Arts on the Horizon
When we finally get out of lockdown, there’s bound to be huge excitement and enthusiasm for the Arts – the same Arts that we took for granted until 2020. But at the moment things are very much up in the…
HIP READ
The Last Gift and other Tales By Mary RothwellPublished by Scriptora on 6th January 2021 Review By Pete Donohue In 2019 HIP Literature favourably reviewed local author Mary Rothwell’s poetry collection Terra Incognita. Now we are pleased to report her…
BOOKBUSTER REVIEW
How to Blow Up a Pipeline By Andreas MalmPublished by Verso, 2021, RRP £, £ at Bookbuster Review by Tim Barton Subtitled Learning to Fight in a World on Fire, this book is in the great radical tradition of the…
HIP READs of 2020
The best of the year’s HIP Reads, in no particular order of merit,as chosen by Literature Editor PETE DONOHUE Dhanmondi Road By Young Early in the year HIP’s ELLY GIBSON reviewed this first novel set during the aftermath of the…
Inside The Mystic Shed
By Joshua Colgan During early 2018 I started to truly discover the vibrant culture Hastings has to offer, and part of this offering were local bands; one of the first I saw was the psychedelic, outlandish chaos called The Mystic…
The Dirty Old Gallery
West Street Winter Fair By Benji Thomas In the heart of Hastings Old Town, The Dirty Old Gallery is displaying the best of local artists, makers and creatives in their West Street Winter Fair. The gallery is bursting with paintings,…
A Spirited Adventure this Christmas
Spirited, is Explore the Arch theatre company’s magical new outdoor festive show, opening on Monday 21st December – an ingenious adventure for six spirited viewers at any one performance. Spirited is a tale of quest for a life that suits.…
Arts Diary
Hastings Contemporary has re-opened after Lockdown2 with two hugely anticipatedexhibitions – Lakwena Maciver’s Homeplace and Stephen Chambers’ The Court of Redonda. Lakwena Maciver, one of the UK’s most exciting contemporary black artists, creates painted prayers and meditations which respond to…
Zoo Motel
By Gareth Stevens At a time when lockdown has had a catastrophic effect on art forms that are normally experienced in public spaces, there has been a rush to make online alternatives. In short these have been “delicious hot and…
Christmas Joy Around the World
Four local musicians will be bringing some joy into the lives of people around the world when they appear in an online concert organised from St ; Jazz maestro Liane Carroll, global music specialist Frank Moon, and multi-talented sisters Alice…