Kino Keynotes
Bavard Bar review This month’s Bavard Bar at the Kino Teatr was a winner, diving headfirst into neuroscience, politics and paranormal theories without ever letting the pace drop. Rod Webb’s talk on ADHD shed light on the difficulty the trait…
International Composers Festival
(Artistic dir: Polo Piatti) Preview By Julian Norridge In six concerts over three music-filled days, from Friday 21st to Sunday 23rd September, the International Composers Festival 2018 will feature live performances of some of the most exciting, melodic and appealing classical…
Circus Vegassed
By Angelica Campion The Wild Animals in Circuses Bill is expected to have its second reading on Friday 26 October 2018 in the House of Commons. It’s a Bill to make provision to prohibit the use of wild animals in…
Pygmalion Turns Abstract
Bernard Mcguigan Sculpture Show at The Lawn 1st–2nd September and in his studio at The Beacon during Coastal Currents. Preview by Simone Witney In the middle of a delightful conversation with Bernard Mcguigan, I realise I’m really witnessing a story…
Kino Keynotes
Mini reviews of a selection from this month’s events at Kino-Teatr Politics of Tintin; The Forgotten Paradigm; Confessions of a Middle-Aged Vlogger. Passions and Transformations at the Bavard. Kino-Teatr on 18th July Reviewed by Simone Witney If you pass the…
1958 or 2018? You decide
By Angelica Campion Planning a trip to the Isle of Wight (IOW), a friend warns me it’s 1958 over there. That’s Ok, there are parts of Hastings like that, but I look up the EU referendum results to see that…
One Dame, Two Unicorns and A Fish Sandwich
Angelica Campion If you’ve recently moved to Hastings or St Leonards for a nice sedate life by the sea, by now you will have realised your mistake. The Bonjour Café on St Leonards seafront has turned into the Lisboa in…
Spools Out
Themed film screenings for families. Dress up and chill out Review by Simone Witney How often do we wish to tear children away from their devices for something more natural and serendipitous: making ships by moving the furniture in the…
Going South With Alex
Andy Everest reviews I Never Lie, the ambitious third novel from St Leonards based author and journalist Jody Sambal I Never Lie‘s titular bold statement set me on high alert for an unreliable narrator or at least a highly subjective…
Rufus
30th June The De La Warr Pavilion By Ed Boxall The first Rufus’ song I heard was Nobody’s Off The Hook. It was love at first listen. It’s a friendship-love song with an impossibly pretty melody and string quartet arrangement.…