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The history of Stevenage Charter Fair

Yesterday, 11:15 Julie Lucas
The merry-go-round in Stevenage High Street in 1907 (photo courtesy of Stevenage Museum)

Behind this month's fun fair in Stevenage is a history spanning 800 years. Julie Lucas looks at how the charter fair made the town and how today it is a source of pride for the showmen and women who transform the High Street each year

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North Hertfordshire Museum finally opens and here's what to expect

Wednesday, September 11, 2019 Words: Louise McEvoy. Photos: Alan Millard
Curator Ros Allwood discusses an Iron Age cauldron and its dragon-headed fire dogs alongside a Roman amphora (photo: Alan Millard)

Beset by a legal row that meant much of it was inaccessible for years, the new Noth Hertfordshire Museum is finally fully open, and it's been worth the wait

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A day out in Berkhamsted

Thursday, August 29, 2019 Words & photos: Casey-Drew
The high street has numerous old buildings, including Dean Incent's House (birthplace of a 16th century Dean of St Paul's), dating to around 1500 (photo: Casey-Drew)

A historic market town close to the western boundary of the county, Berko, as the locals call it, mixes ancient and modern in style

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Cheshunt's 'new town centre'

Thursday, August 29, 2019
Brookfield Riverside development (image: Sovereign Centros)

The £400m scheme is described as "different from anywhere else in the UK"

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Pretty country pub walks in Hertfordshire

Thursday, August 29, 2019 Samuel Mathewson
Countryside near the village of Sarratt (photo: Peter Fleming, Getty Images)

A walk in the country with the promise of a welcoming pub for lunch is one of the things Herts does brilliantly. We've picked some of the best to try

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Health & Style

Try the new craze of 'forest bathing' therapy in Hertfordshire

Thursday, August 29, 2019 Photos: Taryn Paterson
Sam Wright (photo: Taryn Paterson)

The benefits of getting out in the fresh air are well-known, but a new take on it, forest therapy, is growing in popularity as a way to unwind and improve health. We asked Herts-based forest therapy guide Sam Wright to explain

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January 2019

Cresta Silks in Welwyn on its 90th anniversary

Tuesday, July 16, 2019 Words: Emily Shepperson, Welwyn Hatfield Museum Service curator
Cresta Silks advertisement from 1937 (photo: Welwyn Garden City Heritage Trust / Copyright The Barn Theatre)

Cresta Silks, founded in Welwyn GC 90 years ago, is a remarkable story of leading artists, socialist principals and commercial nous that made women look fabulous

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Homes & Gardens

Hertfordshire home: Pretty converted watermill in Westmill

Monday, August 19, 2019 Words: Pat Bramley
The river Rib has been at the heart of the property for 1,000 years (photo: Savills)

Once owned by a bodyguard to Edward the Confessor, and a hideout during the Profumo affair, The Mill in Westmill is a home with a long and intriguing history

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Hertfordshire home: A pretty converted power station near Ware

Tuesday, July 16, 2019 Words: Pat Bramley. Photos: The Modern House
The old barns have been converted into a showpiece kitchen and dining room (photo: The Modern House)

With a baby imminent, a couple with a vision took on a former power station near Ware and set about realising its potential as a family home

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Beautiful riverside cottage garden in Wheathampstead

Tuesday, June 4, 2019 Words: Philippa Pearson. Photos: Jonathan Hilder
There's plenty of seating in the garden to enjoy the river and the wildlife (photo: Piers Photography)

With exotic inspiration from her travels mixed with cottage garden plants and natural areas, Sally Trendell has created a magical riverside garden at her home near Wheathampstead

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Hertfordshire home: from drab 70s house to modern family home

Tuesday, June 4, 2019 Words: Pat Bramley. Photos: Chrissie Adams
Calming green with botanical hints in the master bedroom (photo: Chrissie Adams)

Searching for that elusive property with bags of potential, a couple took on a renovation that transformed a tired 70s home into a TV show winner

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Ad Feature Award-winning Gabriel Square development in St Albans

Wednesday, May 8, 2019
Gabriel Square offers luxurious living space with access to a beautiful garden square

Named after the Gabriel Bell in St Albans' historic clock tower, Gabriel Square is a collection of luxury homes arranged around a landscaped communal garden.

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Food & Drink

Charity apple festival returns to Much Hadham

Yesterday, 13:31
St Elizabeth's Apple Juice

This year is the 11th annual apple day in the grounds of St Elizabeth's

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15 real ale pubs you need to visit in Hertfordshire

Yesterday, 12:32
Real ale pubs in Hertfordshire (photo: Shaun Taylor, Getty Images)

From CAMRA accredited ale houses to gastro pubs with big beer lists, we have some perfect pubs in Hertfordshire that serve well kept real ales for true beer lovers

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Ad Feature The Cricketers of Redbourn

Wednesday, September 11, 2019
The Cricketers of Redbourn

Welcome to The Cricketers of Redbourn; set in the idyllic location of East Common in the heart of the village, overlooking Redbourn Common in Hertfordshire.

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Food review: The Three Tuns, Ashwell

Wednesday, September 11, 2019 Words: Richard Cawthorne. Photos: Brian Arnopp
Welsh brie baked with honey and pecan nuts, served with warm bread and plum chutney (photo: Brian Arnopp)

Located in the beautiful village of Ashwell and blessed with elegant Georgian proportions, this pub-restaurant has plenty to commend its menu too

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This pub has been named Hertfordshire Pub of the Year by CAMRA

Wednesday, September 11, 2019
Red Lion, Preston (photo: Mark Waters)

The Campaign for Real Ale has acknowledged a community-owned village pub in Herts as its Pub of the Year

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People

100 years of the Women's Institute in Hertfordshire

Yesterday, 11:39 Words: Sherry Hostler. Photos: Hertfordshire Federation
An early Herts Federation meeting at Hitchin Town Hall (photo: Hertfordshire WI)

With an ethos of education, friendship, support and activism, Hertfordshire WI is 100 this year and still enriching and changing lives

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Try the new craze of 'forest bathing' therapy in Hertfordshire

Thursday, August 29, 2019 Photos: Taryn Paterson
Sam Wright (photo: Taryn Paterson)

The benefits of getting out in the fresh air are well-known, but a new take on it, forest therapy, is growing in popularity as a way to unwind and improve health. We asked Herts-based forest therapy guide Sam Wright to explain

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January 2019

Artist profile: Sculptor Charles Elliott

Monday, August 19, 2019 Words: Sandra Smith
Bellowing stag made using old horseshoes looks majestic in this parkland setting (credit: Charles Elliott)

A love of animals combined with the art of blacksmithing has made Berkhamsted's Charles Elliott an in-demand sculptor here and abroad

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Just Be A Child charity: Bringing books to deprived children

Monday, August 12, 2019 Words: Louise McEvoy. Photos: Just Be A Child
A place to study. The charity has also introduced arts, writing and sports programmes (photo: Just Be A Child)

Raised under a repressive regime, the founder of a Herts charity is using books to empower deprived children to determine their lives

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James Whitney: Hertfordshire's dandy highwayman

Monday, August 12, 2019 Words: Eric Bryan
Highwayman holding up a stagecoach in England in the 1600s. Hand-coloured woodcut of a Howard Pyle illustration (photo: North Wind Picture Archives/Alamy Stock Photo)

The 'most celebrated captain of banditti in the kingdom' James Whitney began life in poverty in Stevenage before embarking on a career of highway robbery at the head of a notorious Herts gang

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Arts & Culture

Artist profile: Sculptor Charles Elliott

Monday, August 19, 2019 Words: Sandra Smith
Bellowing stag made using old horseshoes looks majestic in this parkland setting (credit: Charles Elliott)

A love of animals combined with the art of blacksmithing has made Berkhamsted's Charles Elliott an in-demand sculptor here and abroad

Read more

Just Be A Child charity: Bringing books to deprived children

Monday, August 12, 2019 Words: Louise McEvoy. Photos: Just Be A Child
A place to study. The charity has also introduced arts, writing and sports programmes (photo: Just Be A Child)

Raised under a repressive regime, the founder of a Herts charity is using books to empower deprived children to determine their lives

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