Iron Age and Roman Settlement on the Northamptonshire Uplands: Archaeological Work on the A43 Towcester to M40 Road Improvement Scheme in ... (Northamptonshire Archaeology Monograph)
Kitsch'n'Zinc (Free subscription) | yesterday
The case of the Mysterious Marmite Misappropriater is mystifying police in the UK. A serial Marmite thief has forced a petrol station in Northamptonshire to stop stocking the spread after he repeatedly stole every jar from its shelves. The thief, dubbed 'Mr Marmite', has stolen 18 jars of the £2.79 spread. on four separate occasions worth over £50 from the 24 hour W. Grose Shell Garage...
Rupert's Read (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
This is quite encouraging. If it is done right, and sensitively to terrain, and any biomass-sourcing that comes from it is done genuinely-sustainably, then it will be just the kind of thing our country and our world needs: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article6930091.ece From The Times November 25, 2009 Plant forests across Britain to beat climate change, say scientists Iconic species...
INSPIRATION FM RADIO/ Jerry's blog (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Following on from recent success at the Theatre Management Association (TMA) Awards, where it won in three categories, Northampton's Royal & Derngate now sees two of its co-productions nominated for the Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards. MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS arena The hugely popular Brief Encounter, a co-production with Kneehigh Theatre, played to packed houses at Northampton’s Royal...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
• 'I don't think there are any real stumbling blocks' says Phillips • 'We would like the contract to be for more than 10 years' A deal for next year's British grand prix to remain at Silverstone is imminent, according to Silverstone Holdings's managing director, Richard Phillips. The future of the British grand prix has been the subject of a long-running saga, with Donington Park having...
Nineteenth-Century Britain (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Gladstone’s second administration was elected in April 1880. He was then 70 and until 1882 he was also Chancellor of the Exchequer as well as Prime Minister. The cult of the ‘Grand Old Man’ was now in full force. Biographies were written and statuettes, plates, jugs and engravings made (as well as chamber pots for Tory households!) and visitors travelled to Hawarden to see him fell...
Maria's Race Diary (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
The highest profile female racer in the UK was forced to resort to her favourite mode of transport in the rush to get to Buckingham Palace on time. Maria Costello got stuck in traffic being driven to receive her MBE from the Prince of Wales, so jumped on a motorbike - despite being dressed up for the royal occasion. Costello, who held the world record for being the fastest woman around the famous Isle...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Mr Jim Keary, manager of a 24-hour garage in Kingsthorpe, Northamptonshire has stopped selling Marmite after his entire stock was repeatedly pinched. "What's the point of selling something if every time you stock it, it gets stolen?" he asked. On one occasion, the thief left two jars behind but came back for them the next night. In all, he has cleared out Mr Keary's entire stock of Marmite...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Cloak and dagger stuff in the East Midlands, where Harlequins waited until mid-morning before they named their side for the only Premiership fixture of the day. For this was the match that saw the return after his four-month suspension of the wing Tom Williams. Those TV shots of Williams trotting off the field in a Heineken Cup quarter-final against Leinster last March with fake blood pouring from...
@wedwardes - wine for spice etc. (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Tomorrow, Saturday 21st November 2009, I'll be at The National Trust's Canons Ashby House in Northamptonshire for the GrapesTALK Live wine tasting - an ASDW event. And on Sunday 22nd November 2009 I will be showing my Wine for Spice and Sticky Wine ranges at Leicester’s Food Festival. As preparations continue apace for Leicester’s first ever Food Festival, being held at the Market on Sunday...
Libertylondongirl (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
I am safely ensconced in the family home in deepest, darkest Northamptonshire. It's the perfect location: a scant hour and a half drive from London, yet still in proper, rolling fields countryside. I'm writing this in my new quarters, a converted stable on the end of the house which had been used as an office. It's always had a sofa bed, wall-mounted TV and a basin, so my mother thought it might be...
theRatandMouse (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
In the US... even the prime turning sub-prime [Yahoo] Experian reports on sorry state of UK banks [Telegraph] Homeless in Northamptonshire... [Northampton Chronicle] Future of buy-to-let lending "remains to be seen" [Mortgages for Business] Damn that was depressing Technorati...
@wedwardes - wine for spice etc. (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
I will be at this winter's ASDW wine tasting at Canons Ashby on Saturday showing Wine for Spice and Sticky Wines . Hope to see you there. Canons Ashby Sat. 21st November 2009 Canons Ashby House Canons Ashby, Daventry, Northamptonshire NN11 3SD Tel: 01327 860044 11am - 4pm; Adult £2 ASDW returns to Canons Ashby to continue the successful series of tastings in elegant surroundings. An ideal opportunity...
Project Britain.com (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Today, the royal family burial site is Windsor Castle. St Georges Chapel in Windsor Castle Ten monarchs are buried in the St Georges Chapel in Windsor Castle, including Edward IV, Henry VIII with his favourite wife Jane Seymour, Charles I, George V and Queen Mary. Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother is also buried there, alongside her "beloved Bertie", King George VI, and her younger daughter...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Afghan police are being sent Northamptonshire Police's old hi-visibility jackets so they can patrol at night.
workinproperty (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has warned that the end of the Government's stamp duty holiday on properties costing up to £175,000 ,will hit the housing market hardest in regions that are already failing to benefit from the recovery. RICS said surveyors in the West Midlands, East Midlands, Wales and Scotland were all expecting there to be a drop in activity in the market...
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