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Living Magazines Kit, The Little Cream Van

The Little Cream Van

If you’re out and about around Berkhamsted and the Chiltern Hills you may spot, Kit, The Little Cream Van. Kit, a 1966 Morris Minor van painted in traditional Morris Minor Old English White, has been lovingly restored and now spends his time showcasing new brands at local events, doing good by helping local charities and […]

Living Magazine Food Champion and prize draw winner Carol Blunden

Food Champions help to save money and halve their food waste

Before Christmas, over 150 Dacorum residents took part in the annual Love Food, Hate Waste challenge – its biggest year yet. By learning how to get food savvy in their kitchen’s over the course of a month, participants helped to save food, money and the environment. Regular tips were emailed to the aspiring food saviours […]

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Check your vehicle

The advice comes as figures released by Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) show that last January over half a million cars had a late MOT with more than 70,000 failing with a dangerous fault. Putting off your MOT to save money in January might be tempting, but alongside carrying out the road safety checks, […]

Living Magazines Retirement living

Retirement living is a perfect way to beat the blues

Blue Monday – the gloomy title bestowed on the third Monday in January; a combination of the post-Christmas blues, cold dark nights and the arrival of unpaid credit card bills. For many, Blue Monday (January 20 this year), can heighten the feelings of festive forlornness and getting back into a routine – and this could […]

Living Magazines Sol Rogers Festival of Ideas

Festival of Ideas to bring together key thinkers and innovators

The University of Hertfordshire will host the Festival of Ideas in June, a unique two-day event at the University’s de Havilland campus in Hertfordshire, bringing together key thinkers and innovators from the arts, politics, heritage, literature and science. Taking place on 27 and 28 June 2020, the University’s Festival of Ideas is one of the […]

Living Magazines Half term family Bletchley Park

Half-Term This February At Bletchley Park

Bletchley Park, the former top-secret home of Britain’s World War Two Codebreakers and now a vibrant museum and visitor attraction, has a packed calendar this February half-term. Free for the under-12s, there is plenty on offer for a full fun day out for all the family. The week-long holiday sees the popular return of codebreaking […]

Living Magazines Joanna Lumley Horatio's Garden

Support Horatio’s Garden By Hosting A Fabulous Summer Tea Party

Join Joanna Lumley and Horatio’s Garden charity this June by taking up your teapots, baking your favourite cake and hosting your very own Fabulous Summer Tea Party! Horatio’s Garden are asking supporters to hold a tea party anytime throughout the month of June in order to raise vital funds for the charity, which creates and […]

Living Magazines Be a Santa to a Senior

Be a Santa to a Senior Success

Local at home care company, Home Instead Senior Care Hemel Hempstead and Chilterns, is delighted with the success of its annual Christmas gift giving scheme, having received over 206 generously donated gifts for the elderly living in the local area. Sainsbury’s in Apsley and Tesco in Tring and Jarman Park kindly hosted gift collection points, […]

Living Magazines Lockers Park Chapel Choir with Olivia Colman image courtesy of Anthony Nolan

Lockers Park Chapel Choir Hits All the Right Notes at Anthony Nolan Fundraiser

Lockers Park Preparatory School’s highly-regarded Chapel Choir was honoured to be invited to perform at a fundraising carol concert for blood charity Anthony Nolan at St Pancras Church, London in December. The prestigious event saw the choir performing alongside award-winning actress Olivia Colman CBE and Game of Thrones star Nathalie Emmanuel, who both gave Christmas […]

Latest on HS2 and Luton Airport

On behalf of the Steering Group, Chiltern Countryside Group: We certainly live in challenging times but let us go forward in hope that our newly elected Government will make wise and thoughtful decisions. This is a golden opportunity for us to make a difference and try to positively influence those in positions of responsibility. Whilst […]