The story of a two day bike ride from Stoke Mandeville to Clichy in Paris to raise awareness and funds for the Paralympics Inspiration Programme (PIP)...
Just over 40 years since Hertfordshire appointed its first female High Sheriff, the latest incumbent becomes the first woman to have held the officers of Mayor of St Albans and Chairman of Herts county council before taking on the historic position. Former Wheathampstead parish, district and county councillor Annie Brewster was...
Elena Hogg, founder of local culinary company FOOD by Elena, celebrates the virtues of the humble asparagus.. April sees the onset of asparagus season in the UK and I shall certainly be enjoying a green spear or two over the next few months. A nutritional powerhouse, asparagus offers us vitamins C...
Picture the scene. In an elegant assembly room, lit by flickering candlelight, groups of dancers perform the precise steps of a lively quadrille. Watching them is the elite of society, including mothers and chaperones keeping a beady eye out for suitable husbands for their charges. They could have stepped out...
Elena Hogg, founder of local culinary company FOOD by Elena, is a bit more relaxed about her Easter Sunday cooking...
It’s been just over a year since St Albans born Rosie Gill-Moss set up a podcast for widows to share their stories. She was inspired by the support and life-changing experiences she had after her husband Ben died tragically in an accident at sea in 2018. At the time their children...
Children of the well-to-do have always had access to schools, tutors and governesses. In St Albans, for centuries the wealthy sent their sons to St Albans School, originally founded by the monks of St Albans Abbey, and now occupying the old Abbey Gateway building. However for the masses, formal education was...
Elena Hogg, founder of local culinary company FOOD by Elena, goes in search of her middle ground...
It has been said: “That corruption is endemic in all government is practically certain”. Today, it might be fair to suggest that politicians need to win back the trust of citizens because of a steady stream of corruption scandals where money has bought political access, influence and commercial benefits. Reversing the...
Elena Hogg, founder of local culinary company FOOD by Elena, finds herself embarking on a new culinary adventure...
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