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Welcome to July

Childwickbury Arts Fair

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Luton Hoo

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a potted history

NOW at the Alban Arena 14 dance, music & films

NOW at the Cathedral 16 organ festival & more

Edinburgh Festival 24 comes to St Albans

NOW Summer Art Exhibition 25 local art on show

Highland Gathering 26

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Ten Fabulous Years, Come and Celebrate!

In 2003 Childwickbury estate first opened its gates to a new art event.

From just a few handpicked artists in the Victorian brick stables it has grown into a hugely popular and well respected event for both visitors and participants.

Childwickbury Arts Fair, a very grown up TEN, now consists of marquees housing over 60 artists, live music, fresh and healthy food, a licensed bar, education and activities for everyone, all in a special and unique atmosphere.

What makes this event so inspiring is that all artists and craftspeople demonstrate their skills on site.

The relaxed and easy going attitude of the fair creates the perfect environment for visitors to approach artists and ask them questions about how they work. Of course it is also a perfect occasion to buy original pieces of art direct from the artist, have a look at the website for a list of everyone participating.

There will be a real festival feel with live music

throughout and the fair will stay open until 10pm on Saturday. All the music is included in the entrance ticket price this year making Childwickbury Arts Fair 2013 fantastic value, as always the weekend will be full of amazing art, music, food and fun.

Friday 5th – Sunday 7th July Friday & Sunday 10am – 6pm Saturday 10am – 10pm adult £8, seniors £6, children under 14 £6 under 2s free, family £30 Childwickbury Stables, St Albans 01727 859495 www.childwickbury-arts-fair.com

get on your bike Look out for Sky Ride Local which offers free, fun, guided bike rides around the local area. Guided by British Cycling Ride Leaders along scenic planned routes, they’re a great way to get out and see your local area. With different levels, there are rides for all abilities - whether you’re building your confidence or already comfortable on a bike and looking for a challenge. To get more women into riding bikes for fun British Cycling’s Breeze 4

network is also coming to the District.

If riding with friends is more your thing, check out British Cycling’s social network for cyclists. This is the ideal opportunity to take control of your cycling, discover new chances to ride and make some friends along the way. Rides are organised all year round by cyclists across the area.

To book onto a bike ride, visit www.goskyride.com/st-albans

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Luton Hoo, a potted history Over the years Luton Hoo has counted many heads of state and members of royalty among its visitors including Queen Mary, Edward VII and Lord Mountbatten. In 1947, the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh spent part of their honeymoon in one of the mansion’s vast state bedrooms, and have since returned to celebrate wedding anniversaries.

There has been a house on the present site of Luton Hoo since at least 1601 when Robert Napier bought the estate. Today’s mansion house dates from the late 18th century when it was the seat of the 3rd Earl of Bute, then Prime Minister to George III. The famous landscape designer, Capability Brown, was engaged to redesign the surrounding parkland and gardens which now extend to 1,065 acres.

In 1903 Luton Hoo was bought by Sir Julius Wernher, a leading diamond dealer who commissioned Charles Mewes and Arthur Davis, the architects of the Ritz Hotel in London, to redesign the interior of Luton Hoo in a lavish Edwardian ‘Belle Époque’ style.

After the death of Sir Julius, Harold Wernher inherited the estate from his father.

During the Second World War, the estate and mansion house was commissioned by Eastern Command and played an important role in wartime operations testing tanks before they were taken off to depots for war service. On 26th June 1948, Sir Harold Wernher and his wife Lady Zia, Countess Anastasia Mikhailovna de Torby, hosted a memorable visit by Sir Winston Churchill when 110,000 people gathered to hear him address the crowd and thank them for their support during the Second World War (pictured).

Sir Harold died in 1973 followed by Lady Zia in 1977 with the estate passing to their elder grandson, Nicholas Phillips, who together with his wife developed the living accommodation into facilities for corporate functions and filming, to support the maintenance of the family art collection.

The house has been a very popular location with television and film makers, being used for films such as Four Weddings and a Funeral, Enigma, Eyes Wide Shut, Inspector Morse, Nicholas Nickleby, Vanity Fair and Bleak House to name but a few.

Following Nicholas Phillips’ death in 1991 the estate was put up for sale in 1997 and was finally purchased by Elite Hotels in 1999. After 8 years of painstaking restoration and an investment of more than £60 million the luxurious 5 star Luton Hoo Hotel, Golf & Spa opened in 2007. The estate comprises of 1,065 acres of stunning parkland including an 18-hole, par 73 golf course, a luxurious spa, the opulent Wernher Restaurant and the relaxed setting of the Adam’s Brasserie.

The Luton Hoo book written by author and historian Peter Pugh brings the history of Luton Hoo to life with a fascinating insight into one of the country’s great houses, the people who lived and worked there and its transformation into a luxury hotel, this year celebrating its fifth anniversary. This book can be bought at the hotel reception in the Mansion House for £35. www.lutonhoo.co.uk

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27th July 1949 Maiden flight of De Havilland Comet

It’s amazing when you look back on Britain’s past engineering triumphs, this month on 27th July sees the anniversary of the maiden flight of the world’s first jet airliner, which took to the skies for 31 epoch-making minutes over Hatfield in 1949.

Today those of a certain age complain about the speed of change, but it’s snail’s pace compared to what it was. The Government’s Brabazon Committee drew up the specifications for the de Havilland Comet in 1943. Imagine - specs to prototype in just six years and only 40 years earlier its chairman, John Moore-Brabazon, had made the first powered flight in England by an Englishman.

The Comet started life carrying mail and six passengers at 400mph. It wasn’t conceived as a jet but Geoffrey de Havilland, a Committee member with a commercial interest in jets, persuaded the others that a jet was just the thing. His earliest designs incorporated a lot of the innovations de Havilland was working on at the time, notably the twin-boom layout that later resurfaced in the successful Vampire fighter-bomber series, but the specifications changed so much during the process that what eventually trundled out of the hangar was a 36-seat airliner powered by four turbojets, capable of cruising at 460mph at 42,000ft, a speed and altitude that nothing in the world could match. It was comfy, too, with 45” of legroom per seat, big square windows, a bar and even separate ladies and gents!

But it was uncharted territory. When Comet entered service with BOAC in May 1952 there were troubles in store which its designers could never have foreseen.Even before the Queen, the Queen Mother

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and Princess Margaret enjoyed the first jet flight by a monarch in June 1953, the problems had begun.

The previous year a Comet had failed to take off from Ciampino Airport in Rome, ploughing into a field and injuring two passengers. In March 1953 the same thing happened at Karachi, killing all 11 on board, and in May another went down after taking off from Calcutta with a death toll of 43. After two more disasters in 1954 – 35 dead when one broke up over the Mediterranean in January, 21 dead when another crashed near Naples in April – the Comet was grounded.

It took four years to find and fix the problem. It was metal fatigue, about which little was known. De Havilland had tested for it but didn’t understand how the stresses that caused it worked so it was only by studying the wreckage that they discovered the corners of the square windows simply ripped under pressure. The Comet 4, with oval windows, appeared in 1958; but by then the Boeing 707 and Douglas D8 were ready for service. They were bigger, faster, and cheaper to run. BOAC put 707’s on its transatlantic flights. BEA continued to fly Comets, as did many other airlines and the RAF which used them for training and reconnaissance.

By the 1970s, only the charter airline Dan Air was flying Comets; the last in civilian service were retired in 1981 leaving only the Nimrod military variant flying on until 2011.

The Comet may not have been a huge commercial success, only 114 were ever built, however it changed all our lives, making long-distance travel commonplace and something we all now take for granted!

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CITY AND DISTRICT OF ST ALBANS TOUR GUIDES

City Walks

Saturday 6th & 20th July Rags & Riches The Changing Fortunes of Fishpool Street Medieval pubs and houses and a 16th century Watermill, meet outside Verulamium Museum, 2.30pm

Sunday 7th July Crime & Punishment Learn about murder, theft, bribery and adultery. Meet outside the Old Town Hall, 2.30pm

Saturday 13th & 27th July Verulamium in a Nutshell Roman Britain's third city, revolting Celts and a fire to rival the Great Fire of London.

Meet outside Verulamium Museum, 2.30 pm.

NEW Sunday 14th July There's more to Tudors than Henry VIII See how many 16th century buildings have survived . Bring Tudor St Albans and its people into focus.

Meet outside the Old Town Hall, 2.30 pm.

Sunday 21st July Aristocrats, Paupers & Philanthropist Visit the lesser known historic features of St Albans, meet in front of the Old Town Hall, 2.30 pm

Sunday 28th July Saturday Night & Sunday Morning Pint and a Prayer For centuries, St Albans was a centre for brewing and after the Reformation - religious dissent. As a result, St Albans had a truly remarkable number of pubs and many chapels too. This walk explores a lesser known corner of St Albans with its set of almhouses, the earliest chapel and of course, some of those many pubs!

Meet outside the Old Town Hall, 2.30pm.

Adult £4, child £2, from the Tourist Information Centre, Market Place or from the guide on the day.

Gearing up for the Herts Cycle Challenge Take to the road on your bike this month to raise money to support local families dealing with life-limiting illnesses.

The Herts Cycle Challenge on 21st July, starts and finishes at the Old Albanian RFC in St Albans. Adults can sign up for either 10 or 50 miles catering for both experienced and recreational cyclists.

The ride is only for adults, but there’ll be plenty of activities to keep the whole family entertained at the Rugby Club including a cycling obstacle course, bouncy castle, face painting, sports massages, a barbecue and ice creams.

Both routes take you through beautiful countryside, with plenty of opportunities to refuel and take in the scenery surrounding the local villages.

Every £150 raised from the Herts Cycle Challenge could fund an entire shift for a hospice at home nurse.

For further information or to register, please visit www.hertscyclechallenge.org or call the fundraising team on 01442 820740.

Entry costs £17 and includes a t-shirt, a medal on completion, and refreshments along the way.

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Sun 7th July 2pm Fitness models and natural bodybuilders are invited to compete at this prestigious event. If fitness and hard bodies is your thing, then this show is for you!

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Film: War Of The Worlds Alive On Stage Tues 2nd July 7.30pm Thurs 4 July 7.30pm Musical Version of ‘The War of The Worlds - Alive on Stage!’ A stunning musical multi-media extravaganza based on H.G. Wells’ dark Victorian tale of a Martian invasion of England.

In The Moment Sat 13th July 2.30pm & 7.30pm The next generation of dance and singing stars in a high-octane performance of commercial, contemporary and jazz dance mixed with singing and acting. Something for all tastes and all the family in this fast-paced whirlwind of theatre.

Film: Amour (12A) Weds 3rd July 1.30pm & 7.30pm French subtitled film.

Georges and Anne are in their eighties, they are cultivated, retired music teachers. One day, Anne has a stroke and the couple’s bond of love is severely tested.

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Film: The Croods (PG)

Sun 14th July 7.30pm The smash hit show from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe recreates the album live onstage performed by just two men who leap between instruments creating “…the musical equivalent of the triathlon – with bells on.”

Sat 6th July 11am A prehistoric comedy adventure that follows the world’s first family as they embark on a journey of a lifetime.

Film: The Great Gatsby Tues 23rd July 7.30pm Wed 24th July 1.30pm & 7.30pm Thurs 25th July 7.30pm Midwesterner Nick Carraway (Toby Maguire) is lured into the lavish world of his neighbour, Jay Gatsby (Leonardo DiCaprio). Soon enough, however, Carraway will see through the cracks of Gatsby’s nouveau riche existence, where obsession, madness, and tragedy await.

High School Musical Thurs 18th - Sat 20th July 7.30pm Sat Matinee 2.30pm Rare Productions Youth Theatre Group brings to life the Disney Channel’s smash hit musical! £13.50

Total Praise Celebration Sat 3rd August 6pm The ultimate gospel musical concert.

Celebrating God in a variety of ways, including Street Dance, Worship

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NOW at the Cathedral St Albans International Organ Festival 50th Anniversary 11th - 20th July The Festival has been bringing competitors and performers from across the world to our historic city for half a century. Here are just some of the highlights taking place at the Cathedral, for a full programme and tickets visit www.organfestival.com or call 01727 846126.

Britten: War Requiem Sat 13th July 8.15pm To mark the centenary of Benjamin Britten’s birth and the 50th anniversary of the IOF, this rare performance of his War Requiem brings together a star cast of performers under the baton of Sir Richard Armstrong.

Tickets: £10 - £30 Organ Recital - Kalevi Kiviniemi Sun 14th July 4pm Works include arrangements of Liszt's KonzertEtüde no.3, Sibelius’ Finlandia, and the world premiere of Aulis Sallinen's Preludes & Fugues.

Tickets: £15 Three Choirs Concert Mon 15th July 7.30pm Featuring the boy and girl choristers and lay clerks of Salisbury Cathedral, St Albans Cathedral, York Minster. Victoria’s 12-part Magnificat, Duruflé’s Requiem, and works by Gabrieli, Monteverdi and Britten.

Tickets: £12 - £30 National Youth Jazz Orchestra Wed 17th July 7.30pm A ‘not to be missed’ event, an original blend of classic big band numbers and arrangements have made them one of the most sought after groups in the country.

Tickets: £5 - £20 Organ Recital - Alan Morrisonte Thurs 18th July 6pm Works by Anne Wilson, JB Bach, Percy Whitlock, Leo Sowerby and Calvin Hampton. Tickets £15 Organ Recitals – Bach Corner 1.15pm A series of recitals to showcase four young organists. Admission free.

Thurs 11th July Richard Gowers Fri 12th July Joonho Park

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Thurs 18th July Ben Bloor Fri 19th July Peter Holder You can see the competition finals at the Cathedral visit www.organfestival.com for full details.

More to Explore Tour: Images of Alban Sun 7th July 3pm Wood, stone, glass, paint, wall plaster…Alban has been portrayed in so many ways. Come on this fascinating tour and find out how many!

(Meet at the West End) free

Free Daily Guided Tours Tours of the Cathedral with our expert Guides 11.30am Monday to Saturday 2pm Saturday 2.30pm Sunday to Friday If your time is limited our Highlights Tour takes place at 1.05pm every day of the week.

Become a Friend of St Albans Cathedral The Friends are a group of people, of all faiths and none - who love this place, and who help to sustain and enhance the Cathedral. Among the many activities of the Friends is a wonderful social programme, which is also open to non-members. Essex Villages and their Churches Thurs 11th July Tickets: Members £23, non-members £25.50 (includes coach travel, and a donation to the Thaxted Trust). For more information please call 01727 860412 or email friends@stalbanscathedral.org

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Gardens of the Rose will be open until Sunday 28th July Daily from 10am to 5pm Entrance fee £6 The Royal National Rose Society's 'Gardens of the Rose' is a living dictionary of roses.

Highlights include a rose collection, a garden setting showing different styles of planting, model gardens to provide inspiration for growing roses in small spaces, the replanted Queen Mother garden, new cultivar trials and a grass maze. The Gardens are wheelchair-friendly.

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Get Happy Singing It’s a well-known fact that singing is good for you both physically and mentally.

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4th July 7.30pm Thursday Night Lecture 'Is The Battle Over? Women's rights nationally and internationally' Dr Jane Grant (Fawcett Society) Verulamium Museum, £8

Wonder Wednesdays for Families Every Wednesday Museum of St Albans 10pm - 5pm Verulamium Museum 2pm - 5pm Free (admission charges apply at Verulamium Museum)

1st June - 15th September Magna Carta 1213: The Journey Starts Here Find out how a meeting of barons and clergy in St Albans 800 years ago led to the signing of the Magna Carta, the English charter of liberties.

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13th, 18th, 25th and 27th July Festival of Archaeology Verulamium Museum 11am & 2pm Tours of the Collections Stores Verulamium Museum, £5 12pm & 3pm Tours of Verulamium Park, £5

28thJuly 3pm - 4pm Sunday Stories Museum of St Albans, £1 storytelling for under 7’s

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Edinburgh Festival comes to St Albans Three of the most talked-about shows due to be staged at this year’s Edinburgh festival come to St Albans this month 6th July sees the arrival of No Direction, a new play by Albert Welling that deals with the contract between actor and audience. It leads you on a delightfully original and absorbing journey though some of life's trickier moments - loyalty, friendship, betrayal. Funny, moving, fast and sometimes furious, this is a piece of theatre that leaves you with a spring in your step and plenty to talk about.

Starring Ronnie Toms (The Rising, The Sociable Plover) and Albert Welling (Dr Who, Cemetery Junction, Endeavour). Directed by Bob Golding (Star of the Olivier Award winning play ‘Morecambe’) Then, on 24th / 25th July , ‘Flipping The Bird’ and ‘Red Shift Productions’ offer you Jekyll & Hyde as you never seen it before! Classic tale, new twist.

Fringe First award-winning writer Jonathan Holloway re-imagines Stevenson’s gothic melodrama for a modern. Fusing live music, black comedy and grotesque cabaret, this late night show will leave you feeling titillated, tainted and unclean.

“Five stars are not enough for this polished, multifaceted, flawless, 24-carat rose diamond of a show" ***** Whatsonstage.com Finally, 26th / 27th July sees the arrival of Marilyn Monroe as we’ve never seen her before: alone in her bedroom, in dressing gown and slippers; no glitz, no glamour, no masks.

Overdosed on pills, the woman behind the icon unravels her remarkable life and bares all, revealing a biting intelligence, a frustrated talent and an imperfect body in The Unremarkable Death Of Marilyn Monroe by Dyad Productions.

This stark confessional offers a radical interpretation of this Hollywood legend and leads us, in real time, to the very moment of her death.

Tickets £10, concs £7.50 Maltings Arts Theatre Level 2 Maltings Shopping Centre St Albans www.maltingsartstheatre.co.uk

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Celebrate St Albans at the Art Society Exhibition and Sale!

The St Albans Art Society has around 200 local artists, members practice their art in winter and summer studio sessions, enjoy critiques by experts and regular workshops in various art forms.

Members also study art through evening lectures and visits to major exhibitions.

The programme is cemented together by the illustrated members’ magazine ‘Prism’. This annual exhibition is the main occasion when the Society emerges from the studio and shares their latest and best work with the residents and visitors to the city. www.stalbans-artsociety.org.uk

Join us at the St Albans Art Society Annual Summer Art Exhibition in the Old Town Hall, Market Place, St Albans from 19th to 27th July. Once again members will show a vibrant and varied selection of paintings, sculpture, ceramics and greetings cards for you to enjoy.

We highlight the visual richness of the city itself with works aimed at the St Albans Trophy.

This award is given to the work that illustrates the character of St Albans in an original way.

The 2012 winner was 'Market Day' by Cate Thomas and is featured on this year's poster.

The Exhibition is free and open daily from 10am - 6pm.

To find out more visit www.stalbansartsociety.org.uk Once the Exhibition has opened, click on the ‘gallery’ link to see all the displayed work in a specially created online picture gallery.

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Let’s Go Fly a Kite

If you’re looking for a fun, easy and inexpensive hobby this summer, why not consider kite flying? Not only will you be spending more time outdoors in the sunshine, it’s also a great way to meet new people as over the summer there are lots of kite festivals taking place all over the country (www.kitecalendar.co.uk).

We have two Chinese philosophers to thank for the invention of the kite more than 2000 years ago, although legend suggests that a Chinese farmer beat them to it by tying a string to his hat to keep it from blowing away!

The first kites were made from silk and bamboo and were generally rectangular and flat rather than bowed and often decorated with symbols and pictures as well as whistles and strings.

They had a number of uses including communication in military operations as well as testing wind speeds, measuring distances and even lifting men. Kite flying spread to Japan and onto India where they were used as ‘fighter kites’ in specific festivals, by this time they were made from cloth and wood and used in religious ceremonies.

In the 13th century Marco Polo brought stories of kites to Europe but it wasn’t for another 300 years that kites were regularly brought back by sailors, returning from Japan and Malaysia.

Eventually, scientists and researchers began to realise their potential for experiments – Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Wilson and ThomasFrançois Dalibard used kites to learn more about wind and the weather while Alexander Graham Bell and the Wright Brothers used them to aid in the development of aeroplanes. In World I and II, kites were used for observation and signalling.

Nowadays, their use is mainly recreational.

Kites are stronger, lighter and more colourfully decorated than ever before.

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How to become an expert kite flyer

♦ Learn the best wind conditions - most experienced fliers suggest between 5 – 25 miles per hour which means plants and leaves will be moving but not blowing about furiously. A flag or windsock is a useful guide. ♦ Find a clear, open area such as a field or park, the bigger the space, the more line you can let out and the more fun you’ll have moving your kite across the sky. Make sure that you stay away from roads, power lines and airports and never fly in rain or lightning. ♦ Lay out the kite and lines on the ground before you start - check all connectors and bridles and make sure there are no knots or tangles. Ensure you have around 20 to 35 metres of line and that they’re the same length on both sides. ♦ Launch by stepping backwards and pulling both handles to your side and control the kite by pulling the lines, left will make it turn left and vice versa, whilst holding them even will fly straight. ♦ Be careful of other people – if you do tangle lines, walk slowly with the other flier to slide the tangle down the line of the kite where it can be more easily unwrapped.

You can spend as little as a few pounds or as much as a couple of hundred. Who knows? With a little practice, you might develop a new talent this summer.

Kite Festival 27th and 28th July 11- 4pm Join us over this fantastic fun filled weekend. .

Be amazed as giant kites in the shape of bears, tigers and stars float across the sky and world famous display teams fly kites in breathtaking patterns. There will be kids activities, face painting, entertainers, market stalls and more.

Car parking charge of £2 applies.

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Bedroom Farce

by Alan Ayckbourn

4th - 6th and 10th - 13th July 8pm Matinée 7th July 2.30pm Main Stage Presented by the Company of Ten One evening, three bedrooms and four inter-connected couples, Ayckbourn at his hilarious best. Delia and Ernest are the parents of Trevor who’s married to Susannah, but used to go out with Jan, who’s now married to Nick. Now Malcolm and Kate have invited the other two young couples to their housewarming party.

What could possibly go wrong?

No public performances on 8th or 9th July. adults £10.25 - £12.25, concs £9.25 - £11.25

The Tempest

by William Shakespeare, presented by Company of Teens

17th - 18th July 8pm Main Stage Prospera, a magician and the deposed Duchess of Milan, is exiled to a small island with her daughter Miranda. Prospera’s younger brother Antonio, who is now the Duke of Milan, is shipwrecked on the island along with a number of his friends, by a tempest whipped up by Prospera. adults £8, concessions £7 and £5 Abbey Theatre, Westminster Lodge, St Albans Box Office 01727 857861 www.abbeytheatre.org.uk

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Walk yourself fit!

Tuesdays at 10.30am Wheathampstead Meet in the public car park behind The Bull, East Lane, AL4 8BL. If you are just starting out there’s a first steps walk at this time and a 3-4 mile walk.

Wednesdays 3th,17th, 31st July at 7pm Verulamium Park, St Albans Meet outside Westminster Lodge Leisure Centre, this is a gentle 3 mile walk with some hills.

Wednesday evenings 10th, 24th July Batchwood Meet in Batchwood Hall car park, off Batchwood Drive, St Albans, Al3 5XA Thursdays at 10.30am Hatching Green Meet at The White Horse Pub, Redbourn Lane, Harpenden, AL5 2JP (please do not use pub car park)

Enjoy the countryside on your doorstep with the popular St Albans, Harpenden & Villages Health Walks. Led by trained volunteers the walks take place whatever the weather, cater for all ages and abilities and are a fantastic way to get more active, have a good natter and improve general wellbeing. Best of all they are free!

Join us Mondays at 9.30am / Tuesdays at 1.30pm Highfield Park, St Albans Meet at the car park for Charters Health Club, Hill End Lane, opposite Spar. If you are just starting out there is a first steps walk here on Tuesdays and also a 2-3 mile brisk walk.

Fridays at 2pm Greenwood Park Meet outside Greenwood Park Community Centre, Tippendell Lane, Chiswell Green, St Albans Saturday 6th July at 2pm Heartwood Forest Meet in the Heartwood Forest car park, St Albans Road, Sandridge for a 4-5 mile brisk walk.

Sunday 21st July at 10.30am Bricket Wood Meet at Moor Mill Pub, off Smug Oak Lane for a 4-5 mile brisk walk.

Most walks are followed by the option of stopping for refreshments afterwards. There are other walks in surrounding areas. www.hertslink.org/cms/healthwalks 01992 588433

Strange Happenings A strange and sinister story of mowers and cornfields is to be found in a pamphlet dated August 1678, entitled ‘The Mowing Devil or Strange News from Hartfordshire.’ This small pamphlet describes how a rich farmer was negotiating with a poor neighbour a price for harvesting his field of oats, but the two could not agree on a price. Finally the neighbour offered to work for less money than usual, prompting the exasperated farmer to retort he would rather the devil mowed his field.

That night the field was seen in flames by several witnesses and in the morning the farmer arrived having heard the news and expected his field to be charred and burnt. To his surprise he found that the crop had been cut not in the usual way but in a circular fashion. Moreover the corn had been placed in piles in a very precise way that would have taken a human hand longer than one night. The pamphlet closes by saying that the farmer was afraid to move the corn. The location of this field is unclear but the reader is left in no doubt about the dangers of invoking the devil.

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help of Hertfordshire Postnatal Illness Support.

I want to give something back to this charity by raising funds to support their amazing service to both women and men.’

Matthew Barbrook and Jason Tyers have been The men must complete more than 80 miles putting in gruelling training for The Global each day beginning on 17th July from Croydon Adventure Challenge 300 mile London to Paris to ensure they finish the bike ride in Paris on bike ride to raise funds for the charity Saturday 20th July. Bradley Wiggins will finish Hertfordshire Postnatal Illness Support. the Tour de France the next day!

Both their wives experienced Postnatal Matt joked, ‘If we can ride with anything like the expertise of Bradley Wiggins to raise awareness and funds for this marvellous charity, we will be thrilled!’

Both Charlotte Wilmer-Barbrook and Sally Tyers will travel with their families to Paris to encourage the men on their final leg of the race.

‘We are both so incredibly proud Their love of our husbands and their support they gave us when we kept us were so desperately ill. It will be strong and a very emotional finish to watch we love them them complete this race for Hertfordshire Postnatal Illness dearly for Support. Their love kept us highlighting strong and we love them dearly for highlighting the the work of work of our charity our charity in Hertfordshire.’

Dads’ race to beat Postnatal Depression

Depression and Puerperal Psychosis and the men want to raise awareness of the condition and much needed funds for the charity.

Jason explained, ‘My wife Sally suffered from postnatal illness after the birth of both of our children but made a complete recovery with the

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NOW that’s Puzzling!

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Across 7. Spanish dance in triple time (6) 8. Acid found in vinegar (6) 9. Funeral pile (4) 10. Chinese port city on the estuary of the Yangtze (8) 11. Receptacle used by smokers (7) 13. Non-metallic element, atomic number 5 (5) 15. Racing vessel (5) 16. Small falcon that hovers in the air (7) 18. Long-tailed game bird (8) 19. Red eruption of the skin (4) 21. Small, roofed building affording shade and rest (6) 22. Hooded waterproof jacket (6)

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Holding Out For A Hero

The Iron Man Ted Hughes

Where had he come from?

Nobody knows. How was he made? Nobody knows. From the moment he appears, imposing over the cliff, the Iron Man is set upon by mankind, fearful of his very existence. But when the Space Bat Angel Dragon appears as an even bigger threat to humanity, the Iron Man is the world’s only hope. This modern fairy tale is loved by children and adults alike who enjoy being able to revere and fear the Iron Man in equal measures.

Hero Perry Moore

What happens if you weren’t bitten by a spider and you haven’t been exposed to radiation, but you’ve just inherited some superpowers from your old man? Enter Thom Creed: high school basketball star and troubled superhero in the making. He’s living under the shadow of his dad Hal Creed, a much-loved and revered superhero until tragedy strikes. Thom’s harbouring the secret that he also possesses super powers - what happens when you have more than most people to live up to, and can Thom really be a hero?

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Is it a bird? Is it a plane?

No it’s a book about superheroes!

To celebrate this summer’s launch of the latest incarnation of the ‘Man of Steel’ (aka Superman), we have included a selection of titles guaranteed to bring you global domination…or at least entertain you over the holidays! It’s a sideways look at those behind the mask; our protectors and defenders and some truly super beings.

Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment James Patterson

Maximum Ride (or ‘Max’ as she prefers to be known) is just like every other teenage girl. She worries about boys, she stresses about school, and she has a set of wings and can fly.

Eh? The result of scientific experiments, Max and the other members of the ‘flock’ are a human-bird hybrid and they’re trying to escape from their creators. In the first of the series the youngest flock member, Angel has been kidnapped and taken back to where the teenagers were first experimented on. Can the others save her in time?

Still Me Christopher Reeve

For many growing up with the Superman franchise, Christopher Reeve was the very embodiment of the lost son of Krypton. Reeve was just as at home in the bumbling guise of alter-ego Clark Kent and movie audiences adored the man in the cape. All the more shocking was the news that Reeve had been paralysed during a freak horse-riding accident and would never walk again. And yet Reeve, a quadriplegic, went on

to display a super human lust for life and his own quest to ensure he was Still Me. This is a moving account of Reeve’s life before and after the accident, chronicling his dedication to campaigning for more awareness and research for others with spinal cord injuries. It’s a very moving autobiography from the actor who truly made us believe that a man could fly.

101 Things to Do to Become a Superhero (... or Evil Genius) Helen Szirtes and Richard Horne

If you’ve ever wanted to be a superhero, but worried you were just a bit, well, average, then this book is what you’re looking for. It’s jam-packed with amazing tricks and some ingenious ideas that will help you unlock your superhuman potential. Find out how to select your sidekick and wear your underpants. For those who lean more towards the dark side then there are plenty of helpful hints for using your new-found powers for pure evil and total world domination. Perfect for super heroes and budding super villains alike.

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Home Grown Herbs

There’s a really easy, low-cost and low-effort way to add some zing to your meals; home-grown herbs.

Many herbs are simple to raise from seed and if you start sowing now you should have a plentiful supply of fresh, tasty herbs to add to salads, sandwiches, stews and stir-fries for months to come. All you need is a sunny window sill or balcony, or a well-drained, sunny spot in your garden.

First, find some good quality multi-purpose compost, your chosen herb seeds and some pots.

Good-quality compost is well worth the extra you need to pay. The style of pot is up to you, you may want to choose a classic Mediterranean one, or perhaps a good-looking plastic planter for longevity and light-weight characteristics. Remember that plenty of drainage is essential, and that smaller herbs don’t need a deep root run, so there’s no need for a very tall planter or pot. It’s best to grow each type of herb in its own individual pot, so buy a selection of pots with a minimum diameter of 8cm.

Put a broken flower pot or other drainage material in the base and fill with good quality compost to within 1cm of the rim and firm it down, not too aggressively, but enough to ensure that there’s no subsidence later on. With large seeds such as coriander, position the seeds evenly on the compost surface. Sprinkle smaller seed thinly.

The seeds need to be covered with compost so use your finger or a dibber to gently press the seed in to the surface of the compost and then drizzle more compost on top to the depth stated on the packet of

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seed. Water thoroughly either from above using a watering can with rose attached, or by standing the pot in a saucer of water for a few minutes until the compost surface is just moist.

The seeds generally germinate quite quickly and often within a week or two you’ll have lots of tiny herbs. Once the herbs are up and growing strongly you can start to harvest them. Use sharp scissors or a sharp knife to cut off what you need; this way you’ll minimise damage to the growing plants and so help to keep them cropping for longer. As long as you keep the pots adequately watered, ideally from the base, they should last for several weeks or months but make sure that the compost is not too wet or they won’t last long. If you find you’re not eating them fast enough, store some for later use. Ice cubes give you a really great fresh-herb taste off-season. Just half fill ice-cube tray sections with water. Add chopped fresh herbs to each section and top up with water. Label the tray as they can be difficult to identify. You can then simply pop them whole into stews and casseroles as and when you need them.

Top herbs that grow well from seed: Some of my favourites include Italian or Genovese basil, lemon basil, chervil, Coriander ‘Cilantro’ for leaves, flat-leaved parsley, Ainse, Thai basil, chervil, chives, fennel, garlic chives.

by Pippa Greenwood

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Up to 15th August Olympic 2012 Recycled Exhibition, free to 11th July: Trestle Arts Base, St Albans 13th July - 15th August: Verulamium Museum 2nd Oaklands College Taster Day Hatfield Road, 9.30 - 11.30am 3rd Lunchtime Recital St Peters Church, Fleetville Junior School Musicians, 1pm, free St Michael’s Village Folk Evening St Michael’s Street, 11 dance groups, variety of live folk-based music in the streets www.stalbansfolkmusic.org.uk Concerto Evening & End of Season Friends Night Homewood Church, Homewood Road, St Albans Symphony Orchestra, 7.30pm, free 5th - 7th Childwickbury Arts Fair see page 4 6th Hertfordshire Philharmonia Concert St Pauls Church, Hatfield Road, 01727 857827, 7.30pm No Direction see page 24 6th & 7th Railway Weekend Royal Gunpowder Mills, Waltham Abbey, adult £9, child £7 7th Educating Teddy Hitchin British Schools Museum, bring teddy to school for a oldfashioned Victorian lesson & bear-related fun, 2.30 & 3.30pm www.hitchinbritishschools.co.uk Wonderland Hertford Castle, 01992 552885, Alice in Wonderland themed event, 12 - 4pm 10th Classic Cars in the Walled Garden Luton Hoo, 01582 879089, 4pm - 9pm, £5 for classic cars, £3 spectators 10th - 13th Gerry Cottles Circus Harpenden Common 11th - 20th St Albans International Organ Festival 50th Anniversary www.organfestival.com see page 16 13th Music Festival Marlborough School, Watling Street, gates open 1.30pm www.themfestival.co.uk Highfield Park Summer Fete Highfield Park, St Albans, 2 - 6pm, free 13th & 14th Indoor Market Market Place, 9 - 5pm Wheathampstead Village Weekend 13th: Music on the Meads 14th: Procession, High Street 1pm www.wheathampstead-pc.gov.uk

Rhythms of the World Music Festival Hitchin www.rotw.org.uk 14th National Garden Scheme Open Day Luton Hoo Walled Garden, 11am - 4pm, £3 Harpenden Highland Gathering see page 26 15th Junior Triathlon St Albans www.tri-force.org/junior-triathlon-club-hertfordshire

17th National Youth Jazz Orchestra see page 16 Late Night Candlelit Harpsichord Recital St Michaels Church, St Albans, 01727 846126, 10.15pm, £15 19th - 27th St Albans Art Society Exhibition see page 25 The Odd Couple Hawthorne Theatre, Welwyn Garden City, 01707 357 117 www.hawthornetheatre.co.uk 20th Harpenden Art, Craft & Antiques Fayre Methodist Church Hall, Harpenden, 10 - 4pm Battle Proms Hatfield House, gates 4.30pm, Blades Aerobatic displays, Spitfire, cannons, cavalry & fireworks, £34 www.hatfield-house.co.uk 21st Knebworth Parks Sports Festival try new sports & enter competitions, 11 - 5pm, £9, 2 for 1 entry on the day www.knebworth.com Bun Fight at the OK Corral Abbey Theatre, 1pm & 5pm www.hurstchildrenstheatregroup.co.uk The Herts Cycle Challenge see page 12 Lanwarne at Burston see page 41 22nd July - 30th August Play in the Parks free play activities for 3 - 12’s www.stalbans.gov.uk/playintheparks 24th & 25th Jekyll and Hyde see page 24 26th & 27th The Unremarkable Death of Marilyn Monroe see page 24 27th Showcase Africa-UK Herts County Showground, Redbourn, 020 3086 8722, 12 noon until late, adult £15, child £5 27th & 28th Kite Festival see page 28 28th Race for Life Verulamium Park www.raceforlife.org 29th July - 4th August National Parks Week www.nationalparks.gov.uk 31st Classics on the Common see page 45

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until 15th September Magna Carta 800 3rd August: Magna Carta Concert, St Albans Cathedral 3rd & 4th August: Medieval Festival, Verulamium Park 3rd - 29th August: View original Magna Carta, St Albans Cathedral until 15th September: Exhibition, Museum of St Albans 1st Wind in the Willows Knebworth House, join Ratty, Badger, Mole & Toad for a summer of adventure, ages 5+, booking essential www.knebworthhouse.com 2nd - 4th / 9th - 11th / 23rd - 25th Summer in the City over 3 weekends the town centre will be the stage for buskers, outdoor theatre, music, street performers & other activities to delight & entertain 3rd The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra St Albans Cathedral, 01727 844488, 7.30pm 10th Olympic Legacy Festival Verulamium Park, a mass participation sports festival, activities throughout the park & on the two Olympic Legacy facilities, live music & entertainment Treasure Island Hawthorne Theatre, Welwyn Garden City, 01707 357117, 11am & 3pm, £8, family £28 10th & 11th Knebworth Country Show entertainment, birds of prey, arts & crafts, 11- 4pm 12th-18th Story Telling Week Royal Airforce Museum, Hendon, NW9 interactive workshops for children under 12 15th Family Discovery Mornings: Just Around the Corner St Albans Cathedral, 10-12 noon, ages 3-11, free 16th - 18th Scarecrow Festival Flamsted Village, come & see over 90 scarecrows, midday onwards 17th Teddy Bears Picnic Lydekker Park, Harpenden, bring your bear, children's entertainer, face painting, bouncy castle, free, 10 - 2pm 18th Serenade to Music St Peters Church, St Albans, 07811 198566, £10

22nd Treasure Island Hatfield House, children's open air theatre, bring a picnic, 3pm, adult £12, child £10, family £40 24th Heartwood Summer Festival Heartwood Forest, 11 - 4pm 25th Taming of the Shrew Vintry Garden, near St Albans Cathedral, 01727 819320, limited space, free 25th & 26th Classic Motor Show Knebworth House www.knebworthhouse.com 25th - 27th Medieval Archery & Falconry Weekend Royal Gunpowder Mills, Waltham Abbey, amazing birds of prey demonstrations, archery demonstrations by Robin Hood & his Merry Men, the Middle Ages brought to life with craft activities & interactive games for the children 29th Comedy of Errors Hatfield House, 7.30pm, adult £15, child £10 www.hatfield-house.co.uk

Jonathan Vernon Smith is the Sony Award winning mid-morning show presenter for BBC Three Counties Radio. During his consumer hour he helps listeners with their consumer problems and now shares his advice here with you.

the young man who put down a £500 deposit in cash for a new car only to find the dealer had misrepresented the kind of vehicle it was.

These consumers could have received all of their money back with one phone call if only they’d paid by credit card. You see under the Consumer credit act of 1974, the credit card company is equally liable for “for any breach of contract or misrepresentation by a supplier of goods or services on credit”.

As long as the product or service costs between £100 and £30,000, you are covered for most unfortunate events.

I’ve been fighting for consumer rights on my radio programme for many years now, and there’s one message I have been repeating constantly - “Pay

by Credit Card!”

There’s also absolutely no need to get into debt when paying by credit card. If you were proposing to pay by cheque, cash or debit card then simply pay by credit card instead and pay Whenever I repeat this mantra, I receive so many the bill off in full the very next day. calls and emails of complaint from people saying So next time you plan to buy that new that I’m encouraging debt, I lose the will to sofa, car, holiday or conservatory, live. However, I simply refuse to be silenced.

For Goodness Sake Pay By Credit Card!

But why do I get on my high horse? I’ll tell you You can listen to The JVS Show every why. If you pay for goods or services by credit weekday morning from 9am. card you are protected in so many ways. The woman who paid £1,000 by cheque for a bed that never turned up because the company went bust,

20th Classics on the Common Wednesday 31st July Once a year, Harpenden Common comes alive for half a day with 1200 classic cars and other fourwheelers, plus 250 cycles and scooters, all vying for your attention. A classic vehicle should be at least 20 years old, and there’s usually a couple built over a century ago. You’ll find a Chevy Bel Air rubbing shoulders with a 1927 Trojan, and a rare 1978 Mantra Bagheera with a ’59 Berliet plus 10,000 admiring spectators. Little wonder Classics on the Common, already Britain’s biggest mid-week classic car meeting, now ranks among the top events of the classics calendar. Come and enjoy this free day out. www.classicsonthecommon.com

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Index of Businesses

Accountants TaxAssist Accountants back cover

Aerial Installations Concorde Aerials

Appliance Repairs Leigh Hibon Beauty Skin & Tonic

Bicycle Repairs Cycletech Hertfordshire

Builder JM Contractors Bouncy Castle Hire St Albans Bouncy Castles

Cabinet Makers Sequoia Bespoke Carpentry / Joinery Chris Roberts Chris Smyth

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Cleaning Big Yellow Cleaning Company Daily Poppins Domestique Linda & Karen Cleaning Services Molly Maid Murray’s Cleaning Services

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Counselling / Sex Therapy Michael Stock

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Fencing Verulam Fencing

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Financial Services Keystone Trust

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Flooring Creative Wood Flooring Fab Flooring LP Flooring

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Children’s Development Classes Gymboree Play & Music 23

Education French & Spanish Tutor

Electricians Alban Electrical Services I & B Electrical MLC Electrical

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Garden Centre Burston Garden Centre

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Gardening / Landscaping Garden Life Landscapes Justin Leon Lanwarne Landscapes

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Gas K25 Glassware Repairs Chipped Glassware Hairdressers Chestnut Professional Hairdressing Phoenix Hairdressing Health & Fitness Rosemary Conley Diet & Fitness Classes The Fit Lab Verulamium Spa Hearing Services The Hearing Healthcare Practice Interior Design Michele Reid Interiors

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Oven Cleaning Ovenmaster

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Painters & Decorators CB Decorators M & M Decorating

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Photographers Top Photographer

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Plasterer A. Merson Plastering

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Plumber DJ&M Plumbing Services Ltd

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Pond Maintenance Maltby Aquatics Women With Waders

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Printer PrintShop St Albans

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Property Maintenance Mr Handyman Nick The Handyman

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Security Maximum Security Systems

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Shutters The Harpenden Shutter Company

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Tiling Cedar Ceramics Tree Surgeons Fircroft Tree Services.co.uk

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