Q&A

We ask a different figure from the local community to choose 10 questions to answer from a list of 50. This week: Laura Dawson, founder and owner of much-loved ice cream shop Darlish, currently scooping from Christopher Place Shopping Centre. What’s the first thing you do when you wake up? As I’m...

We ask a different figure from the local community to choose 10 questions to answer from a list of 50. This week: Gail Jackson, environmental and community-based activist, chair of Sopwell Residents Association and former trustee of Sustainable St Albans. What’s the first thing you do after you’ve woken up in...

We ask a different figure from the local community to choose 10 questions to answer from a list of 50. This week: Steve Clarke, education officer at St Albans Cathedral, who can often be found dressing up as a medieval monk or King Offa, much to the delight of visiting...

We ask a different figure from the local community to choose 10 questions to answer from a list of 50. This week: Simon Cox, manager and owner of Clipso hair salon in The Maltings Shopping Centre. Where do you walk when you want to think? I can’t say that I walk to...

We ask a different figure from the local community to choose 10 questions to answer from a list of 50. This week: St Albans singer-songwriter Grace George, who has enjoyed in excess of 30 million streams on Spotify in the past three years alone. Her music has featured on reality...

We ask a different figure from the local community to choose 10 questions to answer from a list of 50. This week: Sarah Dyer, programme director at The Pioneer Club. Were you well behaved at school? I was...

We ask a different figure from the local community to choose 10 questions to answer from a list of 50. This week: Alexandra Sandu, founder and head of creative at The Alternative Beauty in The Maltings Shopping Centre - thealternativebeauty.co.uk Where do you walk when you want to think? Whenever I need...

We ask a different figure from the local community to choose 10 questions to answer from a list of 50. This week: St Albans’ 481st Mayor, Cllr Teresa Heritage, who represents Harpenden South and will raise money for Community First Responders and Pancreatic Cancer UK during her tenure. What's the first...

We ask a different figure from the local community to choose 10 questions to answer from a list of 50. This week: Jamie Day, district councillor for Hill End and Mayor of St Albans City and District 2024-2025. What’s your favourite restaurant in St Albans? Has to be Lussman’s – the menus...

We ask a different figure from the local community to choose 10 questions to answer from a list of 50. This week: Bestselling St Albans author Rachel Wolf (who also writes as Rachel Blok), whose new book Sun Trap has just been published by Head of Zeus as a paperback...

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