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Features for Hertfordshire

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English

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Episodes

Ross Bell of the band Rosko Piko tells of his extraordinary journey to find his salvation in music: Part 1

3/20/2024
Ross Bell of the band Rosko Piko tells of his extraordinary journey to find salvation in music.

Duration:00:09:22

Ross Bell of the band Rosko Piko tells of his extraordinary journey to find his salvation in music: Part 2

3/20/2024
Ross Bell of the band Rosko Piko tells of his extraordinary journey to find his salvation in music: Part 2

Duration:00:05:28

Can advertising save the planet?

3/18/2024
Local advertising professional, Matt Bourn, thinks advertising has a crucial role to play in our move to a sustainable future. In this week’s Environment Matters podcast, Matt talks to Amanda Yorwerth about Sustainable Advertising, the new book that he has co-authored. Topics covered include green washing, how we frame messaging around climate change and even the ... Read more

Duration:00:17:21

Hop on the Harpenden Hopper

2/26/2024
It may appear like an ordinary scheduled bus service but the Harpenden Hopper is so much more – it’s a community and a lifeline for its passengers. Elly and Andy took a trip to find out more.

Duration:00:28:58

‘So What?’ special – the aftermath of a family death.

8/5/2022
In this special edition of ‘So What?’ Andy and Elly talk about a very difficult topic – the death of a family member. On a recent trip to Plymouth, Andy’s mum died after a period of illness. Talking about it helped, but it also made him realise that people really do need to discuss their ... Read more

Duration:00:32:47

Matilda – Access All Areas Backstage Podcast

6/14/2022
St Albans Girls School are presenting their first school musical drama production since COVID and it is MATILDA – THE MUSICAL. Join the STAGS Radio and podcast club as they go behind the scenes with interviews, discussion and all the backstage gossip.

Duration:00:14:42

Local Elections Environment Q & A Part 2

4/26/2022
Hear how panellists from the 4 major parties answered questions from the public on issues concerning the environment and sustainability ahead of the 5th May local elections. Subjects covered include making the District water sensitive building on Greenbelt cycling to school greenwashing and trustworthiness the Local Plan engaging businesses in the effort to reach Net ... Read more

Duration:00:37:41

Local Elections Environment Q&A (Part 1)

4/26/2022
Hear how panellists from the 4 major parties answered questions from the public on issues concerning the environment and sustainability ahead of the 5th May local elections. Subjects covered include making the District water sensitive building on Greenbelt cycling to school greenwashing and trustworthiness the Local Plan engaging businesses in the effort to reach Net ... Read more

Duration:00:43:54

Mayor’s Pride Awards 2022

4/5/2022
Radio Verulam was at the Mayor's Pride Awards event at St Michael's Manor Hotel on Tuesday 29th March 2022. The Mayor's Pride Awards celebrate the role played by volunteers and community leaders in the District of St Albans. In this podcast you can listen to the highlights of the event and the Awards presented by the Right Worshipful the Mayor of the City and District of St Albans, Councillor Edgar Hill.

Duration:00:56:53

Tales of the Weird

12/2/2021
One of a series of publications by the British Library, 'Crawling Horror - Creeping Tales of the Insect Weird' is edited by Daisy Butcher and Janette Leaf, respectively postgraduate researchers at Hertfordshire University and Birkbeck, University of London. They have searched the archives for 19th and 20th century tales about insects - some good, some bad. Some by men such as HG Wells and Edgar Allen Poe, others introducing previously overlooked women writers. In this extended version of an...

Duration:00:28:51

Wildlife and the environment

12/2/2021
Clare Hobba discusses two books that make the connection between wildlife and the environment: "Vesper Flights" by Helen Macdonald and "Wilding" by Isabella Tree.

Duration:00:04:14

Beware the killer plants!

12/2/2021
A special for Halloween week - tales of man eating plants, killer orchids, trees looking for revenge and more botanical Gothic tales - as collected for her new anthology by local researcher Daisy Butcher.

Duration:00:22:17

Milkman by Anna Burns

12/2/2021
Local writer and teacher Clare Hobba tells Rob Pearman why she wanted to talk about Man Booker 2018 prize winner 'Milkman' by Anna Burns.

Duration:00:19:23

Lincoln in the Bardo

12/2/2021
Rob Pearman tells regular reviewer Debbie Heath why he chose George Saunders' Man Booker prize winning novel 'Lincoln in the Bardo' for this edition in the series 'Talking about Books and Audiobooks'

Duration:00:18:43

Munich by Robert Harris

12/2/2021
Regular reviewer Terry Prince tells Rob Pearman why he chose the latest spy/thriller by Robert Harris, author of a series of novels based on actual events or periods in history. 'Munich' adds layers of fiction to the critical negotiations in 1938 between UK Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and Nazi Fuhrer Adolf Hitler. Did Hitler want war even after taking over the Sudetenland? Was Chamberlain fighting for 'peace in our time' or stalling for a year in which to re-arm?

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

12/2/2021
Deborah Heath – in conversation with Rob Pearman – finds ways to describe the indescribable: the magical, mysterious, astonishing first novel by American writer Erin Morgenstern, narrated in the audio version by Jim Dale.

The Dry by Jane Harper

12/2/2021
Local author Camilla Chester returns to the studio to discuss Jane Harper's highly successful first novel with Rob Pearman. Set in the arid landscape of drought-afflicted Australia, this is a 'murder mystery' with a difference. The discussion includes audio extracts courtesy of Calibre Audio.

The Reader on the 6.17 by Jean-Paul Didierlaurent

12/2/2021
Sitting in the 6.27 train each day, Guylain Vignolles recites aloud from pages he has saved from the jaws of the monstrous pulping machine. When he discovers the diary of a lonely young woman, Julie - who feels as lost in the world as he does - his journey truly begins. Terry Prince explains all to Rob Pearman.

Boy by Roald Dahl

12/2/2021
Deborah Heath talks with Rob Pearman about the first volume of Roald Dahl's biography and traces some of his later fictional characters in strange people he encountered in his childhood. (Recorded in 2016.)

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

12/2/2021
Regular Local Life reviewer Terry Prince discusses Dickens' novel about the French Revolution, exploring with Rob Pearman both the strong and dynamic narrative and the range of characters. He also recalls a production of the play based on this novel which was produced at the Abbey Theatre a few years ago.