21 Aug 2025 Theatre review: The Great Gatsby
Deborah Heath is transported back to the Roaring Twenties for OVO's take on the Fitzgerald classic...
Deborah Heath is transported back to the Roaring Twenties for OVO's take on the Fitzgerald classic...
In 1914, the popular music hall song, It’s a Long Way to Tipperary, had provided the steady beat to young men marching off to war. Just a few years later, young men and women were dancing exuberantly to the beat of the Charleston and an exciting new sound called jazz....
We ask a different figure from the local community to choose 10 questions to answer from a list of 50. This week: Mark Anthony, owner of St Albans’ Studio 35 since 2018. As one half of pop, electro, hip-hop, funk and rock band Lyrical Strangers, he has recorded both of...
Created by Steven Moffat, BAFTA-winning writer of Doctor Who and Sherlock, 'The Unfriend' brings a hilarious but unwelcome American guest to the stage of the Abbey Theatre to open the new season in style. Described as “a rip-roaring success” by London Theatre, Moffat’s comedy explores the polite awkwardness of British middle-class manners pushed to...
The breakthrough acts at this year's St Albans Pub in the Park are receiving local backing from The Maltings Shopping Centre. The retail hub will be the main sponsor of the Headliner Stage at this year’s festival, taking place in Verulamium Park from 5–7 September 2025. The state will showcase 23 emerging...
James Cameron heads off down the Alban Way for an unforgettable Sunday lunch...
There’s a growing community of enthusiastic St Albans adults who want to share their love of a popular children’s toy - in case you discover it helps you too. Adults across the city are spending money, time and energy on Britain’s best-loved toy for fun, to unwind and purely for pleasure,...
A St Albans-based performing arts school has been recognised for its outstanding social and community impact. SASA received the Business Awards UK gong for Social Impact of the Year, highlighting everything they do to promote and develop access to the performing arts for young people in the region. The school was praised...
Debate has been raging about the new public benches installed in Market Place opposite Sweaty Betty. Made of recycled materials, the benches were funded by St Albans BID and replaced the old wooden and metal ones which had reached the end of their natural lifespans. But no sooner were the benches in...
A home care provider recognised for her leadership during Covid has welcomed the testimony given at the end of the public inquiry into the pandemic. Camille Leavold MBE, chief executive of Abbots Care, who received the inaugural Chief Nurse for Adult Social Care gold award, praised the testimony that Dr Jane...
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