What kind of idiot opens a shop during a financial crisis?
‘What kind of idiot opens a shop at a time of economic turbulence and crisis on the high street and in retail?’ If you’d asked me this time last year what I thought [...]
Commentary
New Writers Nights: How to make a happening happen
A study commissioned by an online casino in March last year revealed the top 10 topics for conversations in pubs, writes Dan McGarry. For those of you that remember the [...]
Binnertime at The Tollemache Arms
When chef Joe Buckley took on the challenge of hosting the biggest Elsie’s Cafe binnertime event so far he thought it would be a good way to keep his staff on their toes. [...]
Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose
Delving into the story behind BBC slavery epic The Long Song with Tré Ventour… Through her books, including Small Island and The Long Song Andrea Levy has been a voice [...]
Why Jo Gordon’s reign as chief exec at Royal & Derngate should be music to our ears
The Stage has just released its list of the 100 most influential people in British entertainment and that included two people from Northampton’s Royal & Derngate: [...]
Just spread the love – what Harry Redknapp, Holly Willoughby, Stacey Dooley and Gareth Southgate can teach us this year
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 [...]
Jeremy Corbyn drops into Northampton and issues plea for Hope Centre
The leader of Her Majesty’s Opposition Jeremy Corbyn visited Northampton today and called for plans to close the Hope Centre to be scrapped. Over 14,000 people have [...]
Hope Centre chief in Q & A after movie screening
If you like getting stuck into the issues raised by a movie when the credits roll Northampton Filmhouse has just the thing for you tonight. The Palme D’Or winning [...]
Why I named my mint plant Northampton
Bianca Todd has some suggestions for revitalising the town centre of Northampton… The town centre reminds me of my mint plant that I’m trying to grow in my office, I [...]