Local award-winning photographer Steve Collins has launched his new Harpenden Calendar for 2027 - featuring more of his lovely images of ‘Britain’s Most Desirable Town’. The calendar features 12 stunning seasonal images from the town which topped a 2026 poll by the estate agency Savills, widely published in The Telegraph and...
The St Albans Times was namechecked by the former editor of the Today programme, the London Evening Standard and The Sunday Telegraph as an example of a grassroots, community-led revival of local news. Sarah Sands, who has also held senior positions with Reader’s Digest, The Daily Mail and The Daily Telegraph,...
St Albans has become the second official Proud Town in the country, joining the established Proud Watford initiative and becoming the first new community to join the growing Proud Town network. Proud St Albans has been created by a team of local volunteers and community supporters who want to help make...
St Albans city centre businesses have just hours left to cast their vote in the BID ballot, which closes at 5pm Thursday October 8. Businesses that still have their ballot paper are being urged not to miss the deadline, with St Albans City Centre BID arranging a final collection service to...
We ask a different figure from the local community to choose 10 questions to answer from a list of 50. This week: Christopher Faulkner, the founder of Our Next Step, an online dating community preparing to launch in St Albans, Harpenden and Wheathampstead, which aims to help local people build...
Deborah Heath takes a look back at this year’s shows...
James Cameron returns to an old favourite restaurant in the heart of the city centre...
For years, the property law position for unmarried couples has been relatively straightforward: living together does not, by itself, give you an interest in your partner’s property. That could be about to change. The Government’s consultation, A Fairer End to Relationships, considers introducing new rights for qualifying cohabiting couples when they separate....
Trinder Hair Studios in St Albans welcomed clients, friends, family and team members to the salon this weekend to celebrate its 10th anniversary, marking a decade of exceptional hairdressing, creativity and community. The multi-award-winning salon opened its doors for a special anniversary celebration that brought together many of the people who...
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