Podcasts about environmental hustings

St Albans' parliamentary candidates answer questions on their policies to address the climate and ecological crises facing us. This was recorded at Trinity URC St Albans on Tue 3 Dec 2019.

St Albans' parliamentary candidates answer questions on their policies to address the climate and ecological crises facing us. This was recorded at Trinity URC St Albans on Tue 3 Dec 2019.

St Albans' parliamentary candidates answer questions on their policies to address the climate and ecological crises facing us. This was recorded at Trinity URC St Albans on Tue 3 Dec 2019.

A level student Dennis Haggarth tells us all about the DeHavilland Aircraft Company

Two more Ver Poets read some of their many poems - specially selected for Radio Verulam listeners.

We’ll hear about a chance for you to put your questions on environmental topics to all the St.Albans parliamentary candidates, plus why St.Albans Extinction Rebellion have been protesting outside Barclays Bank in their pinnies.

There’s been great news this week for kids and adults alike – the Playing Out pilot scheme that took place this year was deemed by St.Albans District Council to be a success and Playing Out has now been rolled out District wide. What does that mean for us and how do we make our road [...]

Two more members of the BeauSandVer Writers Group offer examples of their collection of shorter stories.

Nature correspondent Rupert Evershed reminds us that scary wildlife is not just limited to Halloween.

David Ireson and Jill Burridge provide Local Life's monthly preview of choral and orchestral performances across the City & District from mid-November to mid-December.

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.

With her wide experience ranging from repertory and summer seasons to the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre, from stage to TV and more, Imogen Slaughter - a local resident - talks about her career so far and about the pressures and pleasures of life as an actor, in the ongoing Local Life series [...]

Peter Burley previews music, theatre, talks and more - it's all coming up across the City & District in the next few weeks...

Nature correspondent Rupert Evershed is on the lookout for these 'Little Brown Jobs' that make up much of Britain's bird population.

Two more Ver Poets - David van Cauter and Gillian Knibbs - read their selection of poems to add to the increasing store of local writers' work now available on Local Life's  podcast series.

David Ireson tells Jill Burridge about concerts and recitals due to be performed in the next few weeks at venues including St Peters, St Saviours, St Albans Cathedral, the Abbey Theatre Studio and the Western Auditorium in Hatfield.

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

Katharine Gallagher and Belize McKenzie offer a few of their poems for our pleasure and enjoyment.

Two more members of the BeauSandVer Writers Group  - Liz O'Connell and Rachael Simpson - offer us some of their work.

Local Life's Events & Entertainment correspondent Peter Burley offers his preview of what's coming up in venues around the City and District over the next few weeks.

Local nature expert Rupert Evershed is in search of butterflies but above all he wants to find The Purple Emperor.

This month's guest in the series 'Me & My Job' on Local Life on Wednesday evening and Sunday morning is Ian Hamilton, TV producer/director.  He lives locally but has worked everywhere from The London Palladium to the Australian Outback and most studios in between.  He tells Jill Burridge about his career from early days on [...]

The Good Morning St Albans team got together with the Cottonmill & Nunnery Allotment Association to explore the benefits of allotments and the effects of the River Ver development on the allotment for this National Allotment week special. Join Jonny Seabrook and Lady Jen as they explore the Cottonmill allotment with allotment holders Keith and [...]

The Good Morning St Albans team got together with the Cottonmill & Nunnery Allotment Association to explore the benefits of allotments and the effects of the River Ver development on the allotment for this National Allotment week special. Join Jonny Seabrook and Lady Jen as they explore the Cottonmill allotment with allotment holders Keith and [...]

This month on Local Life, Ver Poets Chris Delaney and Sandra Galton share with us just a few of their poems, including several prize winning contributions.

This month's preview by Peter Burley of events & entertainment coming up locally from mid-August to mid-September.

Nature correspondent Rupert Evershed looks for timely lessons for all in Isabella Tree's book 'Wilding' which describes the impact of efforts to restore nature to Knepp Farm in West Sussex.

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'

In the latest in the series "Me & My Job", Jill Burridge chats with Pam Firth, psycho-social counsellor in palliative care about this demanding and challenging work and about other work Pam has undertaken during her career internationally as well as in the St Albans area.

In the series by members of the BeauSandVer Writers Group, Nick Churton reads another of his short stories (An Unwanted Appearance) and then Clare Hobba brings us a longer story about 'The Ginger Beer Bug'.

Nature correspondent Rupert Evershed focuses on the importance of - and threat to - the insect species.

Peter Burley previews music, theatre and other events and entertainment around the City & District over the next few weeks.

He lives locally but he reports and commentates on football matches played around the world.  Dominic Johnson gives an insider's view of working in one of the world's favourite sports and tells Rob Pearman how he built his  career.

Two more Ver Poets read a selection of their poems in a series looking at the work of this much-acclaimed poetry society which meets in St Albans but has a national and international membership.

David Ireson and Jill Burridge tell us about what's coming up in St Albans & Harpenden venues over the next few weeks (including the first concert in the Assembly Room at the new Museum + Gallery) in this final edition of In Concert before the summer break.

Helen Burridge, Manager of St Albans BID, looks at the challenge for the City in meeting the needs of local people and the need to encourage more visitors.

In the second of two conversations, Terry Jones, Anna Avebury and Chris Delaney tell Rob Pearman about Ver Poets, who it is for, how it operates and about the annual competitions including the open event which welcomes non-members as well as members to submit entries.  Once again, all three read poems of their choice.  For [...]

In the first of two conversations, Ver Poets Terry Jones, Anna Avebury and Chris Delaney tell Rob Pearman how and why they became poets, what poetry means to them and why being a poet is open to anyone who is ready to commit to both inspiration and perspiration.  All three read poems of their choice. [...]

In the first of this new series, two Ver Poets (Anna Avebury and Sylvia Banham)  read some of their work.

In the first in a series of short stories by the BeauSandVer Writers, Nick Churton reads two of his pieces: Heading East and Postcard.

Tom Hammond, Principal Conductor of St Albans Symphony Orchestra and Artistic Director of the Hertfordshire Festival of Music (June 13 - 23), chats with Jill Burridge about his career thus far, in the series 'Me & My Job'.    (Links:  tom-hammond.org.uk; @tomhammondmusic; hertsmusicfest.org.uk; saso.org.uk)

David Ireson chats with Jill Burridge about choral and orchestral performances in various venues around the City & District over the next few weeks.

Helen Gray, Director of the Hertfordshire Community Foundation, talks about her job and the many aspects of the Foundation (hertscf.org.uk) - including providing financial support for local charities, voluntary and other community groups as well as individuals in need, offering training courses for local organisations and volunteers, encouraging donations  from local people and businesses, and [...]

Peter Burley previews events and entertainment of all sorts coming up in venues across the District in May and June.

No, it's a wren - one of the smallest British birds but also one of the noisiest, as Rupert Evershed explains.

Val Page introduces Rob Pearman to the work of prolific Scottish writer Peter May.  The Lewis Man begins with the discovery of a body buried in the peat....

This month's preview of choral and orchestral performances across the District, brought to you by David Ireson and Jill Burridge.

Local author of fiction for children, Camilla Chester, discusses the first of Hilary Mantel's planned trilogy about Thomas Cromwell with Local Life host Rob Pearman.

In the first of what is planned as a regular quarterly chat with Rob Pearman on Local Life, Helen Burridge (Manager of St Albans BID) looks at some of the challenges and opportunities facing local retailers.

Martine Croxall talks about her work as a BBC Television News journalist and presenter as well as her career path from local radio to national television.  Fortunately for Local Life host Rob Pearman, Martine lives in St Albans and so was able to join him in the studio.