Deborah Heath catches up with OVO’s artistic director and founder Adam Nichols to talk about future productions and the company’s ongoing campaign for a new theatre in the city. When I last saw Adam Nichols during the Roman Theatre Festival, it was impossible to catch a word. Having recently launched the...
Report by Times sports correspondent Jess Unwin, photos by Jim Standen St Albans City’s new manager Gary McCann has suggested he’ll begin by working to get the best out of the existing playing squad rather than straightway moving to bring in a host of new faces. Of the players he’s inherited at...
This is the first look at the uniforms girls will be wearing at St Albans School when it becomes co-educational next September. This week, prospective families of both boys and girls took part in an interactive itinerary where they engaged in a range of activities across various departments, guided by current...
An Oaklands College student has achieved remarkable success on the international stage, bringing home eight gold medals after representing Great Britain at the 8th European Down Syndrome Swimming Championships in Albufeira, Portugal. Joe Edwards, a swimmer from the college’s Learning for Independence and Future Employment (LIFE) department, delivered a phenomenal performance...
St Albans Postboxes is back for its eighth year of woolly wonder, and this time organisers shouting it from the rooftops (and the postboxes): ANYONE can sponsor a topper. Not just businesses - but also families, friendship groups, book clubs, schools, dog walkers, knitting circles, and even entire streets. One of their...
There are just a few hours to go before the opening night of Iberos, a new counter-style restaurant inspired by the tabernas of Spain and Portugal, right in the heart of St Albans. Located at 8 George Street, Iberos opens to the public next Tuesday November 25, but a lucky few...
A much-loved name in fried chicken is coming to St Albans, as Chicken George Jnr prepares to open its first city restaurant in The Maltings Shopping Centre. Their new venue will be on the corner of the centre recently occupied by Locked Rooms - opposite flagship SADC development Jubilee Square. It's a...
One of the district's most popular Christmas traditions is back for another year as Willows' Activity Farm's legendary Santa Spectacular opens this weekend. From Saturday November through to Christmas Eve, visitors will be able to step through a 'polar portal' and find out whether they're on the naughty or nice list...
It's beginning to look at lot like Christmas in St Albans, as the city enters the festive season in style with its annual street festival spectacular. This year's Christmas Cracker saw St Peter's Street closed to traffic on Sunday for a day of family fun including live music, fairground rides, a...
Following the sudden and disastrous closure of Halloween Haunt Fest in Redbourn, which left a large number of actors and managers unpaid and cost contractors and the Hertfordshire Agricultural Society tens of thousands of pounds, local businesses and volunteers have come together to salvage something positive from the ashes of...
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