30 Sep 2026 Do you feel like chicken tonight?
Elena Hogg, founder of local culinary company FOOD by Elena, has plenty of poultry plans for her dinner table...
Elena Hogg, founder of local culinary company FOOD by Elena, has plenty of poultry plans for her dinner table...
After reading a LinkedIn post by local business leader Peter Barker about his “portfolio career”, Laura Bill was inspired to find out more about what it involves and the challenges of this phenomenon, only to realise it was also her own journey over the course of her working life...
Panto season has come round very fast and some of the cast of Evolution’s Beauty and the Beast are at the Alban Arena desperate to meet me, including former EastEnder Joe Swash and new pantomime dame Michael J Batchelor. Having barely finished my Gregg’s Vegan Roll, I find myself dazzled by...
Elena Hogg, founder of local culinary company FOOD by Elena, has plans for her garden grapes...
Let’s face it, the Seventies were nothing if not eventful. It was a period of strikes, power cuts and economic upheaval. Even the Beatles shocked the nation with their break-up. But despite industrial action, power cuts causing three-day weeks, high inflation and trouble kicking off in various parts of the world,...
Newcomers to Harpenden might be surprised to hear that the town once sustained its own thriving free newspaper, providing grassroots journalism which challenged the dominance of the Herts Advertiser and other paid-for titles like the Luton News. Based on Church Green, The Harpenden Free Press provided vital social commentary, and detailed...
Elena Hogg, founder of local culinary company FOOD by Elena, has returned from her family holiday full of inspiration...
Scorching temperatures, parched gardens, bone dry rivers, broken supermarket fridges - the toll of multiple heatwaves have impacted on communities across the district. The past few months have been exceptionally hot, dry, and characterised by record-low rainfall and multiple severe heatwaves, with peak temperatures reaching or exceeding 38°C. Although the weekend saw...
It’s been a while since we last suggested to take a look above your heads and take in some of the quirky architectural features found scattered across the district. But with the summer holidays still stretching inexorably into the distance, what better time to take a moment of contemplation and...
Caroline Thain reflects on the headline acts of St Albans’ musical past, and finds out what they’re up to today...
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