30 Apr 2026 Changing of the seasoning…
Elena Hogg, founder of local culinary company FOOD by Elena, explores different ways to take it with a pinch of salt...
Elena Hogg, founder of local culinary company FOOD by Elena, explores different ways to take it with a pinch of salt...
Fathima Hakkim has never stopped drawing. Raised in a strict orthodox Muslim household in the Indian state of Kerala, she channelled frustrations with her neurodivergency and a domineering patriarchal society into her art. Now 34 and living in St Albans with her husband and young son Amari, Fathima is open about...
Elena Hogg, founder of local culinary company FOOD by Elena, has been out foraging for some wild garlic.. If you’re anything like me, you’ll have had more than you’re fair share of Easter treats over the past few weeks and now feel instantly nauseated every time you walk past the chocolate...
“Are you a Mod or a Rocker?” a reporter asked Beatle Ringo Starr in the film ‘A Hard Day’s Night’. “Um, no, I’m a Mocker,” was his reply, giving the title some 60 years later to a book about the fashion, trends and music of the Swinging Sixties and its...
For 22 years, Annie Thomson has been the figurehead of The Marlborough Science Academy. Ahead of her retirement this summer, she sat down with Laura Bill to discuss a career in St Albans which has spanned 36 years across four secondary schools. She is extraordinary, intriguing, super intelligent and warm. Yet...
The BAFTA-winning Netflix film I Swear has cast new light on the misunderstood and underrepresented condition Tourette syndrome. Charity Tourette’s Action UK defines Tourette syndrome as “a genetically determined neurological condition, the key features of which are tics, involuntary and uncontrollable sounds and movements”. They add that the condition is complex and...
Elena Hogg, founder of local culinary company FOOD by Elena, raises her little finger for some afternoon delights...
I’m still subjecting myself to intense pulses of electricity coursing through my body on a weekly basis. Yes, it’s shocking, ha ha! Admittedly, it’s been a while since I checked in about my progress under the Bodystreet programme, but my dedication to the experiment has not diminished in the four months...
Is St Albans seeing a shift in the balance of power as residents grow increasingly dissatisfied with both local and national politics? In last May’s county council elections, Reform UK came second in the divisions of St Albans East, North and South and St Stephen’s, beating the Conservatives in each area. Elsewhere...
To coincide with International Women’s Day 2026, Harpenden journalist Charlotte Bateman looks at the careers, interests and aspirations of three former STAGS pupils...
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