Word to the wise, trying to take photos while careering around an electric karting circuit and attempting to hold your own against three highly competitive opponents is not going to produce quality images. In fact, the blurry consequences of my efforts are really only worth publishing to highlight just how much...
Despite hitting a milestone 100 issues, there was a reluctance at the St Albans Times to appear too self-congratulatory in marking the occasion. However, long-term supporter Rev Peter Crumpler, associate minister at St Paul’s Church in Fleetville, persuaded us otherwise when he offered a heartfelt testimonial on the achievement. He said: “The...
It’s time to blow the dust off the TARDIS console, set the coordinates for the start of 2024, and take a look back at some of the biggest news stories of the past 12 months… We began the year with then-district council leader Chris White promising to progress SADC’s draft Local...
Elena Hogg, founder of local culinary company FOOD by Elena, has been gearing up for her Christmas at home...
If you were to sit down with a blank sheet of paper to come up with ways of celebrating Christmas, I bet you wouldn’t think of setting fire to a pudding, dressing a portly gentleman in a red suit and bringing a tree into the living room. But then the...
WARNING: This article contains images of surgery some readers may find distressing. “Gentlemen, we have the technology…” TV’s Six Million Dollar Man might have had cybernetic parts implanted into his body, but today’s surgeons are using robots to assist in carrying out operations with a skill and precision impossible to achieve with...
A much-loved toy reindeer which belonged to a brave St Albans teenager before he passed away from cancer has been skilfully restored and given a new home at a local forest school. Bailey “Bay” Hedingham Jones was just four years old when he was diagnosed with neuroblastoma stage 4, a rare...
Laura Bill meets the cast of Cinderella, this year’s St Albans pantomime, as they prepare for opening night on December 12...
A groundbreaking new exhibition promises to cast a light on the Romans’ approach to health and disability and how they compare to modern perceptions. Mapping an Uneven Path at Verulamium Museum explores what good health and healthcare meant to our ancient ancestors, how they understood their bodies and minds, and what...
Riddled across St Albans city centre and further afield is a network of cut-throughs and alleyways providing pedestrian access between roads and estates which you might not realise are there. Of course the most well-known and well-used of our walking and cycling routes is the Alban Way, which connects up various...
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