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Making the past part of Northampton’s future

It was one of the great strongholds of the kingdom before it fell into ruin but Dr Marie Dickie OBE says Northampton Castle can still be an influential presence in the [...]
Northamptonshire’s hot protestants and the Great Rebellion

Mike Ingram looks at the county’s part in the English Civil War… The ‘Great Rebellion’ better known today as the English Civil War began on 22 August 1642. [...]
Fotheringhay – another missing Northamptonshire castle

Mike Ingram reveals the history of Fotheringhay Castle, a forgotten jewel in Northamptonshire’s crown… Northamptonshire just drips with history. Almost every [...]
Open your eyes to our hidden treasures

A chance look to the left reminds the BBC’s Helen Blaby that Northampton is full of hidden treasures and some of them might not be there forever… As I was coming [...]
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 [...]
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’, [...]
The National Leather Collection welcomes BBC Civilisations

Victoria Green of the National Leather Centre reflects on the historic importance of traditional Northamptonshire skills… What does the term ‘civilisation’ mean to [...]
What is the enduring appeal of Stoke Bruerne at War?

Roger Hasdell, Mick Butler, and Lynda Payton (Friends of The Canal Museum) talk about the history and success of Stoke Bruerne at War… pictures by Dave Ikin Over the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
We’re a little bit Saxon and a little bit Viking

Historian Mike Ingram delves into Northampton’s distant past and finds it once again at the centre of history-making events Throughout its early history, what would [...]
The Empire shuts its mouth

Writer Tré Ventour asks Does Britain Really Have Historical Amnesia? as he reflects on his experience as a young black man educated in Britain. When you’re a member of [...]
When Billing Road Cemetery was big business

Retired landscape designer Christine Whittemore of Northampton Heritage Hunters looks at the history of Billing Road Cemetery… In the mid-19th century churchyards had [...]
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 [...]

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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Making the past part of Northampton’s future

Northamptonshire’s hot protestants and the Great Rebellion

Fotheringhay – another missing Northamptonshire castle

Open your eyes to our hidden treasures

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

Civil disobedience broadened my horizons

The National Leather Collection welcomes BBC Civilisations

What is the enduring appeal of Stoke Bruerne at War?

The hidden war history of the Racecourse

Northampton remembers the Holocaust

We’re a little bit Saxon and a little bit Viking

The Empire shuts its mouth

When Billing Road Cemetery was big business

Notorious Northamptonshire the home of naughty

Magna Carta – the Northampton connection

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When Billing Road Cemetery was big business

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Northamptonshire’s Richard III was the victim of a French coup

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

Tap and Kitchen’s an odd modern mixture

Mother lovin’ noodles

Delapre’s Orangery has improved 18-months on . . . but still not for dogs

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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