Posh Boys: How the English Public Schools run Britain
By Robert Verkaik (One World, 2018) £ Review by Paul Hunt Where did you go to school? According to Robert Verkaik, your answer to that question determines your chances of getting on in life. Putting it another way, current pupils…
Politikal Pokes by lobbytroll
DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE Perhaps one should blame the current trend for acceptable obfuscation and bare-faced mendacity in politics for the Lewis Carroll situation we find ourselves in in Hastings? In the absence of any evidence to the contrary, an…
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.…