Many years ago, before I even thought of moving to Northampton, I often listened to a DJ called Terry Wogan, whose Irish whimsy often drove me insane but who could also be quite funny. Anyway, it was Sir Terry Wogan (now British and a knight of the realm) who was once sent a photo of Northampton's tallest building and christened it "the Northampton Lighthouse" - a double whammy of a joke when you know that, in England, Northampton is almost as far as you can get from the sea.
