What Slowthai did when he returned to Northampton College
“What’s good?” Slowthai has had the briefest of introductions to the students in the packed lecture theatre at Northampton College and now he is asking the questions. [...]
Culture
Ale’s well that ends well
Turning one’s passion into a career isn’t the easiest of paths to follow but it’s something that one Northamptonshire farmer’s son has achieved smoothly, thanks to a [...]
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 [...]
Your chance to win a hamper by Smiths/Sauls
Celebrate spring with a hamper full of top quality local produce courtesy of Smith’s Farmshops and Sauls of Spratton. The two local heroes have teamed up to put together a [...]
A casualty of lethal poverty
I went to a memorial service for someone I didn’t know. It was at All Saints in the centre of Northampton on a sunny Saturday afternoon. The restoration grandeur of [...]
Why you can now believe in Ghosts
What a night of degenerate filth. It was quite superb. The new Made in Northampton production at the Royal Theatre in Northampton is Ibsen’s Ghosts. It’s first [...]
The ever humble Joe Martin
Renowned previously as the enigmatic, hip-shakin’ frontman of punk-rock group, The Mobbs, Joe Martin, aka Joe Go Loco, has adorned a Chuck Berry stance, and formed new [...]
The psychedlic road movie that started at NSB
A shimmering lake surrounded by mountains, fresh air palpable. A small red rucksack catches my eye in the corner of a field. It’s my corporate screensaver but something [...]
The Nene is part of who we are
The writer Richard Mabey suggests that our sense of locality, our sense of being, perhaps belonging here, is as much to do with our feeling territorial, as it is to do with [...]