Sausage Life
The column that went to Glastonbury in a brand-new Mercedes with a four storey air-conditioned yurt READER: So, you’re back from Glastonbury. How was it?MYSELF: Underwhelming. So much miming. Can’t people play anymore?READER: Miming?MYSELF: Yes, and I’m not talking about…
Finding The Macro In The Micro – Alchemy At The blackShed
This is a show of photographs, ceramics and a poem. Each pot stands on its floating plinth with all the dignified composure of the truly ancient. Yet these exquisite soil-textured ceramics scuffed with the pigments of their origins are the…
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Bird GuanoThe column that resembles one of the holy saints dressed as a wolf in sheep’s clothing READER: Who impressed you the most then?MYSELF: Mohammed Ali, The Beatles, Martin Luther King……READER: No, I’m talking about the Tory leadership : Impressed…
Hastings Year Nines Get A Taste Of The High Life
By Dan Matthews On Wednesday 5th June, almost 120 year nine pupils from Hastings and St Leonards commuted to Canary Wharf in London for a unique careers experience arranged by the Hastings Opportunity Area (HOA). The students, from Hastings Academy,…
Politikal Pokes by Lobbytroll
THE BIG FIGHTThe ghastly stiffs engaged in the tory leadership contest have gradually been eliminated. Now only slab of lard Boris Johnson and pale glass of mineral water Jeremy Hunt (is he half full or half empty?) remain. Most disturbing…
Politikal Pokes By Lobbytroll
CHEERSXenophobe and enemy of the NHS, Nigel Farage, has been comparatively quiet during the 75th anniversary of D-Day, a remarkable feat of taciturnity for a man whose wide beer-hole is framed by such loose and opinionated lips. Was the leader…
Sausage Life
The column which thinks that averting the eyes is the new staring BRAINWAVEFollowing his innovative scheme for replacing the seeds in raspberry jam with shredded bus tickets, Hastings inventor Gordon Thinktank’s ingenious new idea is to line overcoats with bear…
The Anatomy Of The Zine
An East Sussex College graduate tells the story of how an interest in medicine, art and a quirky sense of humour created an unusual start to her career. By Charlotte Rose Love at First Sight End Pages How it all…
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The column which thinks that buffoonery is the last refuge of the failed dictator READER: Did you see the Eurovision Song Contest? We came last!MYSELF: No. I was busy watching some drying paint. READER: You don’t approve, I take : As…
Passion Wins Over Process
The reconfiguring of open on grand parade Rossana Leal, whose award of Woman of the Year at the Women on the Move ceremony was featured in HIP issue 123, has exciting plans for ‘Open’ on Grand Parade, St Leonards. Rossana…