This is our annual competition for the Safran Trophy. Three students from the University of Hertfordshire will each give a 15-minute presentation, followed by 5 minutes of questions. The presentations…
In this podcast Clive and Anna discuss how they use Digital Personal Assistants like Alexa, Google and Siri. Clive feels embarrassed talking to his phone but is that second nature to young people like…
There are plans for a large solar farm between Radlett and Elstree. Following a consultation process last year, Enso Energy has applied for planning permission for a 300 acre green belt site. They say…
Don’t leave those old laptops (or tablets, smartphones etc) just gathering dust. They can be put to great use by Computer Friendly, a local charity now refurbishing unwanted devices and getting them…
On Local Life this week, Computer Friendly calls out for old unwanted laptops, tablets, mobiles etc so they can refurbish them and give free to local kids who have no means of accessing classroom teac…
If you have an old laptop (or even tablet or mobile phone) you no longer need, dig it out and let Computer Friendly retune it for one of the many local schoolkids (and others) who are in desperate nee…
Founder of Flower Box, Zoe Lafberry and floor manager Amy Hunger talk with Leona Fensome about early days business, setting up her home interiors and floristry store in St Albans and what life has bee…
Founder of Cositas, Emma Bustamante talks with Leona Fensome about her early days business, which led her to set up a home interiors store in St Albans and what life has been like in lockdown as an in…
The High Street Life podcast is presented by Roma Bhowmick and Leona Fensome and is a six-part series looking at life as an independent retailer on the St Albans High Street. The series is sponsored b…
COVID 19 has come as a bit of a shock to us, but in the world of plants, they’re nothing new. Dr.Jon West of Rothamsted Research explains how research on one can inform the other, why Rothamsted is a…
How is the Solar Streets project going in St.Albans and is there still time to join in? Andy Turnstall will be talking about this and more. And John Gardner of Save Symondshyde explains the super easy…
Hannah is a second year student at a university in London. She recently moved from her long term home in the village of Kimpton to live in London. In this podcast she talks to Clive about the challeng…
We all have a favourite song. Or a piece of music associated with a particular memory. And there’s growing evidence that music can improve the quality of life for people living with dementia. At Music…
Millennials like Chloe can realistically expect to live until near the end of this century. Positive predictions of the future envisage amazing developments in science and technology over that period…
If you live in St.Albans District, getting solar panels for your house is about to get a whole lot cheaper. In this week’s programme Andy Turnstall from The Green Group tells us about Solar Streets -…
