What on Earth are you eating?
It’s 20 years since scientist Arpad Pusztai appeared on Panorama and gave the UK its first insight into the worrying world of GM food. Susan McFie asks, did we heed the warning? Aliens have landed Scientists first discovered a way…
The Goat Ledge
By Arno Maasdrop As we all know, William the Cone-Queror is a bit of a legend on these shores. If he is not swimming the channel, he is charming both locals and tourists with delicious Italian ice creams (‘seagull poo’…
DRINKING CULTURE: The Future of English Wine
By Michael Smith, Borough Wines I have seen the future of English wine, and it’s up the road in Peasmarsh. It’s natural, it’s experimental, and it is delicious in ways you haven’t tasted yet. Tillingham Wines are combining the ancient…
Holly’s Wholesome Kitchen
By Holly Johnson What a bounty of beauties we have here! These nutritious and healthy recipes not only look and taste amazing, they also pack a powerful nutritional punch to revive, restore and revitalise! Spicy Chickpea & Tahini Hummus You…
Foraging: Brittlegills
By Geoff Dann The UK is still in the midst of the longest spell of unbroken hot/dry weather since 1976, and as a result there are almost no ground-fruiting fungi to be found. This is likely to change very quickly…
Notes from the Weald
The second in an occasional series By Adam Russell For me, a walk is a lesson in humility, a reminder that I can never finish it. Not the one I intend anyway, the one in my head, which is always…
Cuttlefish
Cuttlefish are being exploited off the Sussex coast at an alarming rate, according to University of Brighton experts, who have just begun a new £60,000 research project with funding from the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund. Marine biologist Dr Corina…
Ocean Symposium and Marine Exhibition
Organised by the UN Hastings and Bexhill branch and supported by RVA, HVA and Sussex Wildlife Trust. Our oceans are under unprecedented threat from plastics, acidification, polar ice melting and endangered coral reefs and marine life. Listen to experts discuss…
Holly’s Summer Sunshine Drinks
Holly Johnson Summer has well and truly found its groove and these three recipes will keep you nourished and glowing, as well as totally hydrated, on these rather lovely, sunny days! They are crammed with essential vitamins and minerals and…
EU Fishing Funds
Aided by Hastings Council, the Fisheries Local Action Group has gained grants of £800,000 from the EU’s Maritime Fisheries Fund– and there’s still time to bid for more before Brexit. The main spending priority is to promote local, sustainably caught…