Swan Lake and slug men: the Lord Nelson’s Calendar
The first calendar, for 2015, was inspired by a regular coming into the Lord Nelson and letting his hair down out of its usual ponytail, writes Paddy Boyle. Immediately, the wisecracks started about his resemblance to Jesus and some of the other…
Are you a Norman?
Are you a Daigle or a FitzRolf? Do you know a Devereaux, a Morton or a Duffey? If so, two local photographers want to hear from you. Photographers Nigel Green and Andrew Moran are searching for modern-day Normans, by tracking…
A taste of Honeysett (Review)
Celebrating Hastings’s most loved cartoonist By Pete Donohue (resident HIP cartoonist) The Hastings area has attracted quality artists for decades, if not centuries. Amongst them number a string of legendary cartoonists and illustrators. One of the most prolific and successful…
HRAEN ‘Root 1066’ artist project brief
Hastings and Rother Arts Education Network is looking to commission an artist to create a school based Root 1066 project. On 14 October 1066 the path of English and European history was irrevocably changed. Two cultures collided - Anglo-Saxon and Norman…
The Further Adventures of Holmes & Watson
The Golden Earwig of Rangapanga With a respectful nod to the great Myles NaGopaleen (The Da) Patrick Carabine Watson sulked moodily as he flicked through the 1875 edition of Simpson's Almanac of Churlish Revenge for ideas. He was still bristling…
A taste of Honeysett
Hastings and its surrounds has become a creative base for a string of legendary cartoonists over the years. How many can you name? I’m not going to tell you here. Probably the most prolific in the last few decades was…