Mother lovin’ noodles
Let me show you what mountain bikers eat, I said to my daughter as we pootled around Northampton on our bikes at the weekend. That’s how we ended up at Mothers Wok and [...]
Reviews
Why you can now believe in Ghosts
What a night of degenerate filth. It was quite superb. The new Made in Northampton production at the Royal Theatre in Northampton is Ibsen’s Ghosts. It’s first [...]
Revenge is so sweet
Lena Davis has been a music producer, writer and Personal Manager; a photographer and journalist and, over thirty years ago, got together with Caroline Scattergood to create [...]
Delapre’s Orangery has improved 18-months on . . . but still not for dogs
Back in August 2017 we wrote about the huge redevelopment that had been ongoing at Delapre Abbey in Northampton. One of the major changes was the removal of the much-loved [...]
Elwes lunch was a traditional treat
The search for Penda’s perfect Sunday lunch has become a bit of a quest for the family. Not organised enough to plan in advance, there are many weekends spent deciding at [...]
Avenue Q will shock you with what used to be shocking
If you fancy a quick situation report on how far we’ve come lately you could do worse than spending the evening on Avenue Q. If you are not aware of this 16-year-old [...]
They have changed the menu at Buddies!
Towards the end of the last century I arrived in Northampton as a wide-eyed bumpkin from leafy Bedford and I asked the grizzled old hacks at the Chron what this dirty old [...]
One of the the most important plays I’ll watch this year
Tre Ventour reviews the Made In Northampton production Our Lady of Kibeho, staged for the first time in the UK at Royal & Derngate… Photos by Manuel Harlan Kibeho [...]
JK Rowling is criminally good
Lena Davis has been a music producer, writer and Personal Manager; a photographer and journalist and, over thirty years ago, got together with Caroline Scattergood to create [...]