The Positive Test that Nobody Wants
One of our contributors, 27 year old photographer, SAMARA MARTIN, tells us of her plight with Covid-19, despite being double vaccinated, and how she is still suffering a month later. Samara Martin As I rolled over in bed unable to…
The America Ground
By Steve Peak In the early 19th century, the America Ground, 8½ acres of Hastings’ town centre, was an open piece of beach, beyond the borough boundary and with no obvious owner. It was gradually occupied by a thousand or…
Gripping Yarns by the Sea
Two recent eBooks by David Dennis: Mysteries of Sussex and Notes and Queries. Review by Nick Pelling There is a view that British History is a sort of pleasant pageant of the mind in which a procession of heroes, villains…
I Mourn for Angelina
Alex Ntung arrived in Hastings as a refugee two decades ago. His journey from the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo was only made possible by the sacrifices of his sister Angelina. Last month she was murdered by the DRC army in her…
Tackling Period Poverty
At last, local councils, schools, colleges and supermarkets are waking up to the fact that there are many women here in the UK who are unable to afford basic sanitary products to use when they are menstruating. SAFIYA YOUNG looks…
The Woman at Belmont House
By David E P Dennis There is a house in Belmont Road that was the residence of someone, saucy, tricky, amazing, brave, and maybe a spy. Belmont Road itself is not wonderful – broken surfaces, scabby-walled - but Belmont House itself…
The Realities of Being an Immigration Lawyer
Plans for new legislation on asylum policy (see previous HIP, Hastings Community of Sanctuary joins new national coalition to build a fairer asylum system) involve profound changes to immigration law. The proposed removal of the right to asylum for anyone…
Hastings Community of Sanctuary joins new national coalition to build a fairer asylum system
Felicity Laurence and Pal Luthra from the HCOS Campaigns Team explore an alternative to the government’s new plans for refugees 14th-20th June was Refugee Week. Never has it been so pressing to focus upon our fellow human beings fleeing persecution,…
The Wreck of the Amsterdam?
Charlotte Cowan, a student at East Sussex College Hastings and about to start a degree in archaeology at York University, visits a neglected treasure. News came through recently that a Dutch company wants to take the Amsterdam from our shores.…
Expert Archaeologist Chosen for Sussex
By David E P Dennis Meet Jane Clark – she is the person who decides if the amazing heritage artefact you have discovered will be entered into the Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) database operated by the British Museum. Jane works…