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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…
Why We Opt Out of School
Hastings parent, JESS LUBY explains why she chooses to to home educate her ; When I’m asked by people and tell them why we opt out of school, I get…
The Turnpike Roads
The development and layout of Hastings and St Leonards owe much to turnpike roads (toll roads) built in and around the towns in the 18th and 19th centuries. Local historian…
WHERE IS FOOTBALL STADIUM REPORT?
HUGH SULLIVAN Photo: Scott White A full meeting of Hastings Borough Council (HBC) on 15 December last year resolved that Jane Hartnell, the council’s managing director, prepare a report to…
Northiam – Exercises in Democracy
HUGH SULLIVAN Ballots for membership of parish councils up and down the country were scheduled to be held on 4 May, the same day as other local elections. In most…
Hastings, Are You Curious?
KATE WATTS There’s a new festival in town on a mission to put Hastings on the map as the world’s first ‘Curious Town’. New local social enterprise Curious Agenda CIC…
Changing Misconceptions
Brenda Finn, a charity ambassador who lives in Hastings is speaking out to encourage more people to respect and celebrate ; Brenda volunteers for Changing Faces, the UK’s leading charity…
‘Mad Jack’ Fuller: Racist
Hastings’ Isobel Blackman Centre was standing room only as Black Lives Matter organiser Gary McFarlane and Sussex historian Mike Anderson spoke about the ‘Myth of Mad Jack Fuller’ to a…
The Hastings Book Fair Makes a Return
Following an absence of 4 years, the Hastings Book Fair is set to make its return over the spring bank holiday weekend on Sunday May ; For the first time,…
Hastings’ New Cat Mayor
ANITA KELSEY Since asking for mayor nominations of the feline kind I received a message from Connie Fox Richmond aged 10. She thinks her cat Mackerel should be mayor stating…
Crown Jewels?
KENT BARKER argues that what we ask of our royal family is completely unreasonable. If there is one positive thing about the hullabaloo surrounding the coronation it’s that it affords…
We Out Here
GARETH STEVENS reviews a groundbreaking exhibition at Hastings Contemporary. Since the murder of George Floyd in May 2020 and the global upwelling of the Black Lives Matter, there is little…
Men’s Health in Hastings
Sarah Milne With sunny climate and long beaches, Hastings has long been looked upon as a place of health and wellbeing. From the late 1700s, through the Victorian and Edwardian…
We Won’t Pay for Environmental Vandalism
KATY WEITZ They are the new refuseniks: individuals who have stopped paying private water companies for ‘wastewater services’ in protest at persistent sewage spills. They argue that while the water…
My First Date with Jack
SERENA FERRARI Ever since my partner and I moved to St. Leonards back in March, we’ve heard a growing buzz about Jack in the Green. From whispering rumours to outright…
COUNCIL ABSTAINS FROM ACTION OVER PIER
HUGH SULLIVAN The condition of the sub-structure of Hastings Pier, and the threat to its long term future if a substantial maintenance programme is not undertaken, have been put in…
Take Action Man!
MIKE PATTENDEN There’s something primal about walking through a forest or being sat around a roaring fire in the darkness, which may go some way to explaining why they provide…