These days it is common to be greeted by a female solicitor when you have dealings with the law, but this would not have been the case 100 years ago. December 18th, 2022, marked the centenary of the first female lawyer being admitted to the Solicitors’ Role, when Carrie Morrison was allowed to join the…
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History
Walk along the High Street in Redbourn, four miles north of St Albans, and you’ll see a variety of different architectural styles. This is not surprising, since the village has been occupied since Saxon times and was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086. The Roman road of Watling Street ran along the High Street…
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Espionage has been going on for as long as people have sought to gain an advantage over their rivals. Britain had the Profumo spy scandal in 1961 when the Secretary of State for War was compromised by his affair with a 19 year old model, who at the same time was involved with a Soviet…
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The world is mourning the death of Sir Sean Connery at the age of ninety. Connery’s portrayal of James Bond, the world’s most famous fictional spy, is widely acknowledged to be the best among the six actors who have played the role, and it set the benchmark for the 25 Bond films released so far.…
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Roy Wood and his band mates in Wizzard may have wished it could be Christmas every day, but for most of us once a year is enough. Christmas Day itself only lasts for 24 hours, but these days the Christmas period seems to get longer every year, allowing ever more time for present shopping, as…
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Congratulations to the M1 Motorway, which passed 60 years of age on 2nd November, 2019. Many people know that the UK’s first section of motorway was the Preston Bypass in Lancashire, which opened in 1958 and was later incorporated into the M6 motorway. However, the first properly complete motorway was opened a year later as…
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The imposing frontage of Rothamsted Research is passed by hundreds of drivers every day as they travel along the A1081 in Harpenden. But how many people actually know what goes on behind the walls of the 330 hectare site? Or understand the pioneering work and worldwide benefits that 176 years of agricultural research has brought…
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The Design Museum in Kensington might seem an odd place to celebrate one of the 20th century’s greatest film directors, Stanley Kubrick. Or perhaps not, given Kubrick’s talent for creating ground breaking cinema, and his flair for imaginative and futuristic set designs? Stanley Kubrick: The Exhibition runs until 15th September, and “tells the story of…
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The story of the WW2 spy, Karel Richter, is not one of James Bond heroics, or a triumph of cunning over insurmountable odds. In fact, the opposite is true, since Richter was captured just three days into his first mission, after landing 40 miles off course, and having spent his whole time in England holed…
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Bretherton Law is proud of its association with the city and people of St Albans and its surrounding districts going back over 50 years. The business began operating in 1965, from an office on Romeland Hill with views of St Albans Abbey, the Abbey Gateway and St Albans Boys School, and we have always been…
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