We've published our new three-year plan, Making Letchworth a great place for everyone. Find out what we're planning to do to make it happen.

The Heritage Foundation has appointed Stuart Sapsford as the new Executive Director of Communities, Culture and Heritage as of January 2019.

Here’s our round-up of some events over the coming week, compiled by the Local & Tourist Information Centre, also available in The Comet. For more information visit the Local & Tourist Information Centre’s website.

Last year Digswell Arts Trust and Jackie's Drop-In teamed up to put on some clay workshop sessions. We went along to see how the gang from Jackie's enjoyed proceedings.

After a life-time in film, Laurel and Hardy give one last farewell tour around Britain and Ireland

The Broadway Gallery presents Canvas To Carpet, the first major solo exhibition of the British artist Allistair Covell. The exhibition will present a series of Covell’s synaesthetic inspired abstract handknotted carpets as the centrepiece to a display that surveys the artist’s creative practice over the last five years.

Angels Support Group, a local charity supporting families with children and young people with ADHD and Autism, is working in partnership with Nessie (North Herts Emotional Support in Schools) will be launching a program for Letchworth families, supported by a grant from the Heritage Foundation.

Major studios often save their best output for January - because it's award season! - and this year is no exception. A fine selection of films is down at the Broadway this month, with the emphasis on biopics (five out of five) and stories that foreground strong women (three out of five). At least something to look forward to!

Arthur Curry, child of two worlds, must come to accept his inheritance - human child and Atlantean prince - and step up to avert war between the surface and the undersea.

As part of his Duke of Edinburgh Award tasks local resident, James Power, has produced a series of photo blogs. His third installment looks at Letchworth's past and present through a lense.