HIP#138: LISTINGS GUIDE
Trust The People
There was a noticeable silence at the anti-Brexit march in Brighton over the Labour Party’s conference weekend. All the commotion was at the front headed by prominent Remain supporting MPs, Keir Starmer and Emily Thornberry, as the rest of the…
COMMUNITY LEDGE #5: Rachel Holtom
We’ve had Community Ledges who make waves in the community. This month we have someone who makes ripples. Having experienced the top-down approach of social work, Rachel Holtom found herself more comfortable with the unintended consequences of small kindnesses, something…
Arts Diary
Beacon Jazz Fans of avant-garde music are in for a double treat at the Beacon in October. Free jazz trio Somersaults are touring their new album ‘Numerology of Birdsong’ (West Hill Records) featuring local bass hero Olie Brice, Dutch reeds…
Roads To Ruin
By Dave Young Anyone walking, cycling or driving around St Leonards can’t help but notice the dire state of the roads; but it’s no use complaining to Hastings Borough Council, all of these thoroughfares are the responsibility of East Sussex.…
Are You Suffering From Eco-Anxiety?
By Alison Hooper Recently I received an email from Patient Access asking if I’m suffering from eco-anxiety and suggesting two ways to alleviate this increasingly common form of depression: talking about it and getting involved in climate activism. So, I…
America Ground “Rejuvenation”: Bid Details Released
As reported in HIP 136, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport announced on 14th September that Hastings has been selected as one of 69 English towns and cities to receive a share of £95m funds earmarked for regeneration…
Why I’ve Just Joined Extinction Rebellion
By Rod Webb Most people know how we put off what is really important in life, like spending more time with our friends and family, because we are too busy just getting on with it. And some of us have…
The Hastings Early Music Festival Lowdown
HIP catches up with Festival Artistic Director Jane Gordon, who has deftly been drawing together world-class musicians (with extremely busy international touring schedules) to converge on Hastings and St Leonards in celebration of early music, which ventures “beyond classical music…
Eddie Izzard on his Bexhill winter wartime railway:
“See how we struggled against the forces of tyranny” Bexhill Museum’s latest exhibition features a railway model of snowy Bexhill in 1940, commissioned by comedian, activist and local patron, Eddie Izzard. By Poppy Prescott Train sets and railway models seem…