Laura Bill visits the new London Road premises of mental health charity Youth Talk, which has relocated from Lower Dagnall Street. From a dark, small building tucked away in the Conservation Area with no parking to this well-lit, centralised location which has now been completely revamped – I can see a...
In a blasted world, two survivors – a doctor and an actor - pass the time by staging their favourite story salvaged from the flames: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's A Study in Scarlet. But when tensions arise around casting, more than dead bodies start to surface… OVO presents their first co-production...
Stacey Turner, founder of mental health care and wellbeing charity It's OK To Say, talks to the award-winning thoughtful baker and mental health advocate Liz Burnett of Bu Bakes, who says she has the secret to happiness! And then meets up with Theo Michaels and Tom Rhodes, two of the...
The Roman Theatre Festival has kicked off with a bang with OVO’s vibrant interpretation of this Shakespeare classic.When you’ve seen, studied or appeared in a lot of Shakespeare, there is always the concern that going to see a familiar play will make your mind wander. I also know that some...
So you are really tempted to try some outdoor theatre this summer but your worries about the practicalities of it are standing in the way? Well, please read on. To celebrate the launch of this year’s Roman Theatre Festival presented by OVO, Deborah Heath wants to help you be fully...
Despite recent setbacks at County Hall, campaigners against the proposed strategic rail freight interchange on the former Radlett airfield site are defiant, not despondent. A recent meeting of HCC's oversight and scrutiny committee (OSC) rejected suggestions that they need not sell the land as there had been significant changes in circumstances...
SustFest23 will feature a host of events focussed on energy efficiency measures for residents and businesses as the increase in energy bills sparks a new wave of sustainable activity. Several events at the annual festival in June are designed to give ideas and information on reducing our energy usage, including a...
Hundreds of new homes are being proposed for Green Belt land which was a protected wildlife site before being contaminated by diesel dumping. Smallford Pits was designated as a Local Wildlife Site, which identified it as a crucial location for wildlife in the county and protected it from development by the...
Surely it makes perfect sense? The idea that you are no more than 15 minutes away from essential amenities like a grocery store, the gym, parks, the cinema and school. Walk or cycle, it doesn’t matter, life is local. So why are the conspiracy theorists having a meltdown over the...
James Cameron and family head to Oaklands College for the inaugural St Albans Foodies Festival.. The Foodies Festival is a new arrival on the St Albans festival scene, joining the likes of Pub in the Park and Comedy Garden. These touring shows roll into town on their journey around the country...
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