In 2015, 18-year-old Marlborough school-leaver Phoebe Shergold-Willis was in a quandary. She had excelled in the performing arts at her nurturing school, worked hard at her A-levels and yet didn’t want to continue on the school/university treadmill at that point, writes Debbie Heath. Having grown up in the East End of...
A chance discovery in her parents’ loft unlocked a journey of discovery for a St Albans history student which revealed new insights into her family’s wartime past. Rosie Fitzpatrick, who is in Year 11 at The Marlborough Science Academy, found handwritten notes by her great-grandmother relating to her training for the...
One May evening, a man emerged from a wood near London Colney. Buried in the wood was a parachute, a radio transmitting set and a parcel of food. Also hidden was a loaded pistol and a swastika. The man was a German spy. It was 1941. Much of Europe had fallen to...
It’s impossible to ignore the growing rise of resentment, division and blame which is becoming more prevalent in sections of British society, contributing to an upsurge in racism and nationalism reflected by far right populist parties. In many parts of the country, Reform has swept in to mop up the remnants...
In the subterranean depths of the Civic Centre, past obsolete steel barricades which would have been used in the event of a nuclear attack, and behind a nondescript door which offers no clue as to where it leads, can be found the secret eyes of St Albans. In a control room...
Since it began in 2018, the St Albans Postboxes campaign has raised more than £165,000 for good causes - with this year’s beneficiaries Comfort Cases UK and the Herts Domestic Abuse Helpline. As always, the team are on the lookout for sponsors – whether that’s organisations, individuals, families, pubs, streets or...
Elena Hogg, founder of local culinary company FOOD by Elena, finds new uses for her garden’s excessive bounty of fruit...
We are constantly reading and hearing that everything is broken – our schools, our hospitals, our police service… and, of course, we have a right to an insight into the systems we pay into and rely upon. But can we trust a national news narrative which generally hates the left wing?...
To mark Baby Loss Awareness Week and highlight the devastating impact of losing an infant, one St Albans mum has bravely shared her heartbreaking story. When Lynsey White gave birth to her first child in November 2014 - a son, Frankie - it was a time filled with much excitement and...
Elena Hogg, founder of local culinary company FOOD by Elena, explores the versatility of the perennially popular spread. If there were an award for the most poshified grocery item over the last decade, it would undoubtedly go to peanut butter. Long gone are the days when the choice was between Sunpat...
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