This month Ruth looks at the ever-evolving relationship many of us have with our bodies. A fact about me that really unsettles a close friend is that I don’t have a full-length mirror in my house. He finds this deeply troubling. Borderline negligent. “How do you know what you look like?” he asks,...
Harpenden journalist Charlotte Bateman examines the shift to digital NHS booking systems and whether they always reflect the reality for patients...
This month, Ruth considers a constellation of women: the mothers, mentors and unexpected guides who shape our lives. When people talk about the woman who raised them, they usually mean one person. But a life is rarely built by a single pair of hands. Mine was assembled by a busy parliament of women....
Harpenden resident Tomos Rees, CEO and co-founder of Philanthrify, explains how he came to launch a new platform designed to bring greater transparency and trust to charitable giving...
Today marks World Book Day, when children across St Albans will don their favourite literary costumes in celebration of stories and imagination. Katie York, head of English at Beechwood Park School in Markyate, shares her reflections on raising readers in a distracted age...
David Jenkins, founder of Brilliant Academies, reflects on recent comments by actor Reese Witherspoon urging budding stars to chase their talents, not their dreams...
This month, Ruth reflects on love in all its forms - from family and friendship to the quiet gestures that hold a life together. Being born on February 14th, every year Valentine’s Day feels like mine. This time, it came with steam, stone tiles and a flight to Hungary. Budapest in February...
Wheelchair user Niki Sykes had to contact her local MP after she was left stranded by battery failings...
Emma Wiggins from St Albans-based charity The Living Room marks Children of Alcoholics Week We often speak about substance use as an individual crisis. But in reality, it reaches far beyond the person at the centre of it — into homes, relationships, childhoods and communities. That is true nationally, but it is also...
Rev Peter Crumpler, associate minister at St Paul’s Church in Fleetville, celebrates the love that lasts a lifetime...
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