Hughenden Road Pocket Park
It’s not the most promising location: an acre of Council-owned ground in the hinterland of Elphinstone Road surrounded by housing and largely concreted over around 13 years ago following the removal of some dilapidated garages. The Council had leased the…
Hastings Fashion Show Goes National
Kent Barker Hastings’ own home-grown fashion show – Front Row - has just been accorded national recognition and an additional showing at a prestigious London location. This Saturday, 26th November, the show opens at the De La Warr pavilion in…
University of Brighton launches 3 month consultation on Hastings
After much confusion and protest following the announcement in March that the University of Brighton would be pulling out of Hastings, U of B have launched a 3 month public consultation on the future of a University Centre at Hastings. The…
The Frackers: the Outrageous Inside Story of the New Energy Revolution – by Gregory Zuckerman
Portfolio Press, 2013. Available at Bookbuster £ Review by Tim Barton For those of you that remember the 'Jett Rink' in the movie Giant, or the TV soaps Dallas and Dynasty, the dynamics of the protagonists in The Frackers will…
Revised Observer Building planning consultation ending soon
OB planning consultation The consultation for the revised plans post University of Brighton plan to withdraw from Hastings, closes in the next week or so (one source says this Thursday 18 Aug). It is crucial that the local community have…
THE KIDS’ TAPESTRY UNVEILED
THE KIDS' TAPESTRY UNVEILED TO MARK 950TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF HASTINGS Photo credits: David Parry/PA Wire Children help to create sequel to the Bayeux Tapestry featuring Shakespeare, Queen Victoria and the World Wide Web The Kids' Tapestry was…
The Great Survey
THE GREAT SURVEY As part of the ROOT1066 International Arts Festival, Hastings Council has commissioned WildWorks Theatre Company to come to Hastings to make a show about us… and they need your help to create it. ‘The Great Survey’ isn’t…
Clothesline at the Beacon – Real Clothes for Real Women
Judy Dewsbery and Belinda Cockburn The debut collection of the Clothesline emerged last Thursday, 28th April at the Beacon, Hastings, worn by women aged between 23 and 70, of sizes from 10 to 18 and with a variety of personal…
Free Pop-up Bookshop a success!
A group of local volunteers turned a vacant shop in Bexhill into a thriving pop-up bookshop and have become victims of their own success this week as the empty shop they were using has been successfully let to a business.…
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