Community Ledge #10: Will Stevens
Men have been elbowed off the Ledge recently so we’re coming back with a colourful character, well known to many in the community as William the Cone-Queror: a kind of Pied Piper of the seafront, enigmatically plying his trade in…
HIP READ
Strange Exits from HastingsA Cornucopia of Bizarre Deaths and Unsolved Murders By Helena Wojtczak£10: Review by Elly Gibson What comes to mind when you think about Hastings? The famous battle of 1066 which left King Harold with an arrow…
That Which I Once Knew and Thought
Merlin Betts interviews Katherine Weston-Smith and Sophie Shrubb, two students at UCH, about how they curated an exhibition at Dirty Old Gallery, West Street. The show is entitled “That Which I Once Knew And Thought”. It is a contemporary mix…
Hastings Community Transport
Hastings Community Transport has for many years been providing subsidised door-to-door transport for adults in social care and for others too old or disabled, physically or mentally, to cope with public services. In normal times the charity receives a small…
Colombia: Don’t Name It
By Michael Watts As a Brit living (for several years) in Colombia it’s been strange reading about coronavirus via the BBC and other British news outlets. I guess that, like many migrants, I find myself split between my country of…
Sport And The Virus
The National Health Service website currently shows, as you would expect, a constantly updated section on the coronavirus pandemic. On other pages it continues to talk up what it calls “a miracle cure” which can “reduce your risk of major…
Cupboard Comfort
Apple, sumac and spelt cake By Pasha Milburn If you find yourself having to spend time alone in the coming weeks, making cake is a delicious way to pass the time. Try your hand at this easy apple, sumac and…
Exciting New Works Emerge at streetsmART
On 22nd-23rd February Hastings’ Observer Building opened its doors for streetsmART, a unique celebration of graffiti and street art. Over 300 visitors took part in a five-hour ‘slam’ event on each day, with workshops in drawing, painting, stencil-cutting and spray-painting,…
Surviving a Brain Tumour
Alexandra Smith shares her experiences of living through a medical ; It’s taken me a very long time to feel able to share my story, but I’d like to raise awareness of brain tumours and potentially help save people’s lives…
US PLANE WRECK
A Time Bomb On Tier 1 Development? By David Dennis On the evening of 31st December 1943, a United States Army Air Force (USAAF) Liberator 24D long-range bomber crashed at Bulverhythe Recreation Ground. That ‘an American bomber crashed’ has been…