Follow the Art Trail in Oundle
Stained Glass Windows – John Piper and Mark Angus St Andrew’s Chapel, the Oundle School chapel, features an incredible set of unique stained glass windows. The most significant windows are…
Soup and Musical Excellence Served up at Lunchtime Concerts
Once a week at St Peter’s Church, something else replaces the peal of bells and the singing of hymns. Every Thursday, musicians from Oundle School migrate from the music department…
Knitters Plan to Yarn Bomb the Market Place
Get ready for the Oundle Yarn Bomb, to be unfurled in July to coincide with the town’s music and food festivals. Teams of busy needle workers are planning a massive…
Sadler’s Partbooks to be Performed in Oundle After 400 Years
On Thursday, 16 July, the Oundle International Festival will host performances by the celebrated vocal ensemble Stile Antico, of music from the Sadler Partbooks. These were compilations of works of…
Verity Hall: A Flair for Comics
In a crowded field stereotypically associated with male readers and creators, Verity Hall is making an impact as an innovative comic book artist. At only 24 years old, she may…
Linda Newbery on Writing
Author Linda Newbery first came to Oundle in 2003 as the first judge of the Oundle Festival of Literature Writing Competition. Distinguished for her books for children and young people,…
Experience of War Recorded in John Binder’s Diary
Oundle’s war memorial in the centre of town is familiar to everyone and yet, over the years its significance has become less personal. Families move on, and the memorial becomes…
When the Circus Comes to Town
In early March, Oundle was treated to a visit from the Circus Ginnett, which set up a big top tent to perform a show including a number of traditional acts…
“Exemplary” Biography of Updike
“It’s wrong to say that I was hanging around waiting for an opportunity to write about Updike. It’s more like an opportunity to write for Updike was hanging around and…
Nauticus on His Hobby Horse
1427 miles would seem, to many sailors, a relatively meagre distance. However, to make this immense journey on nothing more than a tricycle over dirt roads more than 100 years…
