24 Aug 2026 Music City: Exploring St Albans’ musical heritage
Alex Assadian takes a deep dive into the music scene in St Albans and how it has become an intrinsic part of the city’s arts and culture...
Alex Assadian takes a deep dive into the music scene in St Albans and how it has become an intrinsic part of the city’s arts and culture...
The last few weeks have been full of frustration again, writes Laura Bill. The search for meaningful work in addition to the work I do with the St Albans Times. I am very much a journalist and a teacher – by qualifications, skills and experience. It’s not a flaky thing,...
A community choir is showing no signs of resting on its laurels after 10 years and with half a million pounds donated to a groundbreaking cancer research centre. In fact, the founder of The Big Choir Sharon Czapnik Down not only has her eyes set on a £1m target, but she’s...
Elena Hogg, founder of local culinary company FOOD by Elena, has just returned from her choir’s visit to eastern Europe… I’ve just returned from four days in Prague. Every year, my choir goes on tour, performing in churches, theatres and plenty of quite esoteric venues, too. This time, for example, we...
History buffs will have to wait years until they see the fruits of a high-profile archaeological dig at a 16th century St Albans pub – but it should be worth the wait. Earlier this year, a team from DRP Archaeology and Verulamium Museum – with guidance from Place Services and Historic...
St Albans business leader Nick Silverstone spent decades wondering why building businesses felt so much harder than everyone else made it look. He realised that it was his undiagnosed ADHD and was later given a diagnosis in his mid-fifties after reaching “a devastating personal low point”. He has turned that experience into...
A popular quote states that “if you can remember the Sixties, you weren’t really there”. Seriously? After all, although London was named as a ‘swinging’ city by Time Magazine in 1966 and those at the epicentre of the music and media industries may have been having a wild time, most...
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Elena Hogg, founder of local culinary company FOOD by Elena, celebrates the sardines which made up her wedding meal… I don’t know which was the greater inspiration for my recent bout of sardine-scoffing, my friend’s detailed relaying of her trip to Sardinia (whence it is probable the name derives) or our...
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