Steve Scoles

Why Jo Gordon’s reign as chief exec at Royal & Derngate should be music to our ears

January 6, 2019 // 0 Comments

The Stage has just released its list of the 100 most influential people in British entertainment and that included two people from Northampton’s Royal & Derngate: [...]

Jeremy Corbyn drops into Northampton and issues plea for Hope Centre

December 20, 2018 // 0 Comments

The leader of Her Majesty’s Opposition Jeremy Corbyn visited Northampton today and called for plans to close the Hope Centre to be scrapped. Over 14,000 people have [...]

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 [...]

James Acaster is back in town

November 18, 2018 // 0 Comments

The NN Cafe has come back to life in Northampton’s Guildhall Road and James Acaster, who usually treats his home county to a few intimate Christmas gigs, is bringing [...]

Northants is so pretty: it is what they write about when they write about England

November 4, 2018 // 0 Comments

Thomasina Miers has been looking forward to meeting the food and drink business folk of Northamptonshire as the special guest at the Carlsberg Food and Drink Awards. The [...]

How can this be right?

October 23, 2018 // 0 Comments

Sheila, a very independent lady in her 70s, was coming back from the shop yesterday with two pints of milk and some cat food in a pull along shopping trolley. A few feet from [...]

The unexpected secret to keeping your pets calm in firework season

October 22, 2018 // 0 Comments

Firework night and Halloween are stressful times for household pets – it’s the season of sudden explosions and monsters calling at the door! You might be [...]

The spectacle of St Crispin’s Street Fair

October 22, 2018 // 0 Comments

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 [...]

Rob Horne: I am determined to live the life I was going to live

October 5, 2018 // 1 Comment

With a unique tribute game being played in his honour at Twickenham tomorrow the story of how Australian international Rob Horne’s career ended at Northampton Saints is [...]