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Pharmanomics at the Pig
BARBARA ECHLIN of Bexhill & Hastings Global Justice Now invites readers to the launch of Nick Dearden’s latest book: Pharmanomics: How Big Pharma Destroys Global Health Two years ago, while…
Clean Water Watch
A regular column to update readers on the damaging effects of the current management of water in Hastings, surrounding areas (and nationally) and what people are doing about it. If…
Quakers’ Latest Food Celebration
Hastings Quakers celebrated the 350th anniversary of the first Quaker meeting in Hastings on Sunday 24 September. That meeting was held in late 1673, probably around the High Street in…
How To Make a Difference in Your Workplace
ROBERT RALPH Ever wondered if anyone at work gives a hoot about the impact of the workplace on climate and environment? They probably do, but hey, we’re all beavering away…
Clean Water Watch
A regular column to update readers on the damaging effects of our current management of water in Hastings, surrounding area (and nationally) and what people are doing about it. If…
Contrasting Lifestyles
SIMON ANTHONY HOBSON, Chair of Surviving Christmas, writes about how it has been fighting loneliness, homelessness, and social deprivation at Christmas for the last 40 years. In Country Life magazine,…
Happy and We Know It
A gran spends Tuesday mornings at a playgroup in St Leonards CATHERINE VALE It’s on a Tuesday morning and I’m in a gang in a church hall doing the Hokey…
RoboPets Help People with Dementia
SALLY BURR and SAFFRON PHILLIPS A mechanical pet project to help people with early-stage dementia has been launched in East Sussex. The County Council (ESCC) RoboPets scheme aims to support…
Drop-In and Meet the Team
On the last Thursday of August, HIP held the first of its interactive monthly drop-in gatherings. A chance for us to meet readers and for them to put names to…
Bringing Facts to Social Media
DR JAMES PRENTICE, a researcher at the University of Sussex, argues for more support for fact-based discussions on social media. During the 2019 election, I decided to conduct a voting…
There’s Always the Ombudsman
These days, it’s not unusual to get frustrated by the lack of accountability of our service providers. And when we try to do something about it, there doesn’t seem to…
Black Gull Flies South
ROD WEBB attended the much -delayed official opening of a new bookshop in St Leonards, and to honour its contrast with the ‘here today gone tomorrow’ nature of modern life,…
A New Lease of Life
RUBY COX talked to manager Dean Stewart at the Isabel Blackman Centre to find out how it was doing in its mission to change perceptions of both the IBC and…
Keeping the Wheels Rolling
ROD WEBB talks to Mat McDonnell about how Bike Lab became The Bike Project and what this means. Anna SabinSketch for outside mural One of the first positive things I…
Clean Water Watch
A regular column to update readers on the damaging effects of our current management of water in Hastings and the surrounding area and what people are doing to improve the…
Hastings Pride 2023 – Start to Finish
ROD WEBB Like Brighton, Pride month in Hastings is the whole of August. And Cumbia Kitchen in St Leonards kicked it off in style – a few days early on…
Clean Water Watch
A regular column to update readers on the damaging effects of our current management of water in Hastings and the surrounding area and what people are doing to improve the…
Many Free Adult Courses
ROD WEBB The 2023-24 Adult Course Guide from East Sussex College contains a huge range of courses. But for those who are feeling the pinch, you might wish to check…
Fabulous Frock Up Friday is Back!
Between 1 and 3 September Frock Up Friday is returning to Hastings & St Leonards for a third year. THE FROCK UP FRIDAY TEAM promise beautiful fashion and a fantastic, weekend-long programme of events and activities.…
Good News Section: Bus Routes Improving!
ROD WEBB There has been widespread publicity for the new night service between Bexhill and Hastings (and beyond) on the number 98 bus route. This will certainly be a huge…
High Rise Classical Concert
An exciting free guided tour and concert welcomes viewers to explore the overlooked history of the Four Courts high rise community in Hollington, St Leonards on Saturday 2 September 2023.…
Running for Life
RunningSpace are hosting a 24-hour, midnight to midnight relay run to raise awareness and to take a stand against suicide for World Suicide Prevention Day, Sunday 10 September. RunningSpace, a…
Parents for Climate Action
JEN ROUSE AND GEMMA REESE Name: Parents For Future Hastings & St Leonards Age: Newborn! We started this year (but umbrella group, Parents For Future, has been going since 2019).…
Hastings High School Reunion
NOLA MCSWEENEY On Friday, September 29, a school reunion will be held at The Royal Victoria Hotel in St Leonards between and , This is being organised for pupils who…
The Banksy Years
The Collateral Damage of Myth-Making HIP Talks to Stephanie Warren, the owner of art gallery Stella Dore, about her involvement with the Podcast The Banksy Story – and other things.…
Support for Children’s Mental Health Launched
ROD WEBB A series of online videos are now available to help parents and carers support their children to manage a range of mental health ; Did you know that…
Quaker Meeting House Finally Reopens
In January a major part of Hastings town centre became flooded due, it is alleged, to the failure by Southern Water to properly maintain the drainage. One of the areas…
Time for a Yard Party
Times have been hard for the catering business with Covid lock downs, massive cost of living increases and, so far, a very wet summer. MARK EDWARDS talks about why Tommy’s…
Walking Home
Hastings Rental Health report on their latest fundraising effort Sarah Gomes Harris, who previously ran a half-marathon in the purple Rental Health house. In the last issue of HIP, Hastings…
Samaritans at 60
Hastings and Rother Samaritans reflect on their work 60 years on It’s 1963. The Beatles are in the charts, the first episode of Dr Who has just been screened, the…
Bonfire Society Auction
Hastings Borough Bonfire will be holding their now annual Auction on Thursday 3 August 2023 at the Hastings & St Leonards Angling Association on Marine Parade (by the Miniature Railway…
Hiroshima Day Commemoration
JOHN ENFER previews this year’s Hiroshima Day Commemoration for Hastings Against War Sunday 6 August will see the annual Hiroshima Day commemoration in Hastings. The event has been held each…
Salvation Army Hosts Employability Fair
The Salvation Army in Hastings joined forces with a range of organisations at a special event to help jobseekers find work recently. The Hastings Citadel branch of the church and…
Hastings Puts Out Welcome Mat
Hastings’ branch of Amnesty International celebrates the town’s attitude to refugees A huge welcome mat was placed at the Hastings Museum and Gallery and the Hastings Borough Council Offices to…
Hastings’ parks retain Green Flag Awards
Hastings Borough Council is delighted that Alexandra Park, Hastings Country Park, and St Leonards Gardens have retained Green Flag status for another year. The Green Flag Award scheme is managed…
A Garden Full of Cultural Delights
JOHN ENFER Tim MillerPicture features Acromax from a previous ‘Garden of Delights’ It will be all-change with this year’s Garden Full of Cultural Delights with the popular event moving to…
Disabled Woman Earns Flying Scholarship
A 35-year-old woman from Hastings has learnt the basics of flying after being awarded a scholarship by the disabled flying charity Aerobility. Ann-Marie ‘Az’ Baldwin, who is diagnosed with ADHD…
School Refusers
A Hastings-based teacher reflects on academy chain schools People are very sensitive about labels these days. Take to social media any day, and you’ll find people arguing about the language…
Local Housing Co-op to Purchase Gensing Manor?
JESS LUBY Built in 1880 for the MP of Hastings and his wife, but more recently leased to English language schools, Gensing Manor is up for sale and Hastings Rental…
Afri-Co-Lab: A Community Land Grab
Afri-Co-Lab are in the middle of a Crowdfunder to open their doors once a week for us in the community to gather and dream – but why? Who are Afri-Co-Lab…