The newly-revamped Pioneer Club opened their doors to the public on Saturday for their first open day. After a significant upgrade to all areas of the site, this was many people’s first opportunity to see the new look and hear plans for the future of the venue. The indoor skatepark has been...
Having lunch with a fairy, a mermaid and Ken Barlow’s son might seem like a random dream but it actually happened this week. Never in all my days did I imagine I would be able to discuss my favourite Buddhist quote “Whatever is in the way is the way” over...
If you’re considering decluttering your home but would rather be doing something altogether more exciting then there are thousands of local people who are ready and waiting to take your unwanted belongings out of your hands and give them to people in need. Facebook group The St Albans & Harpenden Reuse...
A Blue Plaque is to be unveiled for the man who opened Hertfordshire's first cinema - now the Odyssey in London Road. Jan Harlan, Stanley Kubrick's film producer and brother-in-law, will be the guest of honour at the installation of a Blue Plaque for Arthur Melbourne-Cooper (1874 – 1961) on October...
It’s the 40th anniversary of St Albans’ legendary Verulamium Park Fireworks Spectacular, and like every year, it promises to go with a bang! The event started in 1983 in partnership with St Albans City Hospital and now 40 years on, more than £900K has been raised for local charities. It returns this...
The proposed transformation of a derelict 18th century barn into St Albans’ newest theatre came as a surprise announcement this week, but negotiations have been underway behind the scenes for some time. OVO Theatre Company has been awarded £300,000 from the government’s Community Ownership Fund to renovate and convert St Germain’s...
A war hero recognised by Russia for “bravery and courage in naval theatres”, who also helped set up the UK’s first job centres, has died at the age of 103. Norman McGlynn MBE was born in 1919, shortly after the end of the First World War and some 10 months since...
If you’ve taken a walk around the environs of St Albans Cathedral in the past year you can’t fail to have missed the amazing transformation of Sumpter Yard. And now the wider world has recognised the achievement, with a nomination for the Landscape Institute Design Awards. Dean Jo Kelly-Moore said: “St Albans...
A side splitting new comedy is coming to the Maltings Theatre this October. The Dating Diary is a heartfelt comedy set in north London, exploring the life of Amelia as she approaches her 30th birthday. Amelia is feeling the weight of societal expectations as she grapples with her lack of “milestones”....
A charity fundraiser which encourages volunteers to spend a night on cardboard sleeping under the stars is marking its 30th anniversary this November. The St Albans Sleepout started in 1993 under the leadership of Reverend Paul Hackwood, then the St Albans Diocese’s social responsibility officer. The idea behind the event was...
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