We ask a different figure from the local community to choose 10 questions to answer from a list of 50. This time: retailer Emma Bustamante from the ever-popular Cositas on Holywell Hill. Who is your favourite St Albans musician or band? Easy! Jez who plays the saxophone by the Cathedral. I love...
The dance floor is empty, the music has gone quiet, and the drink long since stopped flowing. But although St Albans' iconic Club Batchwood no longer exists, what of the hall itself? Back in October 2021 the district council announced the lease was up for grabs on the vacant Batchwood Hall,...
One would expect Harpenden to have weathered the worst of the recent economic downturn, but in common with other towns across the country, many retail premises are empty - some longer than others - reflecting the vacancies visible across neighbouring St Albans' own city centre. Two of the biggest losses in...
Elena Hogg, founder of local culinary company FOOD by Elena, is trying to broaden the options at her family mealtimes by introducing more seasonal vegetables...
Columnist Eris offers another hard-hitting opinion piece...
Watch a pair of peregrine falcons breeding live on a special webcam set up at St Albans Cathedral. One of only five pairs in Hertfordshire, the birds have been seen on and around the Cathedral since early spring.The webcam is sponsored by Leica, who manufacture high-end optics, cameras and lenses, and...
We ask a different figure from the local community to choose 10 questions to answer from a list of 50. This time: founder of mental health awareness charity It's OK To Say Stacey Turner. Do you ever Google yourself? I don’t, however my daughters do! Since appearing on TV, I have been...
Over the last few weeks the future of another beloved St Albans landmark has been put at risk after Café Rouge closed on Holywell Hill. Sue Mann asks what will happen now to this iconic building? St Albans is probably unique in having a Grade II listed Art Deco style former...
Rev Peter Crumpler, associate minister at St Paul’s Church in Fleetville, compares the two major Christian festivals. If you had to make a choice between Christmas and Easter, which would you choose? And, some would say, is it really that much of a contest? Christmas is about a baby boy being born...
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