Editing Northamptonshire (section)

==Culture==
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[[Jane Austen]] set her 1814 novel ''[[Mansfield Park]]'' mostly in Northamptonshire.

[[Melrose Plant]], a prominent secondary protagonist in the [[Richard Jury]] series of mystery novels by [[Martha Grimes]], resides in Northamptonshire, and much of the action in the books takes place there.

''[[Kinky Boots (film)|Kinky Boots]]'', the 2005 British-American film and subsequent stage musical adaptation, was based on the true story of a traditional Northamptonshire shoe factory which, to stay afloat, entered the market for fetish footwear.

Rock and pop bands originating in the area have included [[Bauhaus (band)|Bauhaus]], [[Temples (band)|Temples]], [[The Departure]], [[New Cassettes]], [[Raging Speedhorn]] and [[Defenestration (band)|Defenestration]]. [[Richard Coles]], an English musician, partnered in the 1980s with [[Jimmy Somerville]] to create the band [[The Communards]]. They achieved three top ten hits and made the No. 1 in 1986 with a version of the song "[[Don't Leave Me This Way]]". In 2012, [[The University of Northampton]] awarded Coles an honorary doctorate. From 2011 to 2022 he was the vicar of [[Finedon]] in Northamptonshire.

Northampton is the birthplace of composer [[Malcolm Arnold]] (born 21 October 1921) and of actor [[Marc Warren]] (born 20 March 1967).