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10 reasons not to miss this month's Hertfordshire Life magazine

Tue, 11:31
May 2019 issue out Thursday 18th April

Don’t miss the fabulous May issue - on sale Thursday April 18

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8 pretty bluebell walks in Hertfordshire

Tue, 10:36 Samuel Mathewson
Bluebell walks in Hertfordshire (photo: Kate, Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0)

Blink and they’re gone! The bluebell is a sign that spring is in full swing, but they don’t stick around long, so we have gathered some pretty woodlands in Hertfordshire to enjoy a bluebell walk

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Churches Conservation Trust: keeping Hertfordshire's churches alive

Monday, April 1, 2019 Words: Ellie Fells
St Andrew's in Buckland near Royston (photo: Churches Conservation Trust)

For 50 years, the Churches Conservation Trust has been working to ensure redundant churches remain an asset to their communities

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April 2019

Fossils and flowers: wildlife havens of Hill End and Barkway chalk pits

Monday, March 18, 2019 Words: Sarashka King
Nationally rare chalkgrassland at Hill End

Former chalk pits near Hitchin and Royston are secluded spots rich with life ancient and rare. Work is underway to make them better known and studied

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March 2019

Jamie Cullum: 'The left-field jazz that you can dance and lose yourself to is what Cheltenham does well'

Thursday, March 14, 2019 Katie Jarvis
Jamie Cullum

Jamie Cullum will be showcasing songs from his new album at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival – and it’s going to be emotional

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Homes & Gardens

Hertfordshire home: Georgian style new build in Little Gaddesden

Monday, April 1, 2019 Words: Pat Bramley
It's all about symettry. The owners felt a Georgian style with classic dimensions would 'settle in the landscape and stand the test of time' (photo: Savills)

This newly-built Little Gaddesden home created by a husband and wife build-and-design team is testament to the beauty and importance of details

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April 2019

Pretty Hertfordshire home: Totteridge farmhouse

Monday, March 18, 2019 Words: Pat Bramley. Photos: Khaled Kassem
Guest bedroom (photo: Khaled Kassem)

Charming yet spacious, with country living near the city, this Totteridge farmhouse is a family home par excellence

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March 2019

Hertfordshire home: Grade II* listed medieval hall in Hunsdon

Monday, February 11, 2019 Words: Pat Bramley
The property retains its original late medieval hall plan with additions over the centuries (photo: Fine & Country)

With its roots deep in the medieval period, this Hunsdon former hall house makes a surprisingly comfortable, open and bright family home

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February 2019

American inspired, fresh family home in Knebworth

Tuesday, January 15, 2019 Words: Pat Bramley
The snug (photo: Putterills)

Inspired by the architecture of New England, a couple took on an ordinary family home in Knebworth and made it their own

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January 2019

Interiors: vintage Christmas at an Edwardian cottage in Bushey

Monday, December 10, 2018 Words: Natalie Flaum. Photos: Darren Chung. Styling: Sian Williamson
The fireplace grate is from a local salvage yard and the gold over mantle mirror is from Brissi. The vintage French white armchair is from Home and Colonial. A local carpenter installed cupboards and shelves either side of the fireplace (photo: Darren Chung / Real Homes)

A young family moved from an outgrown flat in London to an Edwardian cottage in Bushey, lovingly bringing it back to life with vintage finds and sympathetic updates

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December 2018
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Food & Drink

Restaurant review: Cricketers of Redbourn

Tuesday, April 9, 2019 Words: Richard Cawthorne. Photos: Brian Arnopp
Hake fillet with wild rice and bok choi in teriyaki sauce with finely-diced red chilli and garlic (photo: Brian Arnopp)

Sitting on the common in the heart of the village near St Albans, this award-winning traditional pub has a restaurant worth getting in line for

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April 2019

20 of the best restaurants in Hertfordshire

Thursday, April 4, 2019 Samuel Mathewson
Food at The Grove, Watford (photo: The Grove)

From Italian style bistros to modern Turkish eateries and classic British spots, Hertfordshire has a plethora of innovative restaurants. We have picked 20 top places to eat in the county

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Afternoon tea in Hertfordshire: 32 of the best

Thursday, March 21, 2019
Afternoon tea places in Hertfordshire

Afternoon tea is a hallmark of British culture that these days comes in many varieties. With its green landscape, attractive towns and beautiful venues, Hertfordshire is a great location for this delight. Here are 32 of the best places in the county to indulge

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Exclusive sneak peek at Berkhamsted High Street's new bar and restaurant

Thursday, March 21, 2019
Berkhamsted High Street's former town hall will be home to a new bar and restaurant, Copper House (photo: synx508, Flickr, CC BY-NC 2.0)

Click through to view an artist’s impression of the new bar which is opening next month in the former Town Hall building

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Restaurant review: Bistro Gautier, Harpenden

Thursday, March 21, 2019 Words: Richard Cawthorne. Photos: Brian Arnopp
Poisson du Jour (sea bass). Whole fish (£15.95) baked with lemon and stuffed with fresh herbs served with sautéed new potatoes or French fries and green beans (photo: Brian Arnopp)

Carrying on their father’s remarkable legacy, a brother and sister are providing a taste of authentic France in Harpenden

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March 2019

People

17 world firsts from Hertfordshire

Tue, 10:53
Stevenage-built Aeolus satellite, the world's first weather space mission (photo: European Space Agency)

Inventions and ideas fostered and created in Hertfordshire have helped shape our world. From engineering to food and cutting-edge science, the county has been at the forefront of change

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April 2019

Kacey Ainsworth: from EastEnders to Grantchester

Tuesday, April 9, 2019 Words: Debbie McMorran
Kacey Ainsworth (photo: Paul Clarke)

Kacey Ainsworth has, through sheer hard work and talent, avoided the typecasting trap of a major TV soap character. The Ware actress is now enjoying some of the most challenging and celebrated roles of her career

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April 2019

Stanley Kubrick in Hertfordshire: the Childwickbury years

Monday, April 1, 2019
Stanley Kubrick, age 21, 1949 (LOOK Magazine Collection, Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division)

Close to Elstree and Pinewood studios and with the space and privacy to let his imagination run free, Stanley Kubrick’s Herts home-cum-workplace played a key role in his later films. Richard Luck explores the links and myths on the 20th anniversary of the director’s death

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April 2019

1349: the Black Death comes to Hertfordshire

Monday, April 1, 2019 Words: Michael Long
Illustrations from the Nuremberg Chronicle, by Hartmann Schedel (1440-1514)

Spring of 1349 in Hertfordshire came with a black cloud - a plague that would wipe out as much as half the population. It brought death but also major social change

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April 2019

50 richest people in Hertfordshire 2019

Tuesday, March 19, 2019
Lewis Hamilton after winning the 2018 Japanese Grand Prix (photo: Paul Ripke for Mercedes-Benz Grand Prix Ltd)

From film and sport to construction and pharmaceuticals, discover who the richest Hertfordshire people are this year and just how they’re faring in strange times

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Arts & Culture

Jamie Cullum: 'The left-field jazz that you can dance and lose yourself to is what Cheltenham does well'

Thursday, March 14, 2019 Katie Jarvis
Jamie Cullum

Jamie Cullum will be showcasing songs from his new album at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival – and it’s going to be emotional

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Hertfordshire art collection goes to auction

Tuesday, March 12, 2019
Edward Bawden, 'The Road to Thaxted' (Hertfordshire County Council)

Herts County Council is putting a major collection of post-war British art into auction. The authority’s Simon Hoggett outlines the history of the collection and why it’s being sold

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Nostalgic old videos of Hertfordshire

Friday, March 1, 2019 Samuel Mathewson
These old photos of Hertfordshire will leave you feeling nostalgic (photo: deserontoarchives, Flickr)

Travel back in time to the good old days of Hertfordshire’s past with these nostalgic archive videos

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John Mills: sculptor to the nation

Monday, February 18, 2019 Photos: Chris Frazer Smith
John Mills with the finished cast for Tommy

In John Mills’ long career he has created pieces that sit at the heart of British culture. Richard Burton met the sculptor at his Hinxworth studio ahead of a Herts retrospective this month

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