The second half of 2024 began with the long-awaited General Election, as St Albans MP Daisy Cooper retained her seat, now joined by fellow Lib Dem Victoria Collins in Harpenden and Berkhamsted, and we followed up the result with in-depth analysis across the political spectrum. We asked whether police were doing...
The St Albans Mummers were back out for Boxing Day, continuing a tradition first performed in 1967. A group of friends from St Albans Morris Men chose a play which had been modified from an earlier text by “Neggy” Wilson, a schoolmaster in the village of Croxley Green, about 50 years...
We ask a different figure from the local community to choose 10 questions to answer from a list of 50. This week: Mezzo-soprano Deborah Holborn, who performs both fully-staged operas and concert-staged productions of song and oratorio, and is joining St Albans Chamber Opera as the mother in their production...
Word to the wise, trying to take photos while careering around an electric karting circuit and attempting to hold your own against three highly competitive opponents is not going to produce quality images. In fact, the blurry consequences of my efforts are really only worth publishing to highlight just how much...
Mathieu Billecart doesn’t tell you he’s going to be making changes, he makes the changes and then tells you. And that’s very much what he did when I met him for an exclusive masterclass at 67 Pall Mall, in London. In its unwavering pursuit of excellence, Masion Billecart-Salmon has taken...
James Cameron gets his walking boots on to visit the country pub...
Roger Thomas, who has served Highfield Park Trust for nearly 30 years, has become the last of the original trustees to step down.. In the 1990s, Roger was head of land based industries at Oaklands College when thoughts of creating a new, charity-managed, rural park for St. Albans were first discussed. Hill...
The Bricket Wood community has been left shocked after the village's Menorah was vandalised ahead of its grand lighting for Chanukah. Rabbi Eliezer Tunk, director of Chabad Lubavitch Bricket Wood & Districts, was woken with the news yesterday morning, and immediately rushed to inspect the damage, which included blue paint being...
Despite hitting a milestone 100 issues, there was a reluctance at the St Albans Times to appear too self-congratulatory in marking the occasion. However, long-term supporter Rev Peter Crumpler, associate minister at St Paul’s Church in Fleetville, persuaded us otherwise when he offered a heartfelt testimonial on the achievement. He said: “The...
Making small, monthly pension or ISA contributions can give children a hugely valuable pot of money for later life. The powerful ‘snowball effect’ of compounding investment returns cannot be underestimated, as Lumin Wealth’s Managing Director Martin Cotter explains. Many parents opt to gift money to adult children, to help them with...
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