Clicks and Swallows
Rory McDowall Clark shines a light on our fears of and for digital immigrants. We live in a period of huge anxiety about children and childhood. Of all the fears about modern children, one of the greatest centres on technology,…
Sausage Life
The column which asks: why aren’t children allowed to join the House of Commons straight from school? READER: I thought they already : It was a rhetorical question. MYTHBUSTERSThe truth behind some popular misconceptions MYTH: Money is an essential ingredient…
Politikal Pokes by lobbytroll
BERTS OF A FEATHEROn January 26th there was a meeting between Amber Rudd and all interested parties concerning the extended closure of Hastings pier. At the meeting, pier owner Mr Abid Gulzar’s team, after being challenged about the dearth of…
End of an era?
Hastings and the English Language Teaching WorldFiona McGarry celebrates the history of language teaching and looks at what current changes may mean for the town Mention Hastings to most people in the UK and they will think of the battle…
Sausage Life
The column which demands a return to uncivilised values THE CARNIVORE IS OVERAn enterprising vegan butcher has opened a pop-up shop in Silverhill. Stanislav Waikiki’s Meat is Manslaughter will sell a range of items, including vegan pork chops, vegan sheep’s…
Politikal Pokes by lobbytroll
BOOZING FOR BREXITIn an attempt to blind us with the science of words, cheap beer magnate Tim Martin made the Hastings branch of Wetherspoons (Trip Advisor’s “third worst Wetherspoons in Sussex” according to the Hastings Observer), one of his dog…
The Airport that Never Took Off
‘Fasten your seatbelts please, we will shortly be landing at Hastings Airport.’ Today you’d have to fly to Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand, or Hastings, Nebraska to hear such an announcement – but it could have happened here. By Dave Young.…
Sausage Life
The column which, without proper maintenance, would collapse under the weight of its own self-importance. WARRIORS RISE FROM THE ASHES Since the humiliating departure of no-nonsense shoot-from-the-hip, messiah complex manager Franco Machiavelli, widely blamed for Hastings & St Leonards Warriors…
Politikal Pokes by lobbytroll
NO-SEE TV Hastings pier, as well as being a fibreglass Noah’s Ark and home of the biggest chain store charm bracelet in the world, is like a wind farm, except with CCTV cameras instead of giant electricity-generating fans. There are…
Politikal Pokes by lobbytroll
SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WORKHOUSE AND PENSIONS Has our cling-on MP Amber Rudd no sense of shame? This Dickensian government appears determined to inflict its Oliver Twist values on a society already reeling from the sucker punch of austerity, but…