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Celebrity Interviews

Hertfordshire's royal baby name boom

Monday, May 20, 2019
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry receive flowers after leaving Canada House in London (photo: Mr Pics / Alamy Stock Photo)

With the arrival of Harry and Meghan's baby boy, Archie, it's clear that royal names are among the most popular in the county for newborn boys

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Donovan helps unveil plaque in childhood home of Hatfield

Monday, May 20, 2019
Donovan playing at 230 Bishops Rise in the 1960s (photo: Courtesy of Hatfield Town Council)

A blue plaque has been unveiled in Hatfield at the childhood home of singer Donovan

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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

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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Local People

Artist profile: Sculptor Charles Elliott

Mon, 12:34 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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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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Surviving 7/7 bombings: Martine Wright from Tring

Monday, July 8, 2019 Words: Nikki Lennox
Martine Wright (photo: Simon and Schuster)

Tring's Martine Wright was the most injured survivor of the 7/7 terror attacks 14 years ago this month. Her story from that atrocity to now teaches us that we are never beaten if we have love, courage and goals

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Charity

Charity: Up on Downs

Monday, December 17, 2018
Up on Downs gives support to those with the syndrome and their whole family

Helping the families of Hertfordshire children of all ages with Down's syndrome with support, community, information and fun

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December 2018

Charity spotlight: For Baby's Sake

Monday, July 16, 2018 Words: North Herts CVS
For Baby's Sake helps break the cycle of domestic abuse

An innovative scheme set up by the Stefanou Foundation to support new parents affected by domestic abuse

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July 2018

Charity: Hertfordshire Independent Living Service

Tuesday, June 19, 2018
HILS provides home-delivered meals and much more to its clients (photo: HILS)

Delivering meals, support and social opportunities to older people across the county

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June 2018

Charity of the month: British Heart Foundation

Monday, May 21, 2018 Words: North Herts CVS
Herts resident Kieran Sandwell, 46, was born with a major heart defect and had a heart transplant at the age of 38. He began walking the entire coastline of Britain last February to raise awareness and funds for the British Heart Foundation (photo: BHF)

The life-saving charity is calling on Herts people to set up local action groups to be the community face of the BHF

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May 2018

Charity spotlight: Herts Disability Sports Foundation

Monday, April 16, 2018 Words: North Herts CVS
Wheelchair basketball, just one of the many sports on offer

A young organisation creating opportunities for all to benefit from and enjoy sport in the county

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April 2018
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