A series of talks exploring issues surrounding mental health aim to raise funds to restore the grave of a pioneering clinical psychologist. Nathaniel Cotton was an 18th century poet and doctor whose breakthrough treatment of mental health came at a time when many with mental illness were being locked up in appalling...
For viewers of a certain age (myself included), Fred Dinenage was the face of children’s educational programme How, providing entertaining answers to questions on topics covering everything from science and history to maths and geography. “If I had a pound for every time someone’s walked past me, raised their right hand...
The 2025 Sustainability Festival has relaunched with a pioneering new look. The format will see the annual springtime event transform into a year-long series of SustFest ‘Seasons’, with four key weekends throughout the year. Each four-day weekend will be focusing on a different theme and highlighting the various elements of sustainability...
A new production by the Company of Teens explores the impact of social media on teenage identity and relationships. Evan Placey’s highly-relevant 'Girls Like That' comes to the Abbey Theatre Studio from February 13-15, and follows a group of high school girls navigating the complexities of popularity politics, self-image and societal expectations surrounded...
Fifteen years since the inaugural St Albans Food and Drink Festival launched with a fortnight-long focus on the city's hospitality businesses, the event has been replaced with a new spring celebration. The St Albans Spring Festival, taking place on Sunday May 18, promises to be a celebration of food, well-being, community...
TV's dynamic duo John Torode and Lisa Faulkner have been added to the bill of this year's St Albans Pub in the Park. They join fellow culinary champions Simon Rimmer, Snackhacker George Egg, Saturday Kitchen's Matt Tebbutt, and wine expert Helen McGinn. Meanwhile, Chiswell Green sensation Gracey's Pizza will be serving giant slices of their cult...
The St Albans Chamber Orchestra Amadeus’ first concert of the year features the St Albans pianist Andrew Blankfield (pictured), who will play Beethoven’s Fifth Piano Concerto – The Emperor. The programme also includes Malcolm Arnold’s Serenade for Small Orchestra and Haydn’s Symphony No. 103 – the Drum Roll - a must...
Seventy minutes. Seven seasons. One Spike. A new fast-paced show brings you the entire 144 episodes of the hit 90s TV show, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, as told through the eyes of the one person who knows it inside out… Cockney bloodsucker Spike. Buffy Revamped is coming to Harpenden’s Eric Morecambe Centre...
St Albans Gang Show might be in its 45th year but it remains as relevant and inspirational as ever. The mainstream media is keen to tell us how young people are becoming more and more lost, seeking ways to feel a sense of belonging and sometimes even wondering who they can...
The countdown has begun to this year's St Albans Pancake Festival, which will be making a triumphant return to St Peter's Street on Shrove Tuesday, March 4. Now in its ninth year, the event is organised by local children's charity, Home-Start Hertfordshire, in collaboration with Hertfordshire's Business Buzz. Last year, the festival...
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