We ask a different figure from the local community to choose 10 questions to answer from a list of 50. This week: Mezzo-soprano Deborah Holborn, who performs both fully-staged operas and concert-staged productions of song and oratorio, and is joining St Albans Chamber Opera as the mother in their production...
Roger Thomas, who has served Highfield Park Trust for nearly 30 years, has become the last of the original trustees to step down.. In the 1990s, Roger was head of land based industries at Oaklands College when thoughts of creating a new, charity-managed, rural park for St. Albans were first discussed. Hill...
One of the biggest successes in terms of celebrating our city’s rich history has been the Blue Plaques St Albans scheme. Since 2019 a group of volunteers have been working on a long-term scheme to commemorate famous citizens who have lived and worked in the city, by placing ‘blue plaques’ on...
Rail operator Govia Thameslink Railway have apologised for service failings which saw St Albans highlighted as one of the country's worst for cancellations. National Rail figures collected by train data website On Time Trains and published by the BBC said 6.8 per cent of scheduled stops at the station were cancelled...
I may have just experienced the most extraordinary four hours of my life at what I believe to be the best restaurant in London. Having recently retained its Michelin star after over 13 consecutive years, Pétrus, under the masterful guidance of head chef Orson Vergnaud, is ushering in a new...
Changes to SADC’s planning process have been welcomed by another local campaigner. Gee Smedley, who runs the CLASH and Save North St Albans Greenbelt campaigns, said major alterations to a scheme for 150 houses on land off Harpenden Road were being dismissed as non-material amendments. “Anything to do with highways is material...
Star of Cucumber, The Office, The Thick of It, Gentleman Jack and Happy Valley, St Albans actor Vincent Franklin will be heading out on the road this festive season to bring his one-man production of A Christmas Carol to theatres across the country, portraying more than 20 different characters in...
If you’ve ever visited St Albans Cathedral and marvelled at the elaborate historical timeline which unfolds on giant plastic display boards, you can now take home a printed version for your bookshelf. St Albans Cathedral - An Illustrated Timeline is authored by local legend Stephen De Silva and published by Andrew...
Team GB's Phoebe Gill has become the first ambassador for St Albans-based mental health charity Youth Talk. Phoebe, who attends St George's School in Harpenden and is a member of St Albans Athletics Club at Abbey View Athletics Track, will be promoting the work of Youth Talk and its mission to...
A new tree is to be planted in St Albans city centre to remember the life and career of the city's pioneering town clerk Betty Entwistle. It replaces one planted in her honour outside a sheltered housing scheme in Holyrood Crescent, which was later felled to allow for the building of...
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