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Let The Red Turtle bring you out of your shell

Karin Johnstone looks at the treats ahead at the Errol Flynn cinema... With previous weather making me ponder whether to build my ark or not a simpler solution may be to retreat to the shelter of the Errol Flynn Filmhouse....

Hats the way to do it (sorry readers)

Northampton College students are busy preparing for their annual fashion show which, this year, takes place on Wednesday 21st June with two shows, one at 4pm and a second at 8pm. This year’s catwalk presentation is showcasing the range...

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,...

Nostalgia ain’t what it used to be

Computer afficionado James Sheppard looks back on some classic games….. I have a beard and wear thick framed scaffolding for glasses. I yearn for classic 80’s beats and parade around in T-shirts depicting fringe bands, or geek references only...

So that’s where it is

Helen Blaby continues her detective work on the Grosvenor Centre mural... Isn’t it funny how your mind can play tricks on you, or you only have selective memory? I was absolutely convinced that the mural which used to be in...

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...

Northampton students at Graduate Fashion Week

Grime music, mental health issues and even geometry all featured at this year’s Graduate Fashion Week when University of Northampton students took over the catwalk on Tuesday 6 June, writes Julie Allen. The 15 students from the BA (Hons) Fashion,...

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:  

Counting wildlife is not a shot in the dark any more

Richard Hollingum says we are all equipped to study wildlife In Richard Jefferies 1879 book Wildlife in A Southern County he recounts how, being unsure as to whether the unusual bird singing was or was not a fieldfare - it...

Our undiscovered stories

​Zach Patel-Champion helms 1069NNBC's new show Undiscovered Northampton which is sponsored by The NeneQuirer... Where to start? My name is Zach and whilst my baby-face might say otherwise, I’m 23 going on 43 years old. I’m Northampton born and bred,...
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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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