Knitting Is Good For You
Learn a skill and make friends at the new Sugar Pie Honey Buns knitting group between each Monday evening, beginning on Monday 2nd March. If you’re already a knitter, bring needles and wool. If you’ve never knitted or have forgotten…
Romance Doesn’t Need To Be Legal
With February the month when love is officially sanctioned by a greetings card and a gift, Madelaine Cooper, a humanist wedding celebrant living in Hastings, finds it heart-warming to see that many couples are seeking to celebrate their commitment without…
Creating A Local Food Network In Hastings
There are many great food projects in Hastings, from Dom’s Food Mission and Surviving the Streets to Bags of Taste, Home Ground Kitchen and Pea Pod Veg. Some work is already going on to create a local food network, so…
Hastings Week 2019: Prizes Awarded
While Hastings Week 2019 might now seem part of ‘that year’, it was this year, 2020 that the winners of events of Hastings Week were honoured at a special Prize Giving Evening at Muriel Matters ; Hosted by Nigel Hogben,…
Positive Start For West St Leonards Forum
The West St Leonards Forum, with funding support from Common Treasury and Locality, recently launched a campaign to encourage residents and local amenity groups to work together for a better future for West St Leonards. The campaign started with the…
New Look Emmaus Ready For A New Decade
By Sally Burr Emmaus (pronounced ‘Em-ous’) was first established in Paris in 1949 by Father Henri- Antoine Groues to provide accommodation, work and community to homeless people. There are now 36 Emmaus projects across the UK from Hastings to Hull.…
Reclaiming The Streets
Eleanor Togut, project coordinator for Living Streets reports on the recent meeting in ; The launch of the Hastings Living Streets Local Group on Saturday, 25th January 2020 brought together a wide range of people with the same goal in…
Glenn Veness kicks off! Again
An occasional column by well-known Hastings resident Glenn Veness in which he expresses his opinions in flamboyant style. Being 70 years old, I’m frequently told that Kath and I are part of the lucky generation that enjoyed a privileged existence,…
Bloom Britannia according to Justin Greenland
An interview with Barefoot Opera’s youth lead, Justin Greenland, by Caf Fean Who are Barefoot Opera, and what is Bloom Britannia?Barefoot Opera is a creative arts organisation who want to bring out the arts in everyone. I was the first…
Community Ledge #8: The Horse & Groom Pub
Although the Community Ledge set out to showcase people who deserve recognition ‘for being a stand-out member of our community’ we felt it time to extend our range to highlight a standout ;So this week we give you The Horse…