Jane Percival is a miniaturist. It has been the work of a lifetime making two buildings packed with detailed furniture and fittings - one based on the Ambush Street Co-op in Northampton.
Photographer Dave Ikin took these pictures of what...
Andy Shaw recalls working with a showbiz legend...
More than several, but fewer than many years ago, I harboured an aspiration to be ‘The World’s Greatest Drummer’. Inspired by growing up in household filled with musicians, the clincher was an...
Eric Whitehouse recalls what it was like staging a demonstration in Northampton...
I’ve always taken an interest in what schools now call ‘current affairs’, believing that it was a citizen’s duty to be aware of what was going on in...
New County Council leader Cllr Matthew Golby and finance portfolio holder Cllr Michael Clarke are charged with getting Northamptonshire back on an even keel. Lena Davis sat them down with a cup of tea to hear what their plans...
Helen Blaby reveals the importance of her tunes...
Someone said to me this week that they couldn’t imagine a world without music. I don’t think I can either. For as long as I can remember music has been a part...
Barney Felce reflects on the politics of parties...
When I was a small boy in the seventies and eighties I didn’t go to many birthday parties.
I don’t think it was compulsory to have one then as it is now. I...
Self-harm, low life expectancy, serious deprivation and double the national average for smoking deaths are just some of the challenges faced by Northamptonshire communities today.
The county’s problems have been laid bare in a wide ranging report commissioned by Northamptonshire...
Northampton Mayor Gareth Eales went to Northampton, Massachusetts, as a birthday treat but new links could be forged following the trip...
Less than two weeks ago, I had the misfortune of experiencing my 40th birthday. To commemorate this milestone, me and...
Michella Dos Santos of the Magic Bean Emporium recalls her own sobering encounters with the sleazy side of showbusiness but is still chasing down her dream...
I believe that everyone has kindness in their hearts (some, have it deep down...
