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Discovering the real value of cheap hippy stuff at the Umbrella Festival

Chris Harris reflects on his first encounter with Northampton's Umbrella Festival... The sound of silence was all there was to be heard on Northampton's Racecourse at 11:30am. To the untrained eye, there was just a smattering of fences, vehicles and tents...

Aladdin stars tell us what Northampton means to them

At 12.30pm on a late summer day in the Grosvenor Centre, Northampton's shoppers paused for a brief moment of showbiz. The stars of this year's Derngate panto Aladdin were gathered for the now traditional annual unveiling of the cast. It...

Last chance to see behind the scenes at the Cobblers’ Sixfields stadium with the Twelfth Player

There's just a couple of days left to catch The Twelfth Player at the Cobblers' Sixfields stadium in Northampton. This innovative multimedia walking tour/theatre show is just £5 a head and runs until Wednesday. It's a great activity for all...

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

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 of Edwin Valero, a world champion boxer from Venezuela, takes place...

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

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 or a writer, the nature of working in the theatre industry, and specialising in...

Nominate your Local Food Hero

Previous winners include a village shop staffed by the local community, a dairy farmer whose early alarm clock had been ringing for forty years and a café which serves food which would otherwise go to waste – and now,...

Northampton Carnival 2017 pictures

The floats and street dancers of Northampton Carnival assembled on Northampton Racecourse before taking to the streets. They headed off down Kettering Road before taking a tour of the town and then returning to the Racecourse. Karin Johnstone took the following...

Pretty Muddy Northampton 5K pictures

Cancer Research UK's Race for Life took place at Abington Park on Saturday under the banner of the Pretty Muddy Northampton 5K. Entrants followed a course around the park with muddy obstacles to negotiate. Photographer Dave Ikin captured these images:  

Horse drawn dray delivers English summer scene

A small piece of history was made when the first horse drawn beer delivery in Northampton since 1908 ended its round at the beer festival in Becket's Park. Phipps Brewery, which organises the festival along with Northants CAMRA, sent out...

Northampton County Beer Festival pictures

The weather is looking less rainy for day two of Northampton County Beer Festival, tomorrow. The festival Facebook page is here. Photographer Dave Ikin was out with the crowds at Becket's Park sampling ales. Here are his shots of the action.
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Made in Northampton Party Season’s parenting stereotypes broke me with a single line – theatre review, Royal& Derngate

There was robust debate over a glass of pop following press night of Royal & Derngate's latest Made in...
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