Beetle Boy author MG Leonard is among the award-winning writers set to grace the stage at STAHS Children's Book Festival this Saturday. Now in its fourth year, the family-friendly event will take place at STAHS Prep on Codicote Road, Wheathampstead, from 10am-5pm. Other authors on the bill include Sam Sedgman, Manjeet Mann,...
“Well that was a fun half-term!...
We ask a different figure from the local community to choose 10 questions to answer from a list of 50. This week: Leoni Kibbey, founder of the St Albans Film Festival, actor and casting director at Capulet. Where do you go to listen to music? Festivals! We were lucky enough to get...
Until my recent long weekend in Malta, I hadn’t appreciated that they produced wine there, let alone knowing just how good it was. This is partly due to the fact the quality is so good, they tend to keep most of it for the locals and keep exports to a...
What makes a good design? Come to think of it, what inspires a good design? How do creatives craft a brand and tell the right story? Founder and executive creative director of Intertype international design agency, Asa Cook has worked for 22 years in the design industry creating brand packaging, identity...
To mark the occasion of its reopening following a month-long refurbishment, we take a look back at the long history of The Peahen, the former hotel which initially served as a coaching inn for the route up Holywell Hill into the city centre. A building bearing the name of “le Pehenne”...
The future of the proposed freight terminal on hundreds of acres of Green Belt to the south of St Albans will be decided in the Royal Courts of Justice next week. Campaigners fighting the proposal claim the land was designated as permanent open space for the benefit of the community and...
An event is to be held in St Albans city centre on Thursday to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day.Everyone is welcome to attend to pay their respects to those who took part in the landings on the Normandy beaches in 1944 and the battles that followed.St Albans Mayor, Cllr...
In our grand plan of what we’re going to write each week, there’s an article that says ‘sunglasses?’ Spurred on by the odd, good day that we’ve had, we look through the collections we have in store and try to remember that we need to photograph them on the next sunny...
Enjoy 360 degree views from the highest point in St Albans and see if you can spot Canary Wharf and the Wembley Arch at this year’s St Peter’s Fest. The event, on June 8 from 11am-2pm, is much more than just a church fete, and promises a day of fun and...
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