Small Pockets of Resistance
Hastings Trump protest by April Yasamee Friday 13th July 2018 saw the co-ordinated, mass response to Donald Trump’s visit to the UK, with thousands attending demonstrations in our major cities. London, Manchester, Glasgow, Edinburgh and others were all featured on…
Easier on the Eye?
Crumbling tower may get orange appeal by Emma Harwood Plans to turn a dilapidated town centre office block into a super-budget hotel have been welcomed by the council’s marketing and tourism department. Indonesia-based company Redrock Developments Ltd wants to convert the…
TABLE TENNIS: Fraser’s Top Table
Claremont provides elite venue for local star by Ben Cornwell Upcoming talent Fraser Kent, 15, who lives in Heathfield but plays for Hollington Academy in the Hastings League, is among those benefitting from a recent move of Weald Table Tennis Club…
Politikal Pokes by lobbytroll
THE UNDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION Mrs. May has ordered that members of the cabinet remain locked in the headmistress’s office at Chequers until a ‘solution’ to the insoluble question of the Dog’s Brexit has been reached. This has allegedly produced, thanks to…
How green are our greengrocers?
Sustainability, local produce and recyclable packaging are important environmental concerns. To discover how such laudable goals work in everyday life, HIP visited three local fruit and vegetable shops Sussex Fruits - an unexpected delight in West St Leonards Out West…
Berry Bliss Slushie
Nothing screams summer quite like my Berry Bliss Slushie! Crammed full of goodness and all the vitamins and minerals to make your cells dance, it’ll keep you hydrated, nourished and firing on all cylinders during the hot weather. It’s so…
Funding to be axed for Special Needs Services
Parents have been ‘misled’ by County Council, says support organisation by Emma Harwood East Sussex County Council (ESCC) is failing in its duty of care to hundreds of severely disabled and special needs children by axing funding from vital after-school and…
Rufus
30th June The De La Warr Pavilion By Ed Boxall The first Rufus’ song I heard was Nobody’s Off The Hook. It was love at first listen. It’s a friendship-love song with an impossibly pretty melody and string quartet arrangement.…
Pass This On…
James Weaver Scratch the surface of the mainstream music scene in Hastings and St Leonards-on-Sea and you’ll discover a myriad of artists, producers, DJs, labels, events, studios, engineers and sound artists that operate within and across the more exotic corners…
New history-inspired show at Hastings Museum & Art Gallery
Members of SoCo Artists were set the challenge of responding to either particular objects or the idea of ‘collecting’ in whatever way they chose. 14 artists were eventually selected to develop their work, and the results are now on display.…