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Local poets searching for the write stuff

Northamptonshire is known to be very much a music county, but it has been home to many a poetry event over the years, writes Tre Ventour. From Rumour Quill’s ‘One Night Stanza’ to Soul Food Poetry’s Knock Knock; from Raising...

Praiseworthy interpretation of an American great

Tre Ventour reviews West Side Story which was at Royal & Derngate... Adapted from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, West Side Story takes place in America. Verona becomes New York City in the 1950s. The feuding families are displaced by warring gangs....

Skegvegas taught me how to put on a show

Northampton bluesman Eric Whitehouse shares his memories of seaside holidays and what a summer in Skegvegas taught him about showbusiness... Recently, my lovely Annie and I took a nostalgic limp down Memory Lane to revisit, for a few days, a...

The Hope Centre: We are going to stand and fight

The Hope Centre has been given 12 months to leave its purpose built home at Oasis House in Northampton. Chief Executive of the Hope Group Robin Burgess explains why they are fighting back... If you have grown up in Northampton...

Heroes for Peace concert marks a century since the end of World War One

Northamptonshire's World War One heroes will be celebrated in a special concert at Royal & Derngate. One of the largest amateur choirs ever assembled at the theatre will take part in Heroes for Peace: an armistice concert on Sunday November...

Notorious Northamptonshire the home of naughty

Mike Ingram tells how the lawlessness of medieval Northamptonshire led to it becoming a centre for experiments in fighting crime... Today, headlines like “Knife crime hits record high in England and Wales as violence soars” emblazon newspapers across Britain. But...

New shoe factory sited in Northampton because our skills cannot be copied

The first new shoe factory for years has been opened in Northampton by Foster and Sons. The high end boot and shoemaker of Jermyn Street, London, is aiming to create top quality ready to wear shoes using the skills of...

He was lying in a sleeping bag that was on fire

Bianca Todd of Community Courtyard describes the shocking moment she found a homeless relative in Northampton had been set on fire by teenagers... Walking down Abington Street through the town centre some people notice the empty shops; I’m noticing the...

Sexual outlaws in a time of social unrest

The Racecourse Pavilion, Northampton recently hosted the launch event for a beautiful and impactful exhibition of photographs, featuring portraiture with a political and social story to tell. Liz Carroll-Wheat attended the launch and met with photographer Matthew Toresen, to discuss...

How do you fix a hospital that is ‘the worst in the Kingdom for a Recepticle of sick people’?

The 225th anniversary of Northampton General Hospital passed in September, Julia Corps of Northampton Heritage Hunters looks at its early beginnings...              The new Northampton Infirmary was opened 225yrs ago in September 1793. It was...
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Strictly star lined up for next Royal and Derngate panto

Strictly champion Joanne Clifton and CBeebies star Andy Day to lead the cast of Royal & Derngate’s pantomime Cinderella Strictly champion and musical theatre...
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