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Poetry Corner
Alexandra Park Winter Sequence JOHN R PARSON . like each twig, blade and leaf in the park I enter morning sun cold day in the park plumes of smoke from…
BOWLS: Jack on The Green
DARREN EDWARDES Only three sets of bowling greens still survive in the town following the Covid pandemic and council funding cuts – at White Rock, Hollington and West St Leonards.…
CRICKET: Local Bragging Rights Maintained
29 July: Crowhurst Park 102; Hastings Priory 103 for 5 Hastings Priory completed their third successive victory over local rivals Crowhurst this summer, when winning by five wickets in their…
FOOTBALL: Rodari and Lovatt Return to New-Look United
Hastings United kick off the new season at the Pilot Field tomorrow (Saturday) under new manager Paul Barnes, having assembled a virtually new squad of players. But both the team…
The HIP List #232
Your Guide To What’s Happening In Hastings Want your event listed? Contact US NOWIAN GREENSMITH (Music), NADINE HAYWARD (Art, Cinema, Theatre & Performance), HUGH SULLIVAN (Sport) and Rod Webb (Events,…
Diffident yet defiant – the individualism of Mike Farris
VICTORIA KINGHAM in conversation with the blues/rock/gospel singer about his music, his life, and his spiritual ; MIKE FARRIS made his first album as a vocalist with The Screamin’ Cheetah…
Poetry Corner
The Artisan JEMIA DE BLONDEVILLE The fine end Of a needle That pierces through The soft fabric As it pulls the cotton through Marrying materials Often of a different hue…
Twin Demos Over Northeye: Same Goal, Contrary Rhetoric
A group of around 40 local residents gathered on the small park outside Bexhill Town Hall last Saturday afternoon to stage their latest demonstration under the slogan No to Northeye.…
United Stay Put
Clear majority of full council rejects football stadium move The projected move of Hastings United football club from Pilot Field to Tilekiln playing fields in Hollington is dead. It was…
Playing Pitch Strategy Document Still Awaited
Dave YoungHorntye Pavilion Speaking in the Hastings Borough Council (HBC) debate concerning the future of Hastings United football club, Green party councillor Claire Carr called for a “proper new town-wide…
POLE POSITIONS APPROVED
5G Masts Getting the Nod From Council Planners HUGH SULLIVAN Dave YoungHalton mast Seven separate planning applications have been approved by Hastings Borough Council (HBC) over the past 13 months…
Travellers at Bay
HUGH SULLIVAN Between 27 June and 10 July a group of Travellers camped for nearly two weeks at the Old Bathing Pool site in West St Leonards in 12 or…
Icklesham Celebrates New Affordable Housing
On 14 July the community of Icklesham celebrated the completion of 15 new-built affordable homes on the edge of the village - 12 for social rent, three for shared ownership.…
“Crazy” Ticket Office Cut
PAUL McLAUGHLIN The Rail, Maritime and Transport Union (RMT) has launched a national campaign to fight plans by the train operating companies and the Government to close ticket offices across…
Sewage Leak: Pump Up the Volume
PAUL McLAUGHLIN The Pumphouse in Alexandra Park was packed last week (14 July) for a meeting to discuss the recent sewage pollution of the Old Roar Gill. There was a…
Walking Home
Hastings Rental Health report on their latest fundraising effort Sarah Gomes Harris, who previously ran a half-marathon in the purple Rental Health house. In the last issue of HIP, Hastings…
Samaritans at 60
Hastings and Rother Samaritans reflect on their work 60 years on It’s 1963. The Beatles are in the charts, the first episode of Dr Who has just been screened, the…
Bonfire Society Auction
Hastings Borough Bonfire will be holding their now annual Auction on Thursday 3 August 2023 at the Hastings & St Leonards Angling Association on Marine Parade (by the Miniature Railway…
Hiroshima Day Commemoration
JOHN ENFER previews this year’s Hiroshima Day Commemoration for Hastings Against War Sunday 6 August will see the annual Hiroshima Day commemoration in Hastings. The event has been held each…
Salvation Army Hosts Employability Fair
The Salvation Army in Hastings joined forces with a range of organisations at a special event to help jobseekers find work recently. The Hastings Citadel branch of the church and…
Hastings Puts Out Welcome Mat
Hastings’ branch of Amnesty International celebrates the town’s attitude to refugees A huge welcome mat was placed at the Hastings Museum and Gallery and the Hastings Borough Council Offices to…
Hastings’ parks retain Green Flag Awards
Hastings Borough Council is delighted that Alexandra Park, Hastings Country Park, and St Leonards Gardens have retained Green Flag status for another year. The Green Flag Award scheme is managed…
A Garden Full of Cultural Delights
JOHN ENFER Tim MillerPicture features Acromax from a previous ‘Garden of Delights’ It will be all-change with this year’s Garden Full of Cultural Delights with the popular event moving to…
Disabled Woman Earns Flying Scholarship
A 35-year-old woman from Hastings has learnt the basics of flying after being awarded a scholarship by the disabled flying charity Aerobility. Ann-Marie ‘Az’ Baldwin, who is diagnosed with ADHD…
School Refusers
A Hastings-based teacher reflects on academy chain schools People are very sensitive about labels these days. Take to social media any day, and you’ll find people arguing about the language…
From Grieving to Healing
How 5Rhythms Dance saved my life EMMA LEECH I was a young woman in my early twenties in love with a musician, a guitarist called Ray Jeffery. Like so many…
Conspiracy of Silence
KENT BARKER considers the Conspiracy Theory: defined as ‘an explanation for an event or situation that asserts the existence of a conspiracy by powerful and sinister groups, often political in…
Digital Voice: Switching Off the Elderly
Due to a perceived conflict of interest, this contributor’s employer has asked them to publish anonymously. While HIP generally prefers to acknowledge the source of its articles, in this case…
Primal Dreaming at Electro Land
NICK PELLING There used to be a time when the world teemed with deities. You couldn’t move for them. Messing with every aspect of your life. Bird-like or as beetles…
Laundry Day
KATE SHAW on washing, queerness, inclusivity and having a great night out. Laundry day – traditionally the day when you would wear your old clothes because the rest are in…
A New Gallery Takes Off
MARK WALTER interviews Tessa & Markus Thonett. Feadora by Tessa Thonett I first met Tessa and Markus at the Electro Studios earlier this year and straight away became interested in…
Fusion – Sounds, Cultures, Worlds
Deepak Ram defies limits at Kino-Teatr and Jazz Hastings VICTORIA KINGHAM Deepak Ram One of the earliest highlights of my auditory education was a 1966 album called Indo-Jazz Suite, an…
Rye Jazz and Blues Festival
The organisers are pleased to announce: Laura Mvula Mike Farris The brand new heavies by deans chalkleys Since 2012, this festival has been a Bank Holiday mainstay for East Sussex.…
Muzak WhileYou Work
In the last issue we carried an article decrying background music, arguing that it was an auditory oddity, an insult to the composer and players who created it. Here KENT…
ARTS DIARY
CENERENTOLA 2023 The Barefoot Opera Production of La Cenerentola (Cinderella) is on tour this year. The initial date is 27 July at St John The Evangelist Church, Pevensey Road, St…
BOOKBUSTER REVIEW: Weaponising Anti-Semitism
By Asa WinstanleyPublished by O/R Books, 2023 rrp £15REVIEW BY GILL KNIGHT In this book, Asa Winstanley takes the reader on a meticulously researched 7-year journey to demonstrate how accusations…
Moroccan Delights
FIONA MCGARRY Moroccan gastronomy developed from a combination of Berber, Andalusi, Mediterranean and Arab cuisines. It’s all about big flavours and is more heavily spiced than Middle Eastern food; for example,…
BMX/SKATEBOARDING: Where Eagles Dare
KAITLYN MASSEY Have you ever been out for a walk along Hastings promenade on a Sunday afternoon and heard the soft grumble of four polyurethane wheels spinning over the smooth…
TENNIS: Park Courts Reopening
Six hard courts in Alexandra Park have been renovated by Hastings Borough Council (HBC) with funds from the Lawn Tennis Association, and will be officially reopened tomorrow (Saturday). In celebration,…
CRICKET: Scowen Ton Nullified by Rain
15 July:Haywards Heath 196 for 9; Hastings Priory 12822 July:Hastings Priory 205 for 7 v Burgess Hill(match abandoned) Hastings may boast the most sunshine hours of any town in England…