Keith Busfield describes an annual bike ride that takes in all 12 sites of all the Queen Eleanor crosses including Northampton...
August Bank Holiday weekend was a scorcher. Cyclists taking part in the 9th Queen Eleanor Cycle Ride raising money for...
It took a while for us to get to The Smokepit in Northampton, which opened in 2015. The building had been so many things before, including the Blue Plate Diner and briefly Chilli’s Indian Buffet.
On our first visit we’d...
Hilary Scott looks at the offer of free childcare provision for pre-schoolers and asks how effective it will be...
There was a point, many years ago, when I earned ten pounds a month less than I paid in childcare.
It sounds...
Mike Ingram unpicks the role of Northampton in the Barons' War and how it played a key role in bringing King John to seal Magna Carta...
In 1202, Northampton was one of eleven towns which purchased the right to buy...
In Cogenhoe the Caring and Sharing Trust runs Cotton's Farmhouse.
Day to day it is a support centre for people with learning disabilities, their families and carers. The science behind it is art therapy but the magic behind it is...
Computer Aficionado James Sheppard gets pwned constantly…..
“Does it have multiplayer?”
It’s probably the most asked question of any computer game, straight after; “How much??!” when exclaimed by some poor grandparent trying to get little Timmy a treat. Maybe you...
Double Olympic medal-winning cyclist Becky James will show her continuing support for Northampton’s Cynthia Spencer Hospice by setting off the riders at the county’s favourite annual fundraising bike ride, Cycle4Cynthia, later this month!
The former Welsh international, who picked...
Karin Johnstone gets in the mood for some cinema viewing...
Settling down on the sofa to watch Sir Mo in the World Championships an old friend who had joined me asked me how my yoga practice was going.
Well, you know,...
Anna Murby updates us on the Carlsberg Northamptonshire Food and Drink Awards...
With a greater number of entries than ever before and a wealth of new companies engaging with the competition, a fresh line-up of county producers find themselves battling...
SB Jones writes and dabbles in drawing and painting. She also dabbles in deep-space astronomy and astro-physics, botany and other natural history. As well as comets and planets, she loves trees and bats, and all sorts of music. Some Nene Quirer...
