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No Hipster guilt here – supporting your local cafe is about community and a decent cuppa

January 12, 2018 // 0 Comments

A regular visit to an artisan coffee shop and bakery might sound like an extravagance in these straitened times, but it’s worth so much more than a one-off treat. It’s a [...]

Fabulous fine dining in theatre’s top room – Hibiscus, Northampton review

November 24, 2017 // 0 Comments

Penda had been looking forward to this. A promise of an up-market dining experience in Northampton for less than £30 a head? Yes please. Hibiscus is tucked away upstairs in [...]

Review: Education Education Education, Royal and Derngate, Northampton

October 12, 2017 // 0 Comments

By Hilary Scott. @nosylocaljourno Twenty years ago, in 1997, I interviewed the relatively unknown Tony Blair as he was campaigning in Northampton. It was just before the [...]

Finding yourself in Skegness

October 23, 2012 // 1 Comment

Wrangle, Leake and Drainside pass by as I drive. Small settlements and thoroughfares with names that remind me England can still be remote and unusual. It’s a surprise [...]

Being bombarded

September 13, 2011 // 0 Comments

Being shelled, the way I was shelled, was a bit like having high explosive hiccups. There was a long enough pause between each blast to make me wonder if that last one was [...]

Cherie immediately created a buzz, flirting her way through us like a knife through butter. I was surprised by how curvy she looked. My photographer for the job was a young lad who had arrived in a leather biker's jacket and Cherie homed in on him. [...]

Will Self interview 2006

February 14, 2006 // 0 Comments

IF you type the name of novelist, satirist and journalist Will Self into an internet search engine, apart from sites dedicated to the man himself you will find several [...]

Howard Marks interview 2004

November 12, 2004 // 0 Comments

HOWARD MARKS is a 59-year-old nuclear physicist but that’s not why theatres across the country have been selling out when he arrives to perform his spoken word [...]

Alan Moore interview 2003

October 20, 2003 // 0 Comments

ALAN MOORE is not talking about his book The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. This might seem strange of the Northampton author because the Hollywood film version, starring [...]

Gripped by the Cobblers: Another day to forget, Curle under pressure & the structural debate rumbles on

October 13, 2019 // 0 Comments

Poor old mysterious Curle is having a tough time of it at the moment, not quite as bad as the Cobblers fans who had to endure the 3-0 rout at Scunthorpe but a tough time [...]

County family features in new Stop MS campaign

October 10, 2019 // 0 Comments

A Northamptonshire family is featured in the MS Society’s new £100million Stop MS campaign which airs for the first time on TV tonight. Jacqueline Krarup, 57, lives [...]

When you make public art you have big shoes to fill

October 9, 2019 // 0 Comments

A new sculpture trail is being created in the town – the Northampton Shoe Sculpture Trail. Giant shoes on plinths – created by Noel Blakeman Ltd and decorated by [...]

A feast of tries but the takeaways are more exciting

October 7, 2019 // 0 Comments

It was a replay of the final that saw Saints trading punches with the big dog of the Premiership for an hour and ultimately Saracens won the arm wrestle. However even if [...]

Experts warn council to get Greyfriars right or it will damage Northampton

October 6, 2019 // 0 Comments

The conundrum of what to build on the flattened site of Greyfriars Bus Station in the centre of Northampton continues despite an investigation by Mayfair planning consultants [...]

How arthritis changed Jan’s approach to her art

September 30, 2019 // 0 Comments

Jan Harrington was an exhibiting artist working in pen and ink before arthritis made creating art increasingly difficult. It was while she was studying Fine Art at University [...]

Hide inside: a look into the centre for leather excellence

September 26, 2019 // 0 Comments

You can’t help a wry smile when you say it: Northampton is the world centre for excellence in leather. Perhaps it’s the Kinky Boots thing. Perhaps leather just [...]

The powerful stories behind the Cycle4Cynthia bike ride

September 24, 2019 // 0 Comments

How do you turn thousands of cycle wheel revolutions into hundreds of hours of vital hospice care? Simple! You challenge riders at Northamptonshire’s favourite charity [...]

McWilliams stars for Town’s mayhem men but Crawley claw back Cobblers

September 22, 2019 // 0 Comments

Kings Heath lad Shaun McWilliams ran himself into the ground but Northampton couldn’t keep up a frenetic pace in Indian summer sun as Crawley Town came from 2-0 down to [...]