We ask a different figure from the local community to choose 10 questions to answer from a list of 50. This week: St Albans-based author Heather Critchlow, whose next crime novel Unsound is set in and around Edinburgh. Growing up between Aberdeen and Inverness, Heather lived in a caravan while her...
I’m a firm believer in rosé being an all year-round wine, especially given the emergence of high quality gastronomic rosé that don’t need sunshine to be enjoyed. But the sunshine is coming out for a few hours each week so I’m sharing some of the best and in some cases,...
The Great Big Walk for Herts is back with a new distance and a new location on September 28. Led by a guide from the Hertfordshire Way and raising funds for Herts Young Homeless, the circular half marathon loop will start and finish at Heartwood Forest and will take in Wheathampstead,...
A South Asian fair is being held at St Albans Museum + Gallery as part of a month-long cultural initiative. The Mini Mela Festival is part of South Asian Heritage Month, which seeks to recognise the diverse heritage, histories and cultures in South Asian countries like Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal,...
Oliver Sasson looks at how St Albans is bucking the trend for bank closures, and how this is actually benefiting the city in terms of visitors...
Elena Hogg, founder of local culinary company FOOD by Elena, revisits the food of her native Italy. I have just returned from four days in Italy, where I went with my choir on a tour of northern Tuscany. Aside from the fact that Italy is blisteringly hot by this point in...
I was lucky enough to be able to interview Robin Simpson who stars in Sense and Sensibility at the Roman Theatre. I began by asking him about his background as a performer and where his passion began. He revealed that he had only really considered acting at A-level, when he took...
Tickets have now sold out for the TEDx St Albans event on October 16. The second year of the speakers-driven conference is taking place at the Abbey Theatre, and features a wide variety of Herts names. The theme for 2024 is ‘Curiosity’, the desire to understand, explore and research new ideas and...
In the General Election, a post-polling analysis of 35,000 voters found the Conservative vote was only 8%, whereas 9.5% of young voters supported Reform and almost 18% voted Green. This is remarkable, not because of the young voting Reform or Green. The popularity of right-wing insurgent movements has been seen all...
When you are responsible for the very biggest and oldest building in St Albans, hefty bills are a way of life. That’s when you need good Friends. It costs £6,000 a day to keep the Grade I listed St Albans Cathedral open and continuing to do the job it has done...
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