‘Booker Young Chef of the Year’ is one of 18 categories in this year’s Weetabix Northamptonshire Food & Drink Awards. Sponsored by the ever supportive Booker, with an aim to encourage young talent and help to shine a light...
In Britain and America today, there is a culture in media criticism (an industry that is largely white) that still does not see Black-lead creative projects as relatable. Stories that are not "Black stories" but simply stories that feature...
Born into enslavement on the Caribbean island of Bermuda in 1785, Mary Prince was the first woman to present an anti-slavery petition to Parliament. She also testified at two libel cases following the publication of her autobiography The History...
For me, the only issue with The Belgrade's Big Aunty is that audiences never get to see Big Aunty AKA Vivienne Mavis Taylor. She is the title character who we get to know beyond the grave. With numerous people...
The hugely popular adaptation of Deborah Moggach's story of pensioners seeking a new life in India comes to Royal & Derngate with a star-studded cast.
Based on the Sunday Times bestseller which inspired one of this century’s most treasured...
The Weetabix Northamptonshire Food and Drink Awards is back for its fifteenth year with another sensational set of categories and sponsors.
The Awards are a celebration and recognition of excellence within the Northamptonshire food and drink sector. It is a...
Stripped back history play brings Shakepeare's Globe and Headlong to Northampton stage
Like this pared back, stark adaptation of Shakespeare’s Henry V, the audience was much reduced on Wednesday’s Press Night, due to heavy snowfall.
But those of us who made...
Historic campus making way for housing after the main campus moved to Waterside in 2018
It's difficult to count the number of students who must have passed through the doors of Avenue Campus in Northampton, now under demolition...
Review of Michael Rosen’s Unexpected Twist, Royal and Derngate, Northampton
As latecomers were still taking their seats, two young male actors appear in front of the curtain to beatbox a message – this show has no instruments other than voice....
I have unfair expectations of many people - the sports teams I support, the politicians I don't vote for, even Jesus - but perhaps the most unreasonably high expectations I have of anyone are for bakeries.
My expectations are so...
