Anita Dobson and Bernie Clifton head up Derngate pantomime
Two household names from the entertainment world are bringing Cinderella to Northampton this Christmas.Anita Dobson and Bernie Clifton are showbusiness legends.The cast [...]
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Get inside the lives of the Last of the Pelican Daughters
The very brilliant young company Wardrobe Ensemble bring their latest production for pre-Edinburgh previews at Northampton this week, and I implore you to go if you can get [...]
Tough Mudder comes to Northampton for its first ever stadium event
Tough Mudder assault courses have been a popular adventure experience for many years. Normally they are associated with mud-soaked slogs through parks and countryside but [...]
St Andrews Hospital bosses criticised by inspectors over child and mental health service in Northampton
A report into conditions at St Andrew’s Hospital in Northampton has revealed that some patients under 18 were not adequately cared for and that front-line staff were [...]
The Worst Witch is the best
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, [...]
Why I named my mint plant Northampton
Bianca Todd has some suggestions for revitalising the town centre of Northampton… The town centre reminds me of my mint plant that I’m trying to grow in my office, I [...]
The spectacle of St Crispin’s Street Fair
Whether you are a fun fair person or not St Crispin’s Street Fair in Northampton is worth a visit just to see how the enormous rides have been crammed into the town [...]
Review: The show must go on – despite the excellent Kinky Boots’ unexpected evacuation
A FULL evacuation of the theatre isn’t something you’d hope for on the Press Night of Kinky Boots, The Musical, which has opened its UK tour in its spiritual home of [...]
Walter Tull memorial gets makeover
The famous memorial to black footballer and war hero Walter Tull at Sixfields, Northampton is getting a new lick of paint. Our photographer spotted Kettering stonemasons AJ [...]