What Is Extinction Rebellion?
By Christine Harmar-Brown In 31st October 2018 a group of people assembled in Parliament Square in London to announce a Declaration of Rebellion against the UK Government. A couple of hundred were expected but 1,500 turned up. Since then numbers…
East Sussex Podcaster Wins At Gardening ‘Oscars’
Local podcaster, Sarah Wilson, who until recently co-owned Simply Garden in George Street Hastings, has won Podcast of the Year at the prestigious Garden Media Guild Awards, the so-called gardening ‘Oscars’; she was recognised for her weekly gardening show Roots…
Bexhill Road: Risks Uncovered
Public Meeting Questions Housing Development By David Dennis The proposal to build 190 new homes on the Tier 1 public recreation ground behind Bexhill Road was reviewed at a pre-planning public forum at the Hastings Borough Council (HBC) chamber on…
FILM PREMIER PREVIEW
From Balfour to Banksy: Visions and Divisions in Palestine Tickets are now on sale for the Hastings premiere of a new documentary film about Israel and Palestine, to be held at The Pig’s Palace on Thursday 23rd January. From Balfour…
Don’t Miss Energy Awareness Week
Energise Sussex Coast (ESC) is organising a week of free energy awareness activities between 20th-27th ; “Many people are considering how to save energy in the home, whether that’s because of the high winter heating bills or the environmental costs…
The AltPitch Platform
Part of the New Arts and Technology Festival coming to Hastings From the 18th to the end of March, AltPitch Arts and Technology Festival will explore the human aspect of technology, the relationship between the digital world and humanity, and…
Bookbuster Book Review
Plunder of the Commons: A Manifesto for Sharing Public WealthBy Guy StandingPublished by Pelican,£ paperbackReview by Tim Barton By the time you read this, we know that any policy for sharing public wealth is on the back-burner for several more…
Explore The Natural World Close To Home
The Friends of Hastings Country Park Nature Reserve (FHCPNR) have released their programme of events for 2020, which provides a clear insight into changes in our surrounding natural world. Ben Bruges met David Jeffery, who, along with Denise his wife,…
Potato Cakes
By Adrian Ferrer Despite having Irish ancestry, my first encounters with potato cakes were the small, square, packeted variety found in supermarkets. I learnt that they were best well-toasted, jabbed with a knife to create a larger surface area and…
Wunderkammer: Hastings’ Curiosities
Hastings Museum & Art Gallery’s exciting new exhibition continues into ; Wunderkammer brings together nearly 300 outstanding objects from the depths of the museum’s stores. The exhibition includes marvellous natural history specimens, ancient archaeological artefacts, local and social history objects…