HIP READ
Strange Exits from HastingsA Cornucopia of Bizarre Deaths and Unsolved Murders By Helena Wojtczak£10: Review by Elly Gibson What comes to mind when you think about Hastings? The famous battle of 1066 which left King Harold with an arrow…
Exciting New Works Emerge at streetsmART
On 22nd-23rd February Hastings’ Observer Building opened its doors for streetsmART, a unique celebration of graffiti and street art. Over 300 visitors took part in a five-hour ‘slam’ event on each day, with workshops in drawing, painting, stencil-cutting and spray-painting,…
Bookbuster Book Review
A Sand County Almanac: & Sketches Here and There By Aldo LeopoldPublished by OUPPaperback £ available at Bookbusters REVIEW BY TIM BARTON Aldo Leopold died in 1948, helping fight a wildfire on a neighbour’s farm. He had worked in the…
Weather War
Hattie Ellis reviews a recent show at the Stables It’s May 1944, three weeks before D-Day, and pressure is ratcheting up. Will the Allied forces be able to invade Europe and liberate it from the Nazis? It may be balmy…
Moon and Sea
By Gareth Stevens All paintings go beyond words. If what is communicated through painting could be better expressed through language then it would be. In her upcoming exhibition at BlackShed gallery, Claudia De Grandi further distills this self evident truth…
Nick Cave – Supporting Cinecity Brighton
A review by John Knowles Let’s face it we all love a secret gig, one that slips under the radar, one that not everyone is privy to, and on Sunday we were sat just two rows away from Nick Cave…
Bringing Waiting For Godot To The White Rock Theatre
By Tom Daldry I asked a friend of mine if he’d come and see our production of Waiting for Godot. “I’ve seen it once. Never again,” he said. I asked the friend’s father too and got another refusal. My mother…