A week on from the 80th anniversary of VE Day, we look at how the milestone was celebrated across the St Albans district. As the Clock Tower struck nine o'clock on Thursday morning, St Albans Town Crier Stephen Potter read a proclamation marking the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe which...
How It’s OK To Say is transforming mental health support in St Albans and beyond...
As the 1960s came to an end, the city of St Albans had yet to see the arrival of any major retail centres, with a compact shopping area boasting a variety of independent outlets and hostelries, a handful of which survive to the present day. There are of course those which...
Elena Hogg, founder of local culinary company FOOD by Elena, has been cooking up some classic lamb dishes.. I’ve had a flurry of requests recently for lamb. From the client asking about a casual buffet for a family birthday all the way through to the client looking for an elegant tasting...
On three separate occasions during the 20th century, Verulamium Park played host to epic reenactments of key moments from St Albans’ long history, with members of the public stepping into the roles of kings, queens, bishops, anarchists and martyrs. The city’s first pageant took place in July 1907 and involved 3,000...
It’s Hedgehog Awareness Week between May 4-10 and probably everyone is aware of how Britain’s favourite mammal is in trouble. The hedgehog was red-listed as ‘Vulnerable to Extinction’ in 2020, and their numbers continue to dwindle. In the 1950s there were estimated to be around 50 million hedgehogs in Britain, now...
Out of the smog from the coal fires of Victorian St Albans, rose a new look and a new sense of change. It was 1901, Queen Victoria was dead and Edward VII, known as Bertie, had succeeded to the throne. Lampooned as Edward the Caresser by novelist Henry James, Bertie was...
Forty-five-year-old Gavin Gost has always had artistic flair and studied art and photography at Oaklands College in 1995, but a moment in lockdown rekindled his desire for being behind the camera and his passion for taking pictures is developing. “I’ve always been creative. From a young age, I have sketched, drawn...
Elena Hogg, founder of local culinary company FOOD by Elena, has been encouraging her children to sample spring greens...
From creating heartfelt campaigns and writing endlessly for leading publications, inspiring listeners through heartfelt radio interviews, sharing her voice and story, and appearing on TV, Stacey Turner’s passion for mental health shines through every step of her journey. She’s brought stories to life for nursery children, inspired minds in schools, colleges,...
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