HIP launches ‘Community Ledge’!
To make sure there aren’t any misunderstandings, we feel there are two definitions of ‘ledge’ that are appropriate here: Place: Somewhere you can stick things like mementos, and even friends. As Fairport Convention once sang: “We’re gonna meet on the…
Sunshine Thyme!
By Arno Maasdorp I’ve been keeping a close eye on the genius community garden project masterminded by the good folk of Transition Town Hastings. The idea is straightforward: raised beds with herbs and vegetables and fruit trees have been planted…
The House Of Marcelle
After a very successful #ATownExploresABook19 festival in St Leonards on Sea, and in particular the #TheHouseofCrusoe performance series, Explore the Arch are delighted announce their forthcoming summer project which opens a new Season of Exquisite Moments. The theme is migration.…
Politikal Pokes By Lobbytroll
CHEERSXenophobe and enemy of the NHS, Nigel Farage, has been comparatively quiet during the 75th anniversary of D-Day, a remarkable feat of taciturnity for a man whose wide beer-hole is framed by such loose and opinionated lips. Was the leader…
Bookbuster Book Review
Horizon By Barry LopezHardback £25In stock at Bookbusters, £20 Review by Tim Barton Arctic Dreams, reviewed last issue, was Lopez’s second book, preceded by the excellent Of Wolves & Men, and since it was published he has published relatively little:…
The Holy Rebel
Solo exhibition of drawings, paint and sculpture at Stella Dore on Norman Road Street and contemporary artist Rugman ( Anthony McEwan) descends on the town of Hastings & St. Leonards on Sea, bringing stencils, drawings and sculptures with him for…
Lift The Ban!
Campaigners in Hastings and St Leonards call on the Government to allow people seeking asylum in the UK the right to work. Politicians, campaigners, celebrities and members of the public will gather on Saturday, 15th June to call on the…
Continental Drift
Divisions over Britain leaving the EU have led to increasingly polarised positions. This in turn has led to a hyper-analysis of small, incomplete, context-laden data sets which are extrapolated beyond their relevance and context in order to support a conviction…
COMMUNITY LEDGE: Alison Cooper
What did you want to be when you grew up?I wanted to be a horse jockey! But we didn't live in the countryside and couldn't afford many riding lessons so that was quickly over. But that has always been my…
Gwyneth Herbert, Jim Stoten and Phil Kay
At the Albion. Reviewed by Fiona McGarry The talented jazz singer, musician and composer Gwyneth Herbert has been, in her own words, in a ‘cocoon’ over the last few months. Last night she emerged to perform at what was billed…