Harpenden Photographic Society (HPS) has revealed the winners of its annual awards, including the overall Photographer of the Year for the 2025/2026 season. The society, currently celebrating its 90th year, held five internal competitions throughout the season, where HPS members enter monochrome prints, colour prints, or digital projected images. The top scoring...
If you’ve never been to the Harpenden backstreet boozer that is the Red Cow, now is the time, as James Cameron found out… You are not likely to come across the Red Cow by accident. It sits on the outskirts of Harpenden, down a residential street near the river, so you’re...
Save the date! It’s time to get arty again when Harpenden’s Art on the Common returns to town on the weekend of July 4-5. This annual event is part of a growing local art and culture scene and features more than 70 artists exhibiting, alongside live music and other entertainment. Any artwork...
Harpenden’s Banking Hub, which opened as an interim facility at the Town Hall in December 2024, has opened its doors to customers in its new permanent central location. Its move to 35 High Street ensures accessible banking services for customers in the town. Cash Access UK, which runs the Banking Hub, has received more than...
Ten years after Referendum Day - on which 52 per cent of the UK population voted to leave the European Union - Harpenden MP Victoria Collins has called on the Government to implement a new deal with Europe, including joining the single market. Victoria says too many local businesses and families...
St Albans MP Daisy Cooper and her Harpenden neighbour Victoria Collins have offered their thoughts on Sir Keir Starmer's decision to resign as Prime Minister. Daisy said: "After losing the confidence of more and more of his Ministers and MPs, Keir Starmer's resignation was inevitable. But that doesn't make it any...
It’s become an annual tradition at the start of the summer. A chance to interview the cast of this year’s Harpenden pantomime, albeit with the caveat that none of them have seen a script, and the most they know about their characters are the names. Still, these things are sent to...
A free festival is promising local residents the chance to enjoy a community celebration right on their doorsteps. Porters Hill Park in Harpenden is to host a new event celebrating all things Batford, with local charities, community groups, schools and entertainers joining together on Sunday July 5. The Batford Community Festival is...
A major retrospective exhibition of work by celebrated local Harpenden photographer Steve Collins has launched at the Eric Morecambe Centre in the town. ‘Looking at the Black and White World’ is his second solo exhibition at the EMC, following the acclaimed Harpenden Icons series, six images from which remain on permanent...
A staggering 200 water voles have been released into the Upper River Lea by Harpenden Town Council. The project, which has taken rigorous planning over the last three years, reintroduces this important species to Batford Springs Local Nature Reserve after 40 years. Water voles are incredible ecosystem engineers bringing huge benefits to...
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