and Kitchen’s an odd modern mixture

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Fiori Musicali: beautiful music in the heart of Northamptonshire

American air hero who kept returning to Northampton

Folk history: secretly tanked up

Battle of Northampton memorial walk

Our great American tales

Northampton remembers the Holocaust

Alan Moore will scrap plan to shoot TV series in Northampton if libraries are closed

New shoe factory sited in Northampton because our skills cannot be copied

The amazing adventures of Walter Tull

The battle decided by a Banbury bar maid

Would you know what Wooow-oow meant?

Cyclists visit every Queen Eleanor Cross site in annual ride

How do you fix a hospital that is ‘the worst in the Kingdom for a Recepticle of sick people’?

The man who recreates Northampton’s lost landmark buildings

How war and life as a refugee inspired me

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Mother lovin’ noodles

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Review: Posh picky bits at the Bread and Pullet

Church salvation is historic and gastronomic

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