Breakaway Theatre Company usually puts on an outdoor Shakespeare production each summer, but this year they’re all at sea! After a tough year for everyone, they decided to set sail for a show full of sea, sand and shedloads of jokes. All By Myself and All By Themselves are two consecutive...
In the centre of St Albans, where the Museum + Gallery now stands, once stood the Moot Hall. Within its timber framed walls and under its thatched roof, the Abbey of St Albans – that great Benedictine Monastery which stood on the site of today’s Cathedral – controlled every aspect...
Laura Bill looks at whether our customer service expectations have changed, and what retailers in St Albans city centre are doing about it. My first job, circa 1996, was in Next Boys & Girls – a children’s only brand of Next in Christopher Place where Whistles currently stands. My training was basically...
A last-ditch attempt to stop Hertfordshire County Council from proceeding to sell its land for the giant SEGRO freight terminal south of St Albans lost by two votes today. Conservative county councillors on HCC's overview and scrutiny committee ignored a series of arguments presented by Lib Dem Cllr Sandy Walkington about...
Left over middle, right over middle, left over middle… There’s something almost mesmeric about plaiting hair, as your conscious mind relaxes control over your fingers and lets instinct take over. In fact, the very process of learning to braid rewires the brain in the same way that learning to drive does,...
The city centre's controversial road closures experiment may have lost the hearts and minds of people living in the vicinty of the scheme. Several of the local residents associations have come out against the current scheme by submitting formal objections ahead of the deadline, including Abbey Precincts Residents Association (APRA), which...
Lumin Wealth’s Managing Director Martin Cotter explains how prudent financial planning can help company directors mitigate tax bills and boost retirement assets. The standard rate of corporation tax has risen from 19% to 25%, while the dividend allowance of £2,000 has been halved, and is set to be halved again for...
We ask a different figure from the local community to choose 10 questions to answer from a list of 50. This time: St Albans Civic Society President Professor Tim Boatswain. Tim said: "When I was approached by the St Albans Times to answer a choice of 10 questions, I blithely thought...
Do you know an amazing school eco-councillor who is helping their class with green initiatives? Or maybe a faith group going above and beyond to help rewild the local area. Maybe someone in your street is helping biodiversity or arranging regular community litter picks? Local company Ember Designs have launched their...
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