The Seaview Project
Seaview has existed for 33 years, originally as an outreach centre to help former in-patien ts of Hellingly Mental Hospital cope with the outside world under the ‘care in the community’ programme of the 1980s. These days it operates a…
Aping Amber
When MP Amber Rudd blogged a video about how all was well with Hastings, a number of residents took exception to her analysis. Local actor Sabina Arthur decided to produce her own tongue-in-cheek video in a similar style, also set…
Politikal Pokes by lobbytroll
Open Letter Dear Hastings Borough Council. Do you think there might be the flimsiest chance you could do something about the 16 bars of tinny, inept, patronizing, ghastly, amateurish “music”, the repetition of which you appear to think will soothe…
Something for Everyone at Hastings LitFest
By Alison Steel Hastings LitFest runs from August 31 to September 2, 2018 and features workshops, author talks, panel discussions, films, plays and appearances by actors Julian Sands and Amanda Burton. Many award-winning and best-selling authors will talk about the…
Circus Vegassed
By Angelica Campion The Wild Animals in Circuses Bill is expected to have its second reading on Friday 26 October 2018 in the House of Commons. It’s a Bill to make provision to prohibit the use of wild animals in…
The West Marina Diving Tower Project and Memorial Device Exhibition
Built in 1933 and demolished in 1989, the celebrated St Leonards on Sea Lido has left a legacy of memory and desire. By Colin Booth Almost everyone over the age of forty brought up in Hastings and St Leonards has…
White Rock Theatre to work more closely with community
By Emma Harwood HQ Theatres –the company which runs the White Rock Theatre –has finally had its contract extended until 2024 by Hastings Borough Council. Under the terms of the newly signed agreement the council-subsidised company –which received over £649,000…
Hiroshima Day 2018
About fifty people gathered in Alexandra Park on August 6th to attend an annual commemoration of those who lost their lives in the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. An estimated 185,000 people died as a consequence…
///// REFLECTIONS – Songwriters Takeover The Stade
Reflections from the Lantern Society, Hastings’ Candlelit Acoustic Club, by Trevor Moss On Saturday 11th August, the Lantern Society emerged from its candlelit home, blinking, into the sunshine for the second annual Lantern Society Songwriters Festival. From 2 until 9pm,…
Project Art Works turns Premier Inn Walls into Exhibition Space
By Tim Corrigan At Project Art Works we collaborate with people who have complex needs, their families and circles of support. Our mission is to change lives through art by exploring the potential of each individual and sharing their creative…