What Charles Dickens thought of elections in Northants and our great unsung literary heroes
Northamptonshire is sadly not normally recognised for its literary [...]
Mike Ingram
How Northampton’s Eleanor Cross has been saved
After years of neglect, the 700 year old Northampton Queen Eleanor Cross, [...]
Why we should tread lightly on the remaining cobbles of Northampton’s Market Square
Northampton’s historic Market Square is in the news. And not for the [...]
Northamptonshire’s Richard III was the victim of a French coup
My first encounter with the author of Richard III and the Battle of [...]
We’re a little bit Saxon and a little bit Viking
Historian Mike Ingram delves into Northampton’s distant past and [...]
The battle to stop our history turning into dust
When Edward I’s queen, Eleanor died in 1290 at Harby, her viscera, less [...]
Thomas Becket vs the King of England: the trial of the millennium held in Northampton
Mike Ingram takes us step by step through the trial that shook the nation [...]
Alan Moore features in NQ Christmas Edition video
The Christmas NQ is a video this year featuring stories and Christmas [...]
Discover Northampton’s hidden history
Historian Mike Ingram is offering guided tours of the historic heart of [...]