07 Jun 2024 Theatre review: The Merry Wives of Windsor
OVO’s Roman Theatre Festival is off to a flying start this year with a 1980s rock version of Shakespeare’s comedy, as Deborah Heath finds out...
OVO’s Roman Theatre Festival is off to a flying start this year with a 1980s rock version of Shakespeare’s comedy, as Deborah Heath finds out...
When St Albans mum Leanda Kelly lost her beloved daughter Tanya Kordek to suicide after a long battle with mental ill health, her heart was smashed into pieces. She eventually began planning a fundraising event for mental health charities, encouraging people to have a semi-colon tattoo to represent a sentence which...
Baking Buddies, a fun and engaging baking programme designed for children aged five to 11, regularly holds sessions at High Beeches School in Harpenden. but last week they were joined by some rather high-profile guests, as founder Sabrina Shafer explains...
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”...
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