Last month marked the 46th anniversary of the discovery of a woman’s body in a copse near Wheathampstead and the start of a 13 year murder hunt by police to bring her killer to justice - Ross Francis looks back on the case...
Two years after starting work in a leading city stockbrokers, I jacked it all in for a career in journalism which has lasted almost 30 years. I was looking for a vocation which I felt could make a difference, instead of padding out the bank accounts of super-rich investors, and haven’t...
Laura Bill meets entrepreneur and therapist Nadya Giffen ahead of the opening of her latest venture...
A group which has sought to protect St Albans heritage for future generations for over 175 years has once again entered the fray. St Albans and Hertfordshire Architectural and Archaeological Society (SAHAAS) has played its part in preventing the demolition of the Clock Tower, helping to preserve the three churches of...
Deborah Heath meets one of the district's most well-known local artists. It is hard to live in St Albans without seeing the work of talented Hannah Sessions, from her iconic Pubs of St Albans tea towels to her map of our city centre in the St Albans Visitor Guide. She is...
Around 100 AD, residents of Roman Verulamium could enjoy public baths with exercise facilities, hot water and beauty treatments. But it took another 1,700 odd years, as far as we know, before public baths were again available to the locals. That’s a long time without a hot bath. In 1877, however,...
Fifteen men from one small St Albans street who gave their lives during the Great War will finally receive the recognition they deserve. Despite the sacrifices made by residents of King’s Road, they were not honoured with a war memorial because the street did not form part of the Abbey parish. But...
Along Hatfield Road there are two metal mile posts, advising the distances to Hatfield and Reading. Supplying the mileage to Hatfield and Watford is understandable, but why Reading? And what has it to do with the recreation of the well-to-do in the 18th century? For the wealthy elite of society back...
For Harpenden-based author Jonathan Stroud, the experience of seeing his supernatural book series Lockwood & Co transformed into a Netflix TV show was one of the stand-out moments of his life. “In your life you have a few moments where you know everything slightly shifts – getting married, when your child...
Born in London Colney and educated at St Albans School, former comics laureate Dave Gibbons is celebrating half a century in the industry with the release of his anecdotal autobiography Confabulation. The book charts his path through fanzines and underground comics to working with mainstream publishers like DC Thompson, IPC, Marvel...
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