A community choir is showing no signs of resting on its laurels after 10 years and with half a million pounds donated to a groundbreaking cancer research centre. In fact, the founder of The Big Choir Sharon Czapnik Down not only has her eyes set on a £1m target, but she’s...
SADC planning enforcement officers are to investigate an illuminated sign installed on the frontage of a new takeaway shop in a Conservation Area following complaints from local residents. The former home of Ellis Butchers at 149 Victoria Street received council approval in February 2026 to be converted into a hot food...
It’s OK To Say founder and CEO Stacey Turner, considers the life and times of the city’s many public benches… I found myself wondering recently… If the benches of St Albans could talk, what stories would they tell?Not the Cathedral. Not the Clock Tower. Not even the market.The benches.Those quiet observers...
We ask a different figure from the local community to choose 10 questions to answer from a list of 50. This week: Bronwyn Sweeney, an observational comic whose musings on St Albans life have gone viral on Instagram. Where do you walk when you want to think? I like to stroll along...
St Albans Times sports editor Jess Unwin presents unrivalled coverage of the build-up to the new season for the Saints in this week's edition - kicking off with his interview with the manager. Saints boss Gary McCann has stated a top three final placing in the Isthmian League Premier Division table...
Act4 productions are back at the Roman Theatre Festival and Deborah Heath is there to see their take on a less well-known Sondheim musical… I was pleased to see the return of Act4 to the Roman Theatre Festival – I loved their production of ‘Into The Woods’ in 2024, admiring their...
The first presentations for this year’s Harpenden Society annual awards have recognised unique aspects of the town’s buildings and site developments. The awards, which have been running for more than 40 years, have now expanded to include people who have given their voluntary services across a wide range of subjects. Society awards...
Five hundred years ago, in the German city of Worms, a fugitive English scholar achieved something astounding for the time: William Tyndale’s English New Testament. This was the first ever printed in the language of the common people. Printed by Peter Schöffer in 1526, it was an act of breathtaking courage,...
Elena Hogg, founder of local culinary company FOOD by Elena, has just returned from her choir’s visit to eastern Europe… I’ve just returned from four days in Prague. Every year, my choir goes on tour, performing in churches, theatres and plenty of quite esoteric venues, too. This time, for example, we...
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