Midsummer Night’s Dream comes true for St Albans actress Sue
Nearly a year ago, local actress Sue Dyson was wandering around a local open garden when she suddenly had a ‘Eureka’ moment.
And so it begins...
Although most gardeners won’t have been discouraged from pottering in their gardens over the winter months by the cold, wet weather, the coming of May really heralds the start of gardening season for me.
Honey comes home with Copley
Looking for local honey can be a bit of a treasure hunt. It only appears at certain times of the year, and only when local bees have been feeling productive.
Café has it off to a T in Bricket Wood
A family-run business is an increasing rarity in our expensive, busy area. T in the Woods in Bricket Wood is a welcome alternative to the chains and is owned and run by the Reynolds and Stafford family.
Hidden treasures at new deli
Tucked away down St Alban’s very own Diagon Alley is a new little shop of treasures. Behind an old curved window and below a sign showing a knife and fork you will find Marlowe and House, a new deli in the Village Arcade. It is a place to go to buy delicious food, without having to venture into nearby neon supermarkets.
St Albans’ own East End
March 2012 saw the publication of a very different local history from most then on our bookshelves. Those generally contain of studies of the Romans, the Abbey, the medieval period, portrait descriptions of the great and the good, and descriptions of the growing town reaching outwards – at least as far as the Midland Railway.
Holsts’s Planets Suite for St Albans Symphony Orchestra
Almost a century after its was written, St Albans Abbey will reverberate to the sounds of Gustav Holst’s celestial Planets Suite, performed by St Albans Symphony Orchestra as part of its yearly festival concert on Saturday, June 8, starting at 7.30pm.
Lauren the Fairy Food Mother comes to the rescue
Oh my goodness, I wish I had known Lauren Gayfer, aka The Fairy Food Mother when my two children were babies. It would have been fabulous to have someone wave a magic wand and restore my energy levels and help me through the “witching hour”!
Column: Freshening up at the Black Horse
If you enjoy the taste of fresh, just-brewed beer, you can’t do better than to sample the ales in the Black Horse in Wood Street, Barnet. Last Saturday, Simon Collinson of Oak Taverns, which runs the Black Horse, opened the Barnet Brewery that’s based in buildings behind the pub and which can be viewed by customers while they enjoy a pint.
