Not for those with a heart condition – jump scares and a twisty conclusion dominate 2.22 A Ghost Story at Northampton’s Royal and Derngate My reference point for 2.22 a Ghost Story, currently running at Northampton's Royal and Derngate, came purely from Lily Allen's title track on her brilliantly…

Mog’s back to be a bothersome cat for Christmas – Review, Royal and Derngate, Northampton A small antidote to a rainy Sunday afternoon in the run up to Christmas was spent in the warm and cosy, phone-free stalls of the Royal Theatre, surrounded by pre-school and primary children. Faye Lord is Mog…

No Wendy in this Peter Pan, but Poppy Sunshine is a Darling – Review: The All New Adventures of Peter Pan at Royal and Derngate, Northampton Panto has come a long way since I started reviewing back in the 1990s. No more shonky sets and wonky donkeys, it's all rather stylish on stage at the Royal…

Because who doesn’t love the guy at the party who pulls out his phone, snaps a picture of a random person and asks his weird AI pal to do a ‘vulgar roast’ of that person Musk smacks of a man who never got invited to parties when he was younger

Gibb; “ I had no editorial role whatsoever at the Jewish Chronicle”. Lee Harpin, reporter at the paper; “RG made a habit of calling into the office on print days to check up on what stories were topping the news list, and offering a view’”

Pretty sure @lewisgoodall.com and @maitlis.bsky.social about to have a very busy podcast editing session for #thenewsagents

Given it's taken him about ten minutes to get anywhere near answering that fairly straightforward first question, I can see how the delays happened.

So Samir Shah wasn't happy that Director Gen (man) went but perfectly content that DT (woman) fell on her sword? 😶

Michael Prescott says "I never even Googled Historians Reclaimed" before putting them into the report. Which feels quite negligent for something you include in a memo sent to the entire BBC board?

I’d recommend more investment in external academic research by trusted partners

Rupa Huq making what seems to be the obvious point that it is the job of news / journalists to tell the truth not ‘both sides’ things

Good God, Prescott on the DCMS questioning is using blatant false equivalence, clearly rehearsed to make it appear he's nothing to do with all this while yapping away jumping to conclusions and showing little understanding of anything other than his own biases. Watch on share.google/V1DmuOfUQLIv...

If, as several people are suggesting this morning, the DG and News CEO were prevented from issuing an apology re Panorama last week by the board, it seems extremely urgent that the chair of the board clarify what happened

Swap your sofa for the theatre to Break the Code on genius Alan Turing We're very lucky here in Northampton - with autumn nearly upon us there's so much good stuff going on we shouldn't just settle in on the sofa every night. Case in point - go and see some live theatre. A brand new production of…

Can't stomach the news media at the moment, pretty ashamed of my trade and the way they 'cover' politics. Wonder if we'll have lengthy coverage of the Greens and Lib Dems etc or just more public school millionaires gleefully putting working class women down?

Our neighbours the Jesus Army – how we lived alongside the cult of Noel Stanton for 25 years in Northampton As a new BBC documentary airs about the Jesus Army in Northampton, we look at how embedded the church and its followers became in the society of Northamptonshire for decades WHEN we moved…

of course it's only 200 years since the last woman was burned alive for being able to move bond markets with her emotions

'Specialist local journalists just don't have the resources to fight' - Bureau of Investigative Journalism's Franz Wild tells AJEUK about the legal threats against exposing corruption ajeuk.org/specialist-l...

Faith in Furbs – Town ready for fan exodus to Cardiff to cheer on Saints in Investec Champions Cup Final So he's back. George Furbank, Northampton's quiet but deadly full-back is starting for Saints in the European final against Bordeaux Bègles today (May 24). As coach, car and trainloads of…

How Mill Media and Zetland scaled their membership models: Small teams, focused content, and tech-forward thinking drive profitability where legacy media struggles

Why not us? Northampton Saints fans stock up on green for European final clash in Wales after stunning win over favourites Leinster "It's been madly busy since the win," says a smiling sales assistant at the Saints Shop at Cinch Franklins Gardens stadium. "I think because we didn't open until the…

#Newsnight Douglas Murray given a totally free ride to platform his extremist, anti Islam views. Complete lack of challenge. Victoria Derbyshire would never have let him get away so lightly.

Daily Mail cut out and keep guide to what your kids are texting about. Possibly also handy for decoding super secret war planning group chat

A rare non-reviewing night out with @stevescoles.bsky.social to see Lou Sanders @royalderngate.bsky.social #Northampton

Society of Editors' Dawn Alford kicking off the #futureofnews conference in London today

Provocative, challenging, and funny – Tambo and Bones’ rags to hip-hop riches story at Northampton’s Royal and Derngate is unlike anything you’ve ever seen – so see it while you can I'm just going to say it - regardless of whether you see yourself as a theatre goer, you should try and see Tambo…

It's reviewing night, @stevescoles.bsky.social are doing Tambo and Bones @royalderngate.bsky.social www.royalandderngate.co.uk/whats-on/tam...

The very excellent investigative journalist Sue Mitchell is our guest speaker @UniNorthants taking questions from our @Journalism_UON students led by Kate Ironside

“Donald Trump has just reminded the world there is no such thing as business as usual any more. “The world’s greatest superpower will humiliate a wartime ally in public, for almost no good reason. It is for the rest of the world to work out what on Earth they can do about it.”

Starmer now adding an ‘if not, no worries’ to his offer of a state visit

Look, obviously my emotional reaction to that press conference is to punch a wall so hard either it or my knuckles break. But let put that on hold for a moment and ask, very dispassionately and calmly: What American national interest objective or foreign policy goal was served by that shit-show?

A side note to the chaos, but one of the American ‘journalists’ used his question to ask a war time leader about his outfit. I hope he goes home tonight and reflects on whether this is the profession for him.

A truly astounding exchange. The Zelensky/Trump meeting descends into an out and out slanging match. Perhaps the most remarkable thing we’ve ever seen recorded in the Oval Office.

Your chance to see launch of award-winning comedy satire Tambo and Bones at Northampton’s Royal and Derngate in March Tambo and Bones are stuck in a minstrel show. It’s hard to know what’s real when you’re stuck in a minstrel show. Their escape plan: get out, get rich, get even. One of the most…

Excellent talk for #uniofNorthampton journalism students today in #Northampton with @nickwallis.bsky.social on being a journalist, investigating the #PostOfficeInquiry and how important contacts can be, even years later.

(The) Woman – Northampton kicks off new play on the anguish and expectations of motherhood and identity A brand-new play by award-winning playwright Jane Upton opens in Northampton as part of the theatre’s Made in Northampton season. Looking at the struggles of a young playwright hijacked by…

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: #Northampton #Semilong you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/re...

The Telegraph has finally found some unemployed people it sympathises with

We're #Northampton #RoyalandDerngate for Dear Evan Hansen, and for once I know NOTHING in advance. Have brought teen for insight. #DEHUKTOUR

The Daily Star showing the supposedly more serious newspapers how best to report on Elon Musk.

Well played Kas. And what’s all this “i’m voting for Anna because someone over there said something about a rope”. Just give Minah the money now

The worst thing about a Trump-Musk nexus is that they are going to spend the next four years/months/minutes until Trump gets bored of him desperately trying to out-fuckwit each other. "I'll see your deposing the Prime Minister of England and raise you invading Greenlandland."