28 Jun 2023 Theatre review: Sherlock Holmes: A Study in Lipstick, Ketchup and Blood
As a decidedly different take on the Great Detective comes to the Roman Theatre, the game's afoot for Deborah Heath...
As a decidedly different take on the Great Detective comes to the Roman Theatre, the game's afoot for Deborah Heath...
A rainbow of runners have done their bit to raise funds for new play equipment at a St Albans primary school. How Wood school organised a Well-Being Sponsored Fun Day and Colour Run to kickstart a campaign by the PTA to hit a £15,000 target for new school apparatus in the...
Thousands of people enjoyed the long-awaited return of the Alban Street Festival on Sunday. Cancelled by the pandemic and postponed due to the late Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations, the event has not taken place since 2019. It featured a programme of free entertainment including live music, fun activities and street performers, plus...
A parade of giant puppets celebrated the story of Saint Alban, Britain’s first Christian martyr, in a procession of Roman chariots, centurions, lions and executioners. The annual event, which is organised by St Albans Cathedral, took place in the city centre on Saturday as part of the wider Alban Weekend. It was...
In the pursuit of another delightful cheese and wine paring, this week’s Wine Times takes me back to Ed and his team at Fleetville Larder, writes Wine Enthusiast Darren McCabe. One of the things I love about their range of wines, despite their taste, is the funky labels, interesting names and...
If you were able to travel back in time nearly 2,000 years to the streets of Verulamium, you would probably stroll past scurrying slaves, braying goats and soldiers doggedly marching northwards. You might also expect to see Romans draped in snowy white togas. However, you would have been much more...
Quaint coaching routes and cute cobbled streets might be a charming characteristic of our city but what is it like to navigate one’s way through as a wheelchair user? St Albans mum Liz Boulter and her son Ben Jones explained some of the challenges faced by wheelchair users and the work...
An anonymous campaign has been launched to thwart what it perceives to be a drive by SADC to take away our basic freedom to travel. It is another attack on the concept of the 15-minute city, or in this case, the '20-minute neighbourhood', and calls on residents to have their say...
St Albans church leaders have refused to be drawn into a row over the safeguarding of local youngsters. The controversy follows the investigation into Mike Pilavachi of Soul Survivor Watford over allegations made about his past conduct towards young people. He was suspended on May 20, six weeks into the launch of...
A major city centre road is going to be cut in half as part of a new county council trial into introducing a new cycling lane. Under the latest proposal, a new carriageway layout will be introduced on Marlborough Road between New Kent Road and Victoria Street from Monday. Marlborough Road will...
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