Northamptonshire is sadly not normally recognised for its literary connections. We have all heard of the brilliant Alan Moore, writer of V for Vendetta, Watchmen and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, the poets John Clare and John Dryden (Britain’s...
My first encounter with the author of Richard III and the Battle of Bosworth now seems like it took place in another era of history.
Many years ago I was news editor of the Northampton Chronicle & Echo and I...
Lena Davis has been a music producer, writer and Personal Manager; a photographer and journalist and, over thirty years ago, got together with Caroline Scattergood to create the Caring & Sharing Trust to bring music, hope and love into...
Lena Davis has been a music producer, writer and Personal Manager; a photographer and journalist and, over thirty years ago, got together with Caroline Scattergood to create the Caring & Sharing Trust to bring music, hope and love into...
Lena Davis has been a music producer, writer and Personal Manager; a photographer and journalist and, over thirty years ago, got together with Caroline Scattergood to create the Caring & Sharing Trust to bring music, hope and love into...
Shirley Jones looks at the work of Northamptonshire Authors Co-operative and listens into a talk by the writer Stephen Loveless...
You and I have a relationship: you are reading what I’ve written. But it is an odd relationship – I’ve...
Shirley Jones' uniquely forensic reflections on the Northamptonshire literary festival which gives us grandeur relaxed...
How can anybody fit into this? A thought commonly held of living in small spaces, but which occurred to me when visiting Althorp for its...
Reviewing the Situation with Lena Davis
“Watching You” by Lisa Jewell (published by Century Press)
“China’s Oasis” is co-written by David Gotts and Richard Harris (Monarch £8.99)
Please grab your £12.99 and rush out pronto to buy a copy of “Watching You”...
An artist who has brought to life images of historical figures by adding colour has carried out a private commission for Earl Spencer. Marina Amaral will be interviewed at the Althorp Literary Festival in October.
The festival publicists released the...
The RT Hon Andrea Leadsom MP popped into the Caring & Sharing Trust’s headquarters in Cogenhoe to donate books to the children’s section of their soon-to-be-opened library. Andrea will be among the patrons of the charity attending the official...
