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Wellbeing

Discovering the real value of cheap hippy stuff at the Umbrella Festival

Chris Harris reflects on his first encounter with Northampton's Umbrella Festival... The sound of silence was all there was to be heard on Northampton's Racecourse at 11:30am. To the untrained eye, there was just a smattering of fences, vehicles and tents...

Hot pink on a bowling green?

Helen Blaby reflects on the future of bowls... As I write this, I’m keeping an eye on the live scoring from the Bowls England National Championships which are taking place in Leamington Spa. As a keen bowler it’s somewhere I...

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...

The choir for people who struggle to breathe

When you walk into a room full of people who can hardly breathe the last thing you expect them to do is burst into song. But at the Singing4Breathing second birthday celebration this week they not only did that but...

How can I be happy when the world is in turmoil?

As a therapist I am repeatedly asked the same question “How can I be happy when the world is in such turmoil?” ...writes Lena Davis. Well, just like you, I’m bombarded by news via the internet, TV and the press....

How the waste was won

​Kate Wills tells the story of Elsie's Cafe... It was a conversation that has been shared across the land. On this occasion, it took place at the NN Café in Guildhall Road, where keen foodies Shena Cooper, Sheila Cox and Jan Willetts...

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...

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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