Still Watching Paint Dry
Paintings, sculptures, drawings and prints By Robin Holtom ‘Still Watching Paint Dry’ will coincide with Robin Holtom’s 75th birthday and features a variety of work from his long career as an artist. Holtom’s work is at times vibrant in tone, with…
Knitting for Google
By Dave Young What might Sicily, lichen and Google have in common? The unlikely answer is Hastings Knitters – a local craft group asked at short notice to provide part of the set dressing for a worldwide networking event. Hastings…
COMMUNITY LEDGE #3: Claudine Eccleston
This week we give you Claudine Eccleston, a determined advocate of equal rights and well-deserving of her legendary status. Although there’s no shortage of Community Ledges down here in Hastings, if you want to nominate someone, get on social media…
BMX: Hollington Rider Qualifies For The Battle
By Hastings Source Park is the world’s largest indoor skatepark with an inclusive programme of events running throughout the year. The definitive highlight in the park’s calendar is next month’s BMX Battle of Hastings. PICTURE: Nathan Joseph The BoH event…
ARTS DIARY
Terry Seabrook’s MILESTONES Play Kind of Blue KoBIn 1959 Miles Davis and his sidemen (Bill Evans, John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, Jimmy Cobb and Paul Chambers) made musical history when they recorded the iconic album Kind of Blue. They created a unique…
Bookbuster Book Review
Fully Automated Luxury CommunismBy Aaron BastaniVerso hardcover in stock at Bookbuster & Printed Matter Bookshop, £ REVIEW BY P. NOTHER According to Theresa May, those of us who are against Brexit are Utopians, because as Citizens of Nowhere we live in…
The ABC Of Boxing
By Bexhill Amateur Boxing Club () originally started life some distance away, at a facility in Pebsham. After losing access to the premises, coaches Tony Godwin and Terry Freeman decided to look for an alternative base, one which had the…
Sierra Leone Comes To The Beach
By Rod Webb Last Saturday saw the seafront of Hastings transformed into a colourful beach party. Huge crowds of Sierra Leoneans from London and the surrounding areas were down in Hastings to make the most of the summer weather. Although…
Politikal Pokes by lobbytroll
HAIR HITLERIf you don’t recognise the boiling resentment of 1933 Germany being reflected in this evil gang of swivel-eyed villains, the engineers of a coup that has just taken over the government of the UK, then you are blind, mad,…
Battle Lines For The NHS
By Graham Pearcey Councillor Mike Turner has loved the NHS for most of his 74 years—he was born in 1945, three years before the NHS was created. Now he hates the thought that he could well outlive our national treasure.…