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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 [...]

The Last Ship is a musical with a Sting in the tale

April 25, 2018 // 0 Comments

Karin Johnstone gives her reaction to Sting’s musical The Last Ship… The Last Ship, Sting’s musical, has arrived at Northampton’s Royal & Derngate. The [...]

Late lunch a winner at the historic Lamplighter

April 25, 2018 // 1 Comment

Review: The Lamplighter, 66 Overstone Road, Northampton, NN1 3JS Penda’s small dining companion is trying to eat with her hands again. She’s gnawing on a chunk of [...]

Fixing Northamptonshire: we’ve got our work cut out

April 23, 2018 // 0 Comments

New County Council leader Cllr Matthew Golby and finance portfolio holder Cllr Michael Clarke are charged with getting Northamptonshire back on an even keel. Lena Davis sat [...]

Who won the giant chocolate egg?

April 23, 2018 // 0 Comments

If you’re going to shell out for a giant chocolate egg you want to make sure it ends up in the right hands. That’s why Steve and Caroline at St Giles Cheese [...]

Sixfields rocks once more as Cobblers send Plymouth packing

April 22, 2018 // 0 Comments

Tom Reed reacts to a stirring performance from Northampton Town… It seemed as if the Cobblers crowd beat Plymouth as much as the players at Sixfields on Saturday. [...]

Injury forces Horne to retire from rugby

April 21, 2018 // 0 Comments

In a shock announcement, Northampton Saints confirmed today that Rob Horne’s injury has forced him to leave the game for good. The revelation caused shock and sadness [...]

Article by young NQ writer prompts foundation to show how it helps

April 18, 2018 // 2 Comments

Northamptonshire Community Foundation unveiled an exhaustive survey of the county’s problems which prompted the NQ’s Elisha Dexter to respond with her take on [...]

Join the fun at Blackpit Brewery birthday bash

April 17, 2018 // 0 Comments

Silverstone’s Blackpit Brewery is celebrating its first anniversary with a birthday party, writes Elisha Dexter. Over the past year the brewery has produced over 85,000 [...]

Hitting the ground running – start the season as you mean to go on

April 17, 2018 // 0 Comments

Alex Stockton looks forward to the cricket season… (pictures by Max Miller and Jack Pinnock) It’s almost here, folks. Yep, that’s right – Saturday afternoons [...]