The HIP #ShopLocal List
During this second lockdown, HIP would love to support local shops offering delivery/online shopping during November with a #shoplocal list. Stay off Amazon and shop local for Christmas! If you are an independent business, shop or creator from Hastings and…
The Joy of Giving 2020
Last year we wrote about all the help the Hastings community was giving to others during the Christmas period. The article, called Christmas: The Joy of Giving, celebrated the community spirit in our town, but at the same time touched…
Lifting the Ban
The view from Hastings Community of Sanctuary Campaigns Team: Felicity Laurence, Lead for HCoS Campaigns Team, and Jay Kramer, Campaign Lead, Lift the Ban People seeking asylum have been part of our Hastings community for over twenty years, when the…
Seeing the wood AND the trees
As an antidote to long winter days stuck indoors, HIP looks at ways to enjoy our precious forests and woodlands. National Tree WeekThere’s still time to check out National Tree Week - the UK’s largest annual tree celebration, marking the…
Musical Extravaganza from Palestine
An online raffle and musical extravaganza held on Sunday 22nd November raised over £1,000 for Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP). The Hastings & Rye Palestine Solidarity Campaign (HRPSC) organised the online event with the help of local businesses in Hastings…
Dr Energy
The team at Energise Sussex Coast answer your home energy-related questions to help everyone to save money and keep warm as sustainably as possible. Is the Green Home Grant a good deal? Colin, St Leonards The Green Home Grant is a…
Drawing Life – from sketchbook to screen
Sussex-based charity, Drawing Life, holds life drawing classes for people with dementia. Project Director, Judy Parkinson, writes about the challenges they faced in 2020. It is said that every cloud has a silver lining. 2020 has given us no shortage…
A Canteen, but not like in Dinnerladies
By Helen Drake As if being a freelance journalist, author and film-maker weren’t enough, Jody Sabral has recently started a catering business specialising in Anatolian cuisine. She is joined in this venture by her Turkish best friend of 15 years,…
What you see is what you see
Gareth Stevens reviews the work of photographer Chris Daly. Our daily exposure to thousands of TV and internet images has led to the notion of ‘truth’ becoming a “function of crowd dynamics, transformed into a commodity without a fixed universal…
It’s Just Four Walls
Why Having an Art StudioIsn’t as Important as I Thought By Benji Thomas It’s the artist’s dream. To stand in your sprawling studio, shelves packed with top quality materials, ambitious work on the walls, and collectors and gallerists lining up…