Hungry All Year Round
The Hastings Foodbank, which has reported a shocking 87 per cent increase in use over the last two years, is making an urgent appeal for donations over the Christmas and New Year periods. Emma Harwood reports. Situated at King’s Church on…
BOOKS TO PRISONERS
Local bookshop owner’s charity wins prize by Anna Arnone Lee Humphries, owner of Printed Matter Bookshop in Queen’s Road, recently attended a ceremony in London to collect the top 2018 prize from the Longford Trust on behalf of Haven Distribution…
Musical treasures on our doorstep
Hastings Philharmonic (Chamber Ensemble) perform Schubert, Dohnanyi and Brahms with polish and verve Christ Church St Leonards-on-sea, Saturday 1st December 2018 By Andrew Myers If, like me, you have fallen into the habit of listening to classical music almost exclusively…
NECESSARY ANIMALS
Album reviewed by Gareth Stevens I have to confess that Alt Psych is one of the few musical genres I have little experience or knowledge of. I took this assignment with a trepidation that instantly fell away when the professional…
St Leonards Post Office
Smiling bravely The sell-off one year on. By Rod Webb As Britain madly shops in the dark of winter streets, illuminated shop windows lure us in with music and bright lights. Christmas is nearly here again with all its many…
Creative Christmas shopping at the Arts Forum
By Fiona McGarry If you’re looking for interesting local arts or crafts for Christmas presents, Hastings and St Leonards are bursting at the seams with Christmas fairs and bazaars this year. One of the stand-out events is the Creative Christmas…
Hastings Independent Art Auction
Tuesday 11th December The Printworks, Claremont, TN34 1HA Video featuring a selection of the art on offer. Live Music from Roger Hubbard and Marie White, Food available in Gotham Alley from Southside Wrappers (Christmas Meal or Vegetarian Wraps) Mmmmmm Support…
Livin’ on the Edge
By Rod Webb Walking into the Edge café opposite Azur, you enter the comfortably exotic world of Ed & Rosie. Their numerous business ventures since arriving in Hastings 12 years ago have always featured an eclectic mix of design. They…
Make Food
By Kate Rintoul Make Food is a local social enterprise that runs community cooking classes in Hastings. Along with teaching practical cooking skills, we also like to build people’s food knowledge exploring themes such as seasonal eating, looking at farming…
Bookbuster Book Review
To Tame the Sentry Being by Michael Georgiou Published by Book Guild, rrp £ REVIEW BY THEO PILGRIM This is the first book of The Endless Dreams Saga, by St Leonards resident Michael Georgiou. The author says that ‘the story…