Observe the Observer!
Restored building set for viewings, leases offered from August After nearly three years of renovation works the Observer Building on Cambridge Road will begin to reopen in August this year. Hastings Commons Ventures (HCV), hitherto known as White Rock Neighbourhood Ventures,…
You can all join in
Become a lifeguard Last year RNLI lifeguards, who cover 177 beaches across the UK and Channel Islands, protected an estimated 20 million visitors. Now the charity wants to hear from potential lifesavers to help keep people safe this year while…
Lightning full fibre broadband ‘races’ into Bexhill
ADVERTORIAL FEATURE Lightning Fibre, Lightning fast! The local AltNet for the South Coast, Lightning Fibre Broadband, roared into Bexhill with a Formula One Grand Prix winner, to announce its network expansion and celebrate 120 years since the birth of British…
Pier engineers vindicated at tribunal – but how will £68,000 awards be collected?
After a tortuous legal process, the former pier engineers Peter Wheeler and Daisy Hill have succeeded in legal claims for constructive dismissal brought against Lions Hastings Pier Limited, the company which Sheikh Abid Gulzar formed to take over operation of…
Who is your Queen?
By Helen Murphy and Nick Pelling Celebrating the royal family can be a bit divisive. We are not all monarchists, so the Jubilee may bring some people out in republican hives. However, Tara Reddy from ‘Art in The Park’ and…
Calling out around the world
Welcome to the International Composers Festival 2022 The International Composers Festival – the only event of its kind in the world – will be returning between May 20 and 22, bigger and better than ever. For the first time, all…
HIP LIST NEWS
Silverhill Press Book and Zine Launch Event Local independent publishers Silverhill Press have launched new art books by Julian Anderson, Malcolm Glover, Rod Morris, Stuart Griffiths, Peter Quinnell, Ian Land, Paul Thomas, and the book of 14 Months of Solitude. …
Michael Wooton from Judges Bakery
Check out the latest episode of HIP Biz, now streaming on Spotify. This week our Business Editor Damien Pestell meets local baking legend Michael Wooton, owner of Judges Bakery in Hastings Old Town, to explore how he fell in love…
Water sports
Sailing club offers taster day Hastings & St Leonards Sailing Club will be holding a water sports taster day on Saturday 28 May. It’s an opportunity for people of all ages to come down to the club, located beneath the…
BOOKBUSTER REVIEW
Hastings Town Centre Heritage Trail Published by Hastings & St Leonards Society, 2022, pamphlet, rrp £4Available at Bookbuster, 39 Queens Road Review by Tim Barton Sometimes Hastings New Town seems to get a raw deal, with the Old Town and…