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Eat Write Love
NICKY and SONJA of Creative Concoctions What doesn’t say ‘autumn’ louder than a loveable pumpkin? In today’s column, we bring you our tried-and-tasted Pumpkin Autumn Salad, nutritional info and journaling…
WHAT’S UP AT OWENS?
Mixed messages to staff and public after sudden closure HUGH SULLIVAN In the week beginning 4 September Owens, the entertainment centre operating in the former Debenhams store in Robertson Street,…
RoboPets Help People with Dementia
SALLY BURR and SAFFRON PHILLIPS A mechanical pet project to help people with early-stage dementia has been launched in East Sussex. The County Council (ESCC) RoboPets scheme aims to support…
The Ascension of Josephine Davies
VICTORIA KINGHAM meets Josephine Davies, saxophonist, bandleader, orchestrator, composer, psychotherapist, mountaineer, and anything else that takes her fancy. Monika Jakubowska Photography Josephine Davies has released two albums, called Satori and…
The Real Colin from Accounts
In homage to this summer’s word -of-mouth TV hit, TESSA BOASE investigates the lure of Brewing Brothers’ new taproom up on the Ridge. And yes, there’s a ; This summer’s…
Drop-In and Meet the Team
On the last Thursday of August, HIP held the first of its interactive monthly drop-in gatherings. A chance for us to meet readers and for them to put names to…
Ese and the Vooduu People, Kinsella
KATE SHAW I’ve been meaning to check out The Pig for months. So many people have told me it has a bit of a reputation as a music venue as…
Council Finances Suffer Further Pain
Likely staff salary inflation will add to deficit HUGH SULLIVAN The cabinet of Hastings Borough Council held session on Monday evening to review the latest forecasts of the council’s future…
Hotel Costs Soar But Council “Committed”
HUGH SULLIVAN The construction of a Premier Inn hotel on the former Cornwallis Street car park site owned by Hastings Borough Council (HBC), politically controversial since it was first mooted…
Clean Water Watch
A regular column to update readers on the damaging effects of our current management of water in Hastings and the surrounding area and what people are doing to improve the…
Free at the Point of Delivery
Where should we stand on the creeping privatisation of the NHS? The question is topical because the Hastings Independent recently received a request to run an advertisement for a private…
Henry Normal: Creative Crusader
SERENA FERRARI, a new contributor to HIP, talks to Henry Normal - poet, comedian, father - about poetry and the creative process. Richard Davis It’s a misty morning in Fairlight…
CRICKET:Stuttering Priory Seal Division 2 Title
26 August:Worthing 132 for 9; Hastings Priory 135 for 32 September:Brighton & Hove 98; Hastings Priory 99 for 8HUGH SULLIVAN The cricketers of Hastings & St Leonards Priory were celebrating…
REPORT PROMPTS COUNCIL SELL-OFF
HUGH SULLIVAN A meeting of the cabinet of Hastings Borough Council on Monday evening approved the sell-off of four property assets. Amongst them are two plots of land – at…
The Banksy Years
The Collateral Damage of Myth-Making HIP Talks to Stephanie Warren, the owner of art gallery Stella Dore, about her involvement with the Podcast The Banksy Story – and other things.…
Cinderella: The Eternal Story
VERA BELL is astonished, affected and humbled by a Barefoot Opera production of Rossini’s classic La Cenerentola in post-modern, post-covid Britain Chris Parker Imagine a classic farcical comedy: dressing up,…
Rocking The Boat: The Presenceof Absence
MARK WALTER in conversation with Anne Lydiat A couple of weeks ago l was at Hastings Arts Forum gallery for the Changing Spaces exhibition. As I peered into and around…
FOOTBALL: Rodari and Lovatt Return to New-Look United
Hastings United kick off the new season at the Pilot Field tomorrow (Saturday) under new manager Paul Barnes, having assembled a virtually new squad of players. But both the team…
POLE POSITIONS APPROVED
5G Masts Getting the Nod From Council Planners HUGH SULLIVAN Dave YoungHalton mast Seven separate planning applications have been approved by Hastings Borough Council (HBC) over the past 13 months…
Twin Demos Over Northeye: Same Goal, Contrary Rhetoric
A group of around 40 local residents gathered on the small park outside Bexhill Town Hall last Saturday afternoon to stage their latest demonstration under the slogan No to Northeye.…
Hastings Puts Out Welcome Mat
Hastings’ branch of Amnesty International celebrates the town’s attitude to refugees A huge welcome mat was placed at the Hastings Museum and Gallery and the Hastings Borough Council Offices to…
School Refusers
A Hastings-based teacher reflects on academy chain schools People are very sensitive about labels these days. Take to social media any day, and you’ll find people arguing about the language…
Fusion – Sounds, Cultures, Worlds
Deepak Ram defies limits at Kino-Teatr and Jazz Hastings VICTORIA KINGHAM Deepak Ram One of the earliest highlights of my auditory education was a 1966 album called Indo-Jazz Suite, an…
BMX/SKATEBOARDING: Where Eagles Dare
KAITLYN MASSEY Have you ever been out for a walk along Hastings promenade on a Sunday afternoon and heard the soft grumble of four polyurethane wheels spinning over the smooth…
Preserving the Life of St Helen’s
MERLIN BETTS There are a lot of magical places in Hastings that you just don’t notice until you’ve been here for a few years. Some of us gravitate towards the…
If You Had £400k to Spend on the Arts…
Following recent revelations, HIP asked three Hastings creatives what they would do if let loose with a chunk of taxpayer’s ; A poverty of ideals JOHN KNOWLES, writer, producer…
Open Gardens Go Edible
Food growers in and around Hastings and St Leonards are opening their plots and gardens to the public for the first Edible Open Gardens weekend. HANNAH ROBBINS explains. Town GrownStonelynk…
We Just Want to Swim in the Sea!
DAVID EP DENNIS, a regular contributor and local historian who has recently been made ‘Bexhill Wild Domesday project manager.’ looks at our problems with ; David EP Dennis The seas…
Artist Spotlight: Jake Bowers
Kizzy – 2022 Forged Steel Dave Young The artwork depicts Kizzy Lovell, the central character in Rumer Godden’s 1972 novel, The Diddakoi – described by sculptor Jake Bowers, “as defiant…
Southern Water rebuked again
Investigators of town centre floods demand further data PAUL McLAUGHLIN Southern Water has been roundly criticised once again – this time over its failure to provide crucial data to an…
Northeye Protestors Blame Merriman and Tory Government
HUGH SULLIVAN A meeting of Bexhill-on-Sea Town Council resolved last Wednesday to oppose the use of the former prison site at Northeye to house asylum seekers. The full Town Council…
Has Southern Water dumped its last load?
LUCY BROWN We’ve burnt effigies, we’ve protested, filmed illegal dumping – yes pun intended – even sought legal advice against bill paying, yet Southern Water plough on pumping raw sewage…
HYP – Hastings Youth Press!
Hastings Independent Press and The Magnum Photos Foundation partnered to deliver a free multimedia journalism training programme for 12 local young people, from backgrounds under-represented in the media, during the…
Make Time for Better Sleep
CATHERINE PINHORN Hastings has been basking in glorious summer sun over recent weeks and, while sunny days boost our physical and mental health in many ways, they can be detrimental…
Something New, Something Blue
HIP’s Westminster mole has uncovered a recent interview with Health Secretary Steven Barely from the podcast ‘Dying to Know’ with Laura Doomsberg’ Laura Doomsberg: I have with me today the…
Frolicking in the Abyss
AMANDA BROOKS takes in the Hastings Rock Radio 30th Anniversary Party at The Sussex Rooms, White Rock Theatre Lee LondonMartyn ‘Gripper’ Lee Hastings Rock Radio started as the provision of…
STORM OVER COUNCIL VOTES
Labour “power grab”or “far-right” gift horse? Kevin BoormanNew mayor Margi O’Callaghan and deputy Heather Bishop HUGH SULLIVAN Hastings Borough Council leader Paul Barnett started his regular column in the Hastings…
Clive Vale wildlife battle continues
RICHARD PRICE Hastings Borough Council ‘s planning officers have recommended refusal of a second application to build on a Clive Vale local wildlife site. However some local residents are worried…
A Complete One-Off
JULIAN NORRIDGE Pete Brown, one of Hastings’ most respected musicians and song writers, who wrote the lyrics for many of supergroup Cream’s greatest hits, has died at the age of…
Warming Up The Homeless Opens Drop-In Centre
TONY COLLINS takes a look at an impressive new frontline service now open in central Hastings Tony CollinsA place to relax and chat Dotted around the new drop-in centre are…