A customer started queuing 19 hours before the doors opened at Empire Records in Heritage Close for this year's Record Store Day. Saturday's annual event - the 12th since RSD began - saw a staggering 500 exclusive records released, all of which are only available from independent record stores. National Record Store...
It’s been the best part of three decades since Andrew Dunne walked the corridors of Nicholas Breakspear Catholic School as a student, and in September he will be returning in a very different role, that of headteacher. The previous head, Declan Linnane, who took over in September 2014, performed an incredible...
Fathima Hakkim has never stopped drawing. Raised in a strict orthodox Muslim household in the Indian state of Kerala, she channelled frustrations with her neurodivergency and a domineering patriarchal society into her art. Now 34 and living in St Albans with her husband and young son Amari, Fathima is open about...
Plans for a new Lidl store have been called in by a district councillor because of the impact on traffic and parking in the surrounding area. The supermarket giant is proposing to build a new supermarket at Brick Knoll Park, on Ashley Road, in St Albans following a recent community consultation. They...
Harpenden Photographic Society will be marking its 90th anniversary with the return of its annual exhibition - a highlight of the town’s arts and culture calendar. This year’s event takes place at High Street Methodist Church from 10am-4pm on Saturday April 25, and showcases around 200 stunning photographic prints from the...
The rise of the Liberal Democrats in St Albans arguably began in May 2019, when the party experienced a resurgence after eight years in opposition, wresting six seats from the Conservatives, including that of then-leader Alec Campbell. Although the party did not have majority control over SADC, it was now the...
It’s not every day two professional firms find themselves hosting a full-scale bee migration - but that’s exactly what happened this week at the shared offices of Sherrards Solicitors and Lumin Wealth on Beaconsfield Road. What began as a few stray bees quickly turned into a swirling spectacle, as a growing...
DJs, foodies, footballers, rugby players, influencers and bloggers were all in attendance as St Albans' long-awaited Chicken George restaurant held a special VIP launch on Friday night. The new eatery, at the Victoria Street end of The Maltings Shopping Centre, was packed with guests chowing down on the fried chicken dishes...
A sell-out audience in St Michael's Church, on the edge of the Gorhambury Estate, welcomed one of the UK’s greatest actors, Sir Mark Rylance, Academy Award-winner and renowned Shakespeare interpreter, exactly 400 years to the day of Sir Francis Bacon’s death. He was joined by distinguished Bacon scholar Peter Dawkins one...
A brand new live music showcase is launching in St Albans this May, giving local audiences the chance to discover the UK’s next generation of breakthrough artists. Presented by Juicebox Live, BOX FRESH will debut at The Horn on Wednesday May 20, featuring newly signed artists from some of the world’s...
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