Culture – The NeneQuirer

Free tickets to new boxing-based play reading at Northampton’s Underground

June 20, 2017 // 0 Comments

Standing 8 Theatre Company Presents GO DOWN SWINGING A new play by Dan McGarry On Friday 23 June at 7.45pm A FREE rehearsed reading of a new play inspired by the life [...]

Yellow garden gold

June 16, 2017 // 0 Comments

There’s a masochistic pleasure in visiting the gardens of strangers. You get to poke around gardens that are usually much nicer than yours, attached to homes that are [...]

Red Lion is still worth its salt

June 16, 2017 // 0 Comments

Someone flashing their knickers at you for two hours might sound like an ideal night out for some. But when you’re out for an anniversary meal with your beloved at The [...]

In a land of pixie science

June 16, 2017 // 0 Comments

I suffer from a sadly all too common condition – a form of clothing dyslexia, or fashion blindness if you will. I laboured under the misapprehension for a long time that [...]

Fast fashion’s global challenge starts with us

June 15, 2017 // 0 Comments

Hilary Scott discovers how the University of Northampton fashion department is designing for the future… The word ‘fashion’ will probably prompt one of two pretty [...]

Death of a Salesman: Capitalism, A Love Story

June 14, 2017 // 0 Comments

Writer Tre Ventour reacts to Death of a Salesman at Royal & Derngate… Salesman Willy Loman (Nicholas Woodeson) is a man in crisis. He’s about to sacked from his [...]

Get ready for ‘Scuff Night’ with Warts and All Theatre at Northampton’s Foodies.Rocks

June 13, 2017 // 0 Comments

June always brings with it so much excitement as we head towards our traditionally busier time of year, writes Christopher Elmer-Gorry. Whether that’s as a director [...]

Jungle is massive

June 13, 2017 // 0 Comments

Alan Moore explores The Erstwhile, the second book in the Brian Catling fantasy trilogy that began with The Vorrh… It was some few years ago, just after I’d emerged [...]

Get your teeth into identity

June 13, 2017 // 0 Comments

The final vent in the Transition project was themed around Identity with exhibition of works from Steve Godfrey & Roy Wallace. Steve Godfrey explored Vampiric Presence [...]