The NeneQuirer

News

They say Saints are revolutionaries but in this town it is just common sense: Northampton and the identity of English rugby

Steve - July 14, 2026

News

Ready for final Friday Night Lights of the season? Saints certainly are, with a home derby and a farewell to Furbs

Hilary Scott - June 11, 2026

Gardening

Bee-Movie time with Steve in our Northampton garden

Hilary Scott - June 6, 2026

Reviews

Made in Northampton Party Season’s parenting stereotypes broke me with a single line – theatre review, Royal& Derngate

Hilary Scott - April 11, 2026

Culture

Review: Toxic masculinity confronted with courage and humour in Top Gs Like Me

Steve - February 27, 2026

Sport

News

Ready for final Friday Night Lights of the season? Saints certainly are, with a home derby and a farewell to Furbs

News

See the Saints out on a high – team travels to Gloucester for final game of the season as youngsters get a run out

News

Faith in Furbs – Town ready for fan exodus to Cardiff to cheer on Saints in Investec Champions Cup Final

Proudly supporting the Northamptonshire Food and Drink Awards

NQ has been a proud supporter of the Northamptonshire Food and Drink Awards since the magazine first launched

Interviews and stories

News

Sales of Picturedrome and Old White Hart completed

Nene Quirer - October 25, 2018

Two of Northampton's best known pubs have been sold by the Richardson family. The Picturedrome is a much loved music venue and bar on Kettering...

The story of the rise of the Richardson Group

October 23, 2017

Earl Spencer travels Europe with Boris Johnson and other stories from Althorp Literary Festival

November 17, 2018

Roger Helmer, UKIP MEP RETIRES

June 13, 2017

The Gunpowder Plot in Northamptonshire

October 16, 2017

Showtime

Reviews

Made in Northampton Party Season’s parenting stereotypes broke me with a single line – theatre review, Royal& Derngate

Hilary Scott - April 11, 2026

There was robust debate over a glass of pop following press night of Royal & Derngate's latest Made in Northampton play, on whether you...

Review: Toxic masculinity confronted with courage and humour in Top Gs Like Me

February 27, 2026

Not for those with a heart condition – jump scares and a twisty conclusion dominate 2.22 A Ghost Story at Northampton’s Royal and Derngate

January 15, 2026

Food and Drink

Culture

The Weetabix Food and Drink Awards is no ordinary banquet

Steve - October 23, 2024

I'm not much of a banqueting man but I make an exception for the Weetabix Northamptonshire Food and Drink Awards. At first glance the opulence...

Full list of winners at Weetabix Northamptonshire Food and Drink Awards

November 3, 2023

More finalists revealed for the Weetabix Food and Drink Awards

September 29, 2023

Culture

Queen Eleanor’s Cross – a love story

News

The rise and fall and rise of Northampton

Culture

A walk through the history of Northampton Market Square

Culture

We’re a little bit Saxon and a little bit Viking

Culture

The Gunpowder Plot in Northamptonshire

Culture

Queen Eleanor’s Cross – a love story

Steve - May 11, 2017

Culture

A walk through the history of Northampton Market Square

Nene Quirer - November 24, 2019

Culture

We’re a little bit Saxon and a little bit Viking

Nene Quirer - May 28, 2019

Culture

The Gunpowder Plot in Northamptonshire

Steve - October 16, 2017

Digital editions

The NeneQuirer Digital Edition for April 2018

Steve - April 28, 20182

This is The NeneQuirer Digital Edition for April...

Culture

Northampton Half Marathon – an emotional journey

Steve - September 7, 20172

Stephanie Steward describes what inspired her to complete her first half marathon in Northampton last weekend... The 21st February was when my half marathon journey...

Books

Jungle is massive

Steve - June 13, 20171

Alan Moore explores The Erstwhile, the second book in the Brian Catling fantasy trilogy that began with The Vorrh... It was some few years ago,...

Archive Highlights

Culture

Moving and powerful theatre for our troubled times. Review: I, Daniel Blake at Royal and Derngate, Northampton.

Nene Quirer - November 1, 2023

Books

Alexander Newley memoir is a catalogue of minor complaints

Steve - January 31, 2018

Books

Northamptonshire’s Richard III was the victim of a French coup

Steve - August 11, 2019

News

The del Toro method: inside the mind of a genius

Steve - February 13, 2018

Culture

So that’s where it is

Steve - June 11, 2017

Northampton

This dystopian story of love and loss feels horribly possible – Review, Never Let Me Go, Royal and Derngate, Northampton

Hilary Scott - October 20, 2024

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Culture

Queen Eleanor’s Cross – a love story

Steve - May 11, 2017

News

The rise and fall and rise of Northampton

Nene Quirer - April 20, 2019

Culture

A walk through the history of Northampton Market Square

Nene Quirer - November 24, 2019

Culture

We’re a little bit Saxon and a little bit Viking

Nene Quirer - May 28, 2019

Culture

The Gunpowder Plot in Northamptonshire

Steve - October 16, 2017