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Bluebell bliss

Gardening writer Hilary Scott takes Bonnie to Coton Manor Gardens... The late afternoon sunshine dapples through the trees at Coton Manor Gardens, illuminating a carpet of violet blue and vivid green. And there’s nothing to match the scent of an English...

He couldn’t get on with the posh boys

Lena Davis, of the Caring & Sharing Trust, opens her address book to tell us why she is friends with Brian Binley Writing about Brian Binley without the letters ‘MP’ attached seems really odd. If ever there was a man...

A Parisian romance

Film writer Karin Johnstone shares her pick of upcoming movies at the Errol Flynn cinema... Over Easter I went on a short break to Marseille. In my head, it was a romantic fishing port where I’d be sitting by the...

We’re in the middle of a beer boom

UoN lecturer Simon Wragg shows how Northamptonshire's brewing success fits into a national sector that is booming The beer market in the UK is currently undergoing quite a revival. A recent report showed that a new brewery was opening up every...

Hip Hops: Straight outta Hamtun

With dozens of micro-breweries and the Carlsberg mega-brewery, Northamptonshire is quietly becoming the unofficial capital of beer in the UK. Alaric Neville, famously once a sound engineer come producer for the band Chumbawumba, is known in Northampton as part of the...

Northampton’s secret artists

I must confess, art was a talent that skipped past me. I still have memories of attempting a silhouette of a classmate that ended up looking more like an excited puppy, and for years if someone wanted me to...

Subtle flavours of the Grapes of Wrath

The Grapes of Wrath with musical numbers? Tre Ventour has shared his review with us, which first appeared on Got Fandom? Based on John Steinbeck's iconic novel, Grapes of Wrath follows the Joad family in search of a better life...

Splash of colour for a good cause

Photographer Dave Ikin captured these images of the annual Cynthia Spencer Colour Run. It was held for the first time at Overstone, having outgrown its previous venue, Castle Ashby. This time the event had over 1,000 runners taking part....

Queen Eleanor’s Cross – a love story

Alarming pictures of Northampton's Queen Eleanor Cross overgrown with weeds prompted a new Facebook group and the promise of action from Northampton Borough Council. Historian Mike Ingram reminds us why we are so lucky to have it at Delapre... Since...

How to dismantle an addiction

Recovery worker Matt Baker describes one man's journey from addiction to a new outlook on life... Helping others helps us As we all know addiction is a huge problem within our society. We’d be forgiven for thinking that this is an...
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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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