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Culture

Do we have to choose between cars and breathing in poison?

Across the UK, children are walking to school along roads choked with both traffic and with pollution. These issues are inextricably linked, and although medical professionals are reluctant to suggest cause, incidences of respiratory disease are higher in the...

Masterpiece of masterpieces

Alan Moore reviews The Last London by Iain Sinclair Monumental in every sense, The Last London is a beautifully-chiselled hieroglyphic capstone set in place atop the fifty-year-high edifice of Iain Sinclair’s city writings, all the rising lines of the enquiry...

Wake up and smell the Yellow Bourbon

Three months ago Steve Peel opened the doors of a small converted garage space in Angel Street and a glorious smell wafted out. It was the aroma of roasting coffee and Yellow Bourbon Coffee Roasters was born. It marked the...

Launchpad Festival at Corby Cube gives new theatre-makers a stage this weekend

Local artists and theatre makers from across the region have been collaborating at The Core at Corby Cube to create exciting new performance works to be shown at the venue at its first Launchpad Festival, on Thursday 20 to...

Shine on through the summer months

Julie Teckman reveals how dressing for summer is a fashion language all of its own... Summer creates something of a dilemma for women of a certain age (that is, past their twenties). Dressing through winter and spring no longer presents...

Cheese of the month: Carlton Sheep’s Cheese

Steve & Caroline Ward , owners of St Giles Cheese bring you their choice fromage of the month A fresh Ewes milk cheese made just across the county border at Valley view farm in Carlton, Bedfordshire. Steve and Bev farm...

Little Criminals are on the loose at Delapre Abbey with Warts and All

Warts and All Theatre Young Actors groups have been working on two productions during July at Delapré Abbey after being awarded funding through Arts Council England for two open air productions. The shows with Young People aged 8-21 have been...

Long ago on a game console far away…

Computer aficionado James Sheppard plays as many Star Wars titles as possible… Star Wars. Even the name evokes scenes of wonder, excitement, and a glorious space opera spread across generations of geeks, nerds and the hipster chic. The very idea...

Walking the battlefield

At the weekend I felt like a big brave boy because I got some scratches on my leg while I was out on the old bicycle. Brambles and bitey things had left a few livid pin streaks of torn skin...

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...
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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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