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Talking Point: Should the Garrick Club allow women membership?

The subject of the Garrick Club’s “gentlemen only” policy, which has been in operation for 191 years, has reared its head once more after MPs have backed a motion calling for the institution to revoke its policy. The motion was tabled by Daisy Cooper, Liberal Democrat MP for St Albans,…

Evening Standard · Apr 8, 2022

Rock star signs deal with non-league club and is set to make debut aged 35

Enter Shikari's Chris Batten will pull on the shirt of St Albans City - who his band sponsor - next weekend for a special match taking place to raise funds for the Ukraine appeal

Daily Mirror · Mar 28, 2022

Son stunned after mum's ashes lost in last year's floods turn up 12 months later

Michael Hedger from New South Wales, Australia, lost his mum's ashes a year ago while scattering them around a tree in St Albans, during a 2021 flood, but was left delighted when they came back to him a year later

Daily Mirror · Mar 17, 2022

'School should scrap hair rules and let kids embrace their heritage'

After a ticking off at her son's school, Eva Simpson knows only too well how out-of-touch guidelines can be. And she applauds the St Albans headteacher who is ripping up the rulebook

Daily Mirror · Jan 26, 2022

UK school scraps ‘discriminatory and archaic’ hair policies to encourage students to express their culture

‘We want our boys to embrace how their hair grows,’ the St Albans headteacher said

The Independent UK · Jan 23, 2022