If you’re not familiar with Watercress, it is a wonderful wildlife preserve hidden away at the bottom of Cornwall Road and Riverside Road. Today is their family day, with storytelling, duck races, bug hunting and …

We spent much of Sunday at the Childwickbury Art Fair, held on the Kubrick family estate a few miles outside St. Albans. Although there was serious art on display, some of it for sale, the …

The St. Albans Festival, an annual celebration of the role of St. Albans in the authoring of the Magna Carta, begins on Friday 11 June 2010.
There are dozens, if not hundreds, of events between the …

Local blogger, Mike Hartley, suffered a stroke two years ago. Thankfully, he recovered quickly, unlike so many others. Now he’s getting on his bike and riding 64 miles to raise funds for the Stroke Association. …

Tickets are now on sale for several events that form part of St. Albans Festival, an annual showcase and celebration of the City’s role in the writing of the Magna Carta.
According the the Council website, …

St. Albans Museum is currently running a free exhibition on Stanley Kubrick’s life and work. Kubrick lived in the estate house at Childwickbury, about a mile outside of St. Albans, until his death in 1999.
Although …

If you haven’t noticed, I’ve been away the past two weeks – working, then taking a brief holiday, in Sydney. Well, I’m back, well and truly jetlagged, and hoping to get back into the swing …

Heartwood Forest which, when fully planted, will be the largest new native forest in England, is just a few miles north of St. Albans, near Sandridge.
The forest, being created by the Woodland Trust on over …