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The Northampton of today—located around 60 miles northwest of London—is an established commuter town once described by the Daily Mail as “lively at night, but the action is racier in nearby Milton Keynes”. Well, we’ll have to take their word for it on that one. But it seems Northampton was an infinitely livelier town at the outbreak of the English Civil War, when Lord Spencer Compton, 2nd Earl of Northamptonshire, was running the show. Lord Compton was a vehement supporter of

To some, an easy way around town. To others, a potential weapon of war. (Pixabay) Classic Pub Quiz Trivia 101: Austrian-born silent movie starlet Hedy Lamarr invented an early method of encrypting radio signals, which she intended to use to remotely control player-pianos. (No, really.) But as it happens, she wasn’t the only star of the silent movie era to add a US patent number to their list of achievements. Rocky “Three-Wheeler” Isaacs worked as a bicycle-maker and children’