23 Jan 2025 Restaurants round-up: Lunar New Year and Burns’ Night
James Cameron checks out some local offerings for Burns’ Night and Chinese New Year...
James Cameron checks out some local offerings for Burns’ Night and Chinese New Year...
Developers behind plans for 550 new homes on north-west Harpenden Green Belt have submitted a revised traffic plan in a bid to win approval for the scheme. Legal and General want to build land at Cooters End Lane and Ambrose Lane, on arable fields close to King’s School, Spire Hospital and...
The countdown has begun to this year's St Albans Pancake Festival, which will be making a triumphant return to St Peter's Street on Shrove Tuesday, March 4. Now in its ninth year, the event is organised by local children's charity, Home-Start Hertfordshire, in collaboration with Hertfordshire's Business Buzz. Last year, the festival...
Independent Harpenden restaurant Losh Bar & Grill has reached the finals of the British Kebab Awards 2025. The Station Road eatery, which opened its doors in March 2023, has been shortlisted in the Best Fine Dining Restaurant category. Owner Huseyin Uzum said this recognition reflected their dedication to delivering exceptional food and...
What does it take to become a St Albans Cathedral tour guide? Former lawyer Peter Goodman is undertaking six months of formal training for the role, and invites us to join him on his journey...
Situated in the picturesque Stellenbosch wine region, Journey’s End Vineyards is a testament to the harmonious blend of tradition and modernity. Nestled among the Schapenberg Hills, the estate benefits from the unique terroir of decomposed granite soils and the cooling breezes from False Bay, known locally as the “Cape Doctor”. This...
We ask a different figure from the local community to choose 10 questions to answer from a list of 50. This week: Sonia Varadi, who founded Facebook group The St Albans & Harpenden Reuse Project in 2019 to reduce refuse by reusing, repurposing and recycling unwanted items for people in...
A consultation is underway into plans to install gym facilities at flagship city centre development Jubilee Square. The proposals are part of SADC's efforts to utilise the commercial space at the site, which was officially completed last summer. To date no businesses have moved into any of this space, although the council...
We’re always looking for a tenuous link. This week, dear readers, hopefully we do not disappoint. Last Monday, the third in January, was allegedly ‘Blue Monday’ – which was the genius idea of a travel company in 2005 to try and get us to feel ultra miserable and therefore book a...
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