The NeneQuirer

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 [...]

The Worst Witch is the best

December 12, 2018 // 0 Comments

Review – The Worst Witch, Royal Theatre Northampton (show seen, Sunday Dec 9) THEY are pretty tough to impress, ten-year-old girls. They’ve just reached that eye-rolling, [...]

Caught by Hook, lines and singers

December 12, 2018 // 0 Comments

Peter Pan starring Darren Day is the Northampton Royal & Derngate main pantomime and runs until Sunday December 30. The atmosphere in the Derngate foyer before the [...]

Activist-adventurer and global cyclist Julian Sayarer gives lecture at Waterside campus Northampton

December 11, 2018 // 0 Comments

The 5th Annual John Clare Memorial Lecture will take place on Wednesday 12th December via Skype at the University of Northampton. The lecture, from an undisclosed [...]

The man who recreates Northampton’s lost landmark buildings

December 10, 2018 // 1 Comment

Many of Northampton’s lost landmark buildings have been recreated in amazing detail by a model railway enthusiast. (Pictures by Dave Ikin) The old Victorian Emporium [...]

Discover Northampton’s hidden history

December 9, 2018 // 0 Comments

Historian Mike Ingram is offering guided tours of the historic heart of Northampton. In medieval times the town was an important trade centre and a seat of government where [...]

Christmas gifts for ‘cared for’ children in Northamptonshire

December 6, 2018 // 0 Comments

Cllr Michael Clarke is piled high with presents for “cared for” children throughout Northamptonshire all donated by the Caring & Sharing Trust, writes Lena Davis. [...]

Pictures: Northampton Saints 14-16 Newcastle Falcons

December 3, 2018 // 0 Comments

Newcastle Falcons England hero Mark Wilson proved to be the difference between Saints and Falcons when they visited Franklin’s Gardens. Photographer Dave Ikin was on [...]

Hope Centre chief in Q & A after movie screening

November 30, 2018 // 0 Comments

If you like getting stuck into the issues raised by a movie when the credits roll Northampton Filmhouse has just the thing for you tonight. The Palme D’Or winning [...]

Gripped by the Cobblers: Big question marks over Town after Newport rout

November 28, 2018 // 0 Comments

Keith Curle’s honeymoon period appears to be over at the Cobblers just shy of two months after his appointment, writes Tom Reed. Cobblers shipped 3 goals in the first half [...]

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