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Kevin at the Kino
Thursday 15th February, BY EMMA HARWOOD His guitar playing has accompanied some of the greatest rock stars of our time, his songwriting credits appear on albums by the likes of…
Holocaust Memorial Service Success
A packed St Mary in the Castle saw a moving, thought-provoking Holocaust Memorial Day service on Saturday (27th January) themed around the power of words. The mayor of Hastings, Cllr…
What to do if you missed the tax return deadline
The deadline for filing your 2016/17 self-assessment tax return was 31st October 2017 for paper returns and 31st January 2018 for returns submitted online. If HM Revenue & Customs asked…
Rail Engineering Hits Mardi Gras Plans
KENT BARKER REPORTS: Many of the 20,000 people expected to attend this year’s Fat Tuesday Mardi Gras festival in Hastings will be affected by rail engineering works on South Eastern.…
Hastings Housing New Vision Needed
Julia Hilton, secretary of Hastings Green Party, takes issue with the contention of chairman of the council’s planning committee that nothing can be done to increase affordable housing in the…
Local charity encourages children to ‘Go Wild!’
Local charity Education Futures Trust is offering free outdoor courses and clubs in Hastings. Its new ‘Go Wild!’ project aims to get children exploring and enjoying nature with after-school clubs,…
Appeal for Solar Energy Sites
BY KENT BARKER The Hastings cooperative, Energise Sussex Coast, has won a grant to install solar panels in Ore. Energise Sussex Coast (ESC) is a community benefit organisation set up…
HIP READ – An Outlaw in the Making By John D Robinson
The Hastings community is often lauded for both the quality and quantity of its collective creativity. Many manifestations of this can be found writ large upon our streets and festival…
BOOKBUSTER BOOK REVIEW
Bread For All: The Origins of the Welfare State by Chris Renwick Allen Lane BOOKBUSTER BOOK REVIEW BY TIM BARTON The air over Britain was dark, condensed into mournful gloom, as…
Kino Teatr – Sunday Coffee Concert Series
January 21st Jane Gordon, violin, Jan Rautio, piano REVIEWED BY ANDREA CORSO The Sunday coffee concert series at Kino has been steadily growing in popularity and it is easy to see why such…
My Dad, Gerald Campion
BY ANGELICA CAMPION The first memory I have of my father Gerald Campion (who played Billy Bunter in the TV series 1952 - 1961), was on Christmas day 1963 at our…
DRINKING CULTURE: The Biscuit Town Arriveth
BY MICHAEL SMITH I had planned to write about some nice red wine this week, but then our new keg of Cloudwater Biscuit Town arrived, and as soon as I poured…
FOOTBALL: Younger Than That Now
The early songs of Bob Dylan are hardly likely to feature on the playlist of Hastings United manager Chris Agutter. At 30 Chris is the youngest manager in the Bostik…
Is Sports Coverage Sexist
A recent BBC campaign under the title of 100 Women asked the question - “Does sport have a problem with women?” After pointing out that, of the 100 highest paid…
Festivals
You can’t throw a pebble in Hastings and St Leonards without hitting a festival – in fact most articles in this supplement contain details on at least one. Here is…
Theatre
BY THOMAS DALDRY Although it’s often under the radar, Hastings has a thriving theatre scene. It is stocked with a wealth of venues, projects and professional theatre makers that operate…
Participation
BY CAF FEAN Delight in a glitzy cabaret strictly for the over 60s, encounter Great Expectations on the streets of St Leonards or play a part in an opera inspired…
Exhibitions
THOMAS DENMAN Earlier this month at Hastings Station, Judy Rogers and Nigel Sinden, the Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Hastings, opened ‘Welcome to Hastings’, a lively, multimedia exhibit brought to us…
Classical Music
CHRIS CORMACK REPORTS: Hastings has a wealth of classical music talent, making 2018 a year splendidly rich in events that should enthuse us all. Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition (HIPCC)…
Arts and Culture: The Latest Waves
ERICA SMITH There is so much going on in Hastings and St Leonards that sometimes I dream of moving to London for a quieter life. 16 years ago, I moved…
Music Month – 13 February – 17 March
SALLY LAMPITT REPORTS: Do you love great music? The music scene across Hastings and Rother gets hotter every year and we want to celebrate that. Music Month shines a light…
Live Music
EMMA HARWOOD As home to a vast array of talented musicians and with a reputation for its rich and diverse arts and music scene, it is hardly surprising that the…
Literary Hastings – A Unique Expression
Hastings and St Leonard’s has inspired poets and authors for centuries, some mainstream but most alternative. Today’s local literary creatives offer impassioned insights into our town, together with national and…
The Boy Davide From Italy
It seems an odd football career plan, even in these days of regular international transfers, that starts in a youth team at Inter Milan, then heads in the direction of…
Reality Check for United
Hoping for a fourth victory out of five over the crowded Christmas/New Year calendar to boost their league position Hastings United came a cropper against promotion candidates Greenwich Borough last…
A Town – A New Arts Council-Funded Opera Project, by Thomas Denman
Barefoot opera presents Clash. Sussex Coast College, Hastings Barefoot Opera – ‘Hastings and St. Leonard’s very own opera company’ – has been awarded an Arts Council Research and Development Grant…
Want to join the Mardi Gras Monarchy? Fat Tuesday wants to know what you’re made of
Have you got what it takes to join the Hastings Fat Tuesday Mardi Gras Monarchy? Hastings Fat Tuesday means colour, costume, creativity and carnival spirit in abundance, and in…
Sophie Barber, Winner of the CVAN Platform Graduate Award, by Thomas Denman
Sophie Barber with her painting 'Phil' A graduate of the University of Brighton’s BA (Hons) Fine Art Practice at Sussex Coast College, Hastings, has won the prestigious and much coveted…
Laetitia Yhap Celebrates Fifty Years in Hastings
Shattered Window Pane, Laetitia Yhap The sandstone walls of Undercliff House have, for the last few months, been adorned with scenes of Hastings and South London. They are large, delicate…
What the Dickens!
By Pete Donohue Once upon a time -- of all the good days in the year, on Christmas Eve -- old Scrooge sat busy in his counting-house. When I took…
Ups and Downs of 2017
credit Nigel Baker In April Hastings United footballers stood at the brink of a play-off final for Ryman League promotion, largely outplaying eventual winners Dorking before losing to them on…
Football For Girls? Not So Much In Hastings
If I key in my Hastings postcode on the Sussex FA website to find a local club offering women's adult football, it lists four: Bexhill United, Beckley Rangers, Little Common…
Uncovering the stories of West Street by Lorna Crabbe
Artist Lorna Crabbe tells us about an exciting new project, ‘Rediscovering West Street: A meandering and forgotten past Duo Bogof and a white rabbit 'family portrait’, Duo Bogof will be…
L’incoronazione di Poppea 11 November, 2017, St. Mary in the Castle, reviewed by Thomas Denman
From left, Sarah Parkin as Poppea and Lucilla Graham as Nero, photo by Chris Parker On Saturday last weekend, another brave and innovative production from Barefoot Opera, electrified a packed…
Andrew Kötting: Who You Walk With Alters What You See
Towner Art Gallery until 31 December If you have an interest in film that falls into the British psychogeographical genre you are likely to have come across Andrew Kötting, a…
HiFest 2017
Now in its fourth year, HiFest (Hastings Illustration Festival) will be taking place on Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd December 2017. Visitors can expect guests from the world of illustration…
Alexandra Wonderama
Autumn Flowers by Kim Batty At Dragon Bar, George Street from 1 December Local artist and longstanding member of the HIP family, Kim Batty is opening an exhibition of limited…
Trouble in Tahiti, Kino–Teatr, 25–27 October 2017, reviewed by Jane Gordon
From left; Alistair Sutherland, Tom Clarkson, Chiara Vinci, Sophie Goldrick and Laurence Panter Trouble in Tahiti is the second production from the vibrant new company Stage Left Project, which…
David Thomas Broughton, Saturday 18 November 2017, Printworks
David Thomas Broughton, photo by Greg Butler David Thomas Broughton – folk singer/avant-garde performer and man with a guitar, a loop pedal and a seemingly longstanding desire to be punched…
Folio 14 at the Hastings Arts Forum
Folio 14, a group of creatives making work under the tutelage of artist and educator Jo Kori, opened their first show this week at Hastings Arts Forum. These 10 local…