We ask a different figure from the local community to choose 10 questions to answer from a list of 50. This time: Fame Academy runner-up, professional musician and mother-of-three Sinéad Quinn. So where do you go to listen to music? Most of the time, it was always The Boot. The Boot was...
Clare De Silva, the Conservatives’ first choice to take on Lib Dem MP Daisy Cooper at the next General Election, resigned from the role in June, less than a year after her selection in August 2022, and shortly after the Tories were roundly defeated in the district council elections. Before this...
Deborah Heath is in awe of the Company of Ten Youth production of Mojisola Adebayo’s black history drama...
St Albans BID and St Albans Shopmobility are asking businesses to take the Purple Pledge and make one change to improve the disabled customer experience for Purple Tuesday tomorrow. Purple Tuesday is a global social movement that aims to improve the customer experience for disabled people and their families 365 days...
There is little that compares to the nostalgic guilty pleasure – the comforting childlike joy of dinner in a paper bag in the (then) back of my dad’s Citroen, writes Laura Bill. Nuggets and floppy chips with him telling us not to get ketchup anywhere while watered-down Coke drips from the...
What do you clean your glasses with? Go on – own up! The edge of your jumper? Kitchen roll? Spit? Kitchen cleaner? (I mean, it does for the surfaces and they’re shiny…) And for the kicker… how often do you clean them? Multiple times a day? Every morning? When they need it? What...
It’s far from usual to be working out in a gym where the fixtures and fittings include stained glass windows and wooden rafters instead of mirrors and bars. But that’s exactly what users experience at Wheathampstead’s Chapel Gym, a community-led initiative which recently celebrated its first year of operation from a...
Community pub The Hare and Hounds, in Sopwell Lane, Cottonmill, is finally back in business after almost three months of delays. The Grade II listed pub, which dates back to the 17th century, was originally due to reopen under new management on August 13.But following hold-ups for essential electrical work, it is...
Former local newspaper editor turned author Aaron Gransby reveals how St Albans came to feature heavily in his debut novel...
In a remote corner of Greenwood Park, something amazing has been created. From a simple stretch of grassland, a group of determined volunteers have shaped a true community asset, one which will bring joy and forge friendships for generations, all while supplying locals with organic fruit, vegetables and flowers. Grow Chiswell Green’s...
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