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Hannah Richardson takes a trip back in time to the days of luxury steam train travel

It has just won the title of Northamptonshire Food Pub of the Year on the back of its superb dining experience.

Former Chronicle & Echo reporter John Marrs tells Ruth Supple about his latest book, which has been snapped up by a leading UK publisher and looks set to be made into a TV series too...

A Northampton hairdressing salon has expanded and added a bespoke beauty room for its clients, as Ruth Supple reports

Essex girl extraordinaire, former X-Factor finalist and I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! winner, Stacey Solomon, tells Ruth Supple why she is beside herself with excitement at coming to Milton Keynes to perform in her first ever panto this Christmas...

The chance to stay in one of the country’s biggest castles with the promise of Knight School, Horrible Histories and huge looming turrets to explore was like music to my eight-year-old audience’s ears.

Graham Tebbutt looks at a new venture that allows aircraft enthusiasts to get close to the iconic fighter.

A new health and fitness company set up in Northampton and Kettering by one of the top 100 trainers in the world promises to help people lose a stone in six weeks by following its exercise, nutrition and coaching programme. Ruth Supple found out more . . .

Want to achieve a natural look with your make-up but don’t know how? Our spring beauty shoot, photographed in the beautiful Northamptonshire countryside, showcases clear and simple make-up set against a backdrop of beautiful flowers . .

Grendon’s Lindsay Butcher, 36, is a mum and blogger, who pens the humorous And Other Idiots. A keen writer married to Lee, 47, she started her blog to journal what she says are “the hilarious, witty and frankly incredulous things my children said in their early years. As they grow up, the focus has inevitably widened to include husband-based idiocy”. Here she writes a guide 
to Edinburgh where she travelled to with her children, Rose, six, and Barnaby, three . . .

This is the 400th year of the anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death and Stratford-upon-Avon has a host of events to mark the occasion planned throughout the year. If you’re heading there, take a well-earned break for some refreshments at award-winning The One Elm, writes Ruth Supple...

A major new UK exhibition will be featuring rare warrior treasure finds from Northamptonshire and a new sculpture from Brackley-based Stuart Makin . . .

Spas have come a long way from their draconian calorie-counted past and these days are ideal places to relax and unwind. Kate de la Chapelle visited two revamped spas to see what guests can expect...

New Northampton High School head teacher, Dr Helen Stringer, tells Ruth Supple how she feels enormously privileged to be taking the school into its next phase of development . . .

Smart-casual women’s fashions at “fantastic prices” are being sold at a new shop in Wellingborough’s Nene Court.

New craft beer bar, Bar Hygge in Guildhall Road, Northampton, is set to offer customers an alfresco area where they can enjoy drinks and cosy up, Danish-style, in blankets.

After April showers come May flowers and this is the perfect month to have a go at one of the floristry workshops taking place in Northamptonshire, writes Ruth Supple...

If you are looking for a stylish getaway with luxurious rooms and first class dining, award winning The Woburn Hotel ticks all the boxes, writes Ruth Supple...

Actor John Partridge talks to Ruth Supple about returning to EastEnders, not regretting his time on Celebrity Big Brother and how he’s looking forward to returning to Northampton this month to star at Derngate in the hit musical, Chicago . . . .