27 Nov 2023 Happiness in a bowl of soup
Elena Hogg, founder of local culinary company FOOD by Elena, looks at some healthier options when it comes to comfort food...
Elena Hogg, founder of local culinary company FOOD by Elena, looks at some healthier options when it comes to comfort food...
This week's issue of our fair Times presents something of a milestone for me: it’s column number 20. What a pleasingly round number. When I realised that I’ve preyed upon your patience, dear reader, some 19 times now, I was surprised that I’ve had so much to say. Then I remembered...
Clare De Silva, the Conservatives’ first choice to take on Lib Dem MP Daisy Cooper at the next General Election, resigned from the role in June, less than a year after her selection in August 2022, and shortly after the Tories were roundly defeated in the district council elections. Before this...
There is little that compares to the nostalgic guilty pleasure – the comforting childlike joy of dinner in a paper bag in the (then) back of my dad’s Citroen, writes Laura Bill. Nuggets and floppy chips with him telling us not to get ketchup anywhere while watered-down Coke drips from the...
Elena Hogg, founder of local culinary company FOOD by Elena, writes every fortnight for the St Albans Times...
Rev Peter Crumpler, associate minister at St Paul’s Church in Fleetville, looks at the power of the written word. Sometimes, something you say or write can have a greater impact than you expected. Last time I wrote for the St Albans Times, I asked whether St Albans and Harpenden were good...
Oliver Zissman, co-owner of Leafy in St Albans, explains why he thinks we should be openly discussing the actions of Hamas. The recent events involving Hamas - the terrorist group - and Israel have once again drawn the world's attention to the longstanding and complex Israeli-Palestinian conflict. While international media has...
Rev Peter Crumpler, associate minister at St Paul’s Church in Fleetville, looks at how older people are being marginalised. “Don’t grow old,” a parishioner of advanced years warned me some while back. “You won’t like it.” Sadly that woman is no longer with us, and I’m a whole lot older than when...
Elena Hogg, founder of local culinary company FOOD by Elena has spread out the blanket and opened the picnic basket to unveil her latest culinary delights...
Mental health care and wellbeing charity founder, Stacey Turner finds herself in Westminster for a very special event. I recently found myself at the House of Lords following an invitation to attend an evening with the Lord Speaker, Sir Charles Walker KBE MP and Alastair Campbell on Mental Health Matters: Turning...
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