Zeroh Studios presents MOTHer
By Sophie Shaw We ran an article in the last issue of HIP by local author Gareth E Rees that spoke of strange happenings on the beach in St Leonards. As of 1st September, we have access to what happens…
An interview with Becky Beasley
By Jilliene Sellner Artist and guest curator of this year’s Coastal Currents, Becky Beasley, describes her involvement with the festival with humble enthusiasm, excited both about her work and the opportunity to curate and collaborate with a group of outstanding…
Making a Mark
By Tina Morris, director of Coastal Currents I’m proud to say that by the time you read this, four new pieces of street art will have been installed in Hastings. What a lot of energy it has taken and certainly…
Olly’s Studio Smells Of Paint
By Michael Smith Olly’s studio smells of paint, and not the Farrow & Ball kind. It smells of actual oil paint, the type that artists paint with. I loved the place as soon as I walked into it, all the…
“FREAK STORM BAFFLES LOCALS”
By Gareth E Rees At approximately 2am on 7th August, residents on the South East Sussex coast reported a freak storm on the English Channel. Sudden gusts of wind, rain and lightning caused intense damage for less than thirty minutes…
The West Marina Diving Tower Project and Memorial Device Exhibition
Built in 1933 and demolished in 1989, the celebrated St Leonards on Sea Lido has left a legacy of memory and desire. By Colin Booth Almost everyone over the age of forty brought up in Hastings and St Leonards has…
///// REFLECTIONS – Songwriters Takeover The Stade
Reflections from the Lantern Society, Hastings’ Candlelit Acoustic Club, by Trevor Moss On Saturday 11th August, the Lantern Society emerged from its candlelit home, blinking, into the sunshine for the second annual Lantern Society Songwriters Festival. From 2 until 9pm,…
Project Art Works turns Premier Inn Walls into Exhibition Space
By Tim Corrigan At Project Art Works we collaborate with people who have complex needs, their families and circles of support. Our mission is to change lives through art by exploring the potential of each individual and sharing their creative…
100 years and what have we got?
by WOMEN’S VOICE Following its big event to celebrate women winning the vote in 1918 which took place in June, Women’s Voice is now turning its attention to women’s lives today, one hundred years later. To this end, it is…
Idling in India
Miranda Innes responds to a new book of photographs photographs taken by Annie Owen Annie Owen has a hunter’s vision and skill, tracking and capturing singular, extraordinary moments. She doesn’t hide behind her lens - this isn’t photographic voyeurism. These…