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A Q&A with writer and director Daniel Ellerby at Bute Street Festival
Festivals

Film and art festival prepares for last showing as organisers announce hiatus

July 25, 2025 James Cunliffe Comments Off on Film and art festival prepares for last showing as organisers announce hiatus

A well-loved celebration of film, art and performance, will hold its final festival next week before a planned two-year hiatus. Now in its seventh year, Bute Street Festival has carved out a space for joy, […]

Matt Bloomfield
Luton Town news

New Hatters signing in surgery blow as Bloomfield explains setback

July 24, 2025 James Cunliffe Comments Off on New Hatters signing in surgery blow as Bloomfield explains setback

New Luton Town new signing Hakeem Odoffin will miss the first few months of the season and will undergo an operation to correct a medical issue that has prevented him from featuring in any of […]

Jack Walton
Luton transfer news

Bloomfield explains Walton’s Preston switch after Luton sign Spurs stopper

July 22, 2025 James Cunliffe Comments Off on Bloomfield explains Walton’s Preston switch after Luton sign Spurs stopper

Jack Walton has left Luton Town to join Preston North End on a permanent deal, with manager Matt Bloomfield offering a compassionate explanation for the goalkeeper’s exit after 18 months at the club. The move […]

Matt Bloomfield
Luton transfer news

Luton sign Spurs stopper as Bloomfield hails transfer ‘a real statement’

July 19, 2025 James Cunliffe Comments Off on Luton sign Spurs stopper as Bloomfield hails transfer ‘a real statement’

Luton Town have secured the signing of goalkeeper Josh Keeley from Tottenham Hotspur, with manager Matt Bloomfield describing the Republic of Ireland youth international as a player with “huge potential” and “a real future in […]

Pelly-Ruddock Mpanzu celebrates promotion to the Premier League
Luton comment

Opinion: A fond farewell to Pelly — the Hatter who completed football

June 30, 2025 James Cunliffe Comments Off on Opinion: A fond farewell to Pelly — the Hatter who completed football

There are players who make an impact, and then there are those who become the very fabric of a football club. Fewer, still, become unicorns of the game with a record that may never be […]

Danny Hylton
Luton comment

Opinion: There’ll only ever be one Danny Hylton… He lit a spark and now Luton need next catalyst

June 20, 2025 James Cunliffe Comments Off on Opinion: There’ll only ever be one Danny Hylton… He lit a spark and now Luton need next catalyst

It’s often said that there’s no room for sentimentality in football – but it’s not always strictly true. Down at Kenilworth Road, nostalgia occasionally finds its way to sneak in through the turnstiles, wrapped in […]

Mick Harford
Luton Town news

Mick Harford ‘stepping back’ in Luton recruitment team shake-up for ‘exciting transfer window’

June 6, 2025 James Cunliffe Comments Off on Mick Harford ‘stepping back’ in Luton recruitment team shake-up for ‘exciting transfer window’

Luton Town have confirmed a major restructure of their recruitment department ahead of the 2025/26 League One campaign, with fresh faces joining the Hatters and a club legend taking on a new role ahead of […]

Carlton Morris tries to put the pressure on
Luton match reaction

Morris reveals what got Luton ‘into this mess’ after relegation to League One

May 3, 2025 James Cunliffe Comments Off on Morris reveals what got Luton ‘into this mess’ after relegation to League One

Carlton Morris admitted that Luton’s last day 5-3 battering at West Bromwich Albion was an “awful day” but that it was the team’s poor early season form which ultimately led to a second successive relegation. […]

Christ Makosso despondent after Daryl Dike made it 2-1 to West Brom
Luton match report

West Brom 5 Luton 3: ‘Painful moment’ as Town relegated by ruthless Baggies

May 3, 2025 James Cunliffe 2

The great escape turned into the great depression as Luton were thumped by a rampant West Bromwich Albion and relegated for a second successive season on a nightmare final day of a disastrous Championship campaign. […]

Matt Bloomfield celebrates Luton's late win over Coventry
Luton match preview

Bloomfield will ‘relish’ Luton’s final-day fight at West Brom

May 3, 2025 James Cunliffe Comments Off on Bloomfield will ‘relish’ Luton’s final-day fight at West Brom

As survival-chasing Luton Town brace for a tense final day at West Bromwich Albion, boss Matt Bloomfield isn’t shrinking from the pressure. He’s embracing it. The Hatters know that victory at The Hawthorns will guarantee […]

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