June Chapman, CEO of Citizens Advice St Albans, offers some timely guidance on ways to keep energy costs as low as possible.

St Albans Museum+Gallery is open again.  And with a brand new exhibition in The Weston Gallery that's perfectly timed for the Christmas and New Year season.  Curator Sarah Keeling tells Local Life all about Cabaret Mechanical Marvels and everything else you can see now and for the next many weeks....

Now it's open, now it's closed, now it's open again!  Head Guide Stephen de Silva tells Local Life presenter Rob Pearman where things now stand for St Albans Cathedral - open for private visits and for safely guided tours, some services streamed and others ready to welcome a smaller number of participants than usual - and how to book for a service or a tour.

The Rev Caroline Keighley, the Vicar of St Mark's Colney Heath, shares a reflection on Hope for the 2nd week of Advent

Denise Parsons, Manager of St Albans BID, tells Local Life listeners what it's like for local businesses in these difficult times but also has some good news to share from the pandemic.

In the brief respite between two lockdowns, St Albans Museum+Gallery opened for visitors - and Curator Sarah Keeling told Local Life listeners how they had prepared, what we could see in the summer and what would be coming up next.

Isha Kamara on the importance of community events and her experiences from a recent Kickoff@3 tournament.

Head Guide Stephen de Silva tells Rob Pearman how the Cathedral coped with the lockdown and what it can now offer visitors in a Covid-compliant environment.  Interior and exterior visits can both be booked in advance - and the choir is back in action for regular services!

To celebrate the 175th anniversary of St Albans & Hertfordshire Architectural & Archaeological Society (also known as SAHAAS or Arc & Arc), here again is an interview with the Society's President, Sandy Walkington, first broadcast on Local Life a couple of years ago.  As well as plenty about the Society, this conversation with Rob Pearman also includes a lot about our City's history.

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