28 Feb 2024 Theatre review: The Machine Gunners
Deborah Heath joins the Company of Teens at the Abbey Theatre for this wartime classic...
Deborah Heath joins the Company of Teens at the Abbey Theatre for this wartime classic...
We ask a different figure from the local community to choose 10 questions to answer from a list of 50. This week: Sarah Clarke, a BAFTA winning series producer who has made a number of entertainment, reality and kids shows in a 26-year career. She is also a resident DJ...
An innovative scheme at St Albans' newest coffee shop gives customers the chance to "pay it forward" and purchase coffees for those less fortunate. Black Sheep Coffee - on the former BHS site in St Peter's Street - is running a Free Coffee Board to benefit people who might be short...
This week Penny Edwards and her wonderful team at Cellar Door Wines have me exploring the diversity of Madeira. Madeira wine hails from the Portuguese Madeira Islands, situated in the North Atlantic Ocean, about 500 km (300 miles) west of Morocco’s coastline. These islands have a rich winemaking history dating back...
At the heart of the ethos of Fleetville Greek restaurant Souvlaki City is a desire for customers to feel they have not only been welcomed into the owners’ home, but are enjoying a meal at their table whilst feeling part of the extended family. In fact family is another driver for...
You may be able to purchase the iconic Clock Tower for less than £200, or pick up the Cathedral for a few pounds more when the official St Albans edition of classic board game Monopoly hits stores later this year. The city has been chosen after beating Hertford, Hemel Hempstead, Stevenage,...
A new district sustainability and climate crisis strategy which aims to achieve net zero by 2030 needs greater urgency and maximum public engagement to succeed. That is the warning of Green councillor Juliet Voisey in response to the strategy for 2024-2027, which sets out measures to cut harmful emissions and improve...
The awestruck faces of children Priest and Jamaica stared up at a huge map of the Caribbean while their grandad Naran McCallum talked about the 8,000-mile journey he made at just eight years of age. It was too much for me not to take the opportunity to have an impromptu...
Campaigners fighting the proposed rail freight terminal on the former Radlett airfield have arranged a public meeting to update residents on the latest legal ruling that could see the development blocked. St Albans MP Daisy Cooper will also address Sunday's meeting, which takes place at 2pm in Greenwood Park Leisure Centre,...
Harpenden businesses have been forced to install flood defences at their own expense to prevent rainwater from bursting into their properties every time there’s a deluge. Molasses House art gallery and News 4 U newsagent in Station Road have both resigned themselves to taking matters into their own hands after persistent...
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