One Flu Over The Top
The flu season is back along with annual vaccination campaigns. But controversy builds as the British Medical Journal (BMJ) questions if flu vaccines are effective and whether patients are given enough information to make an informed choice. In the light…
The Lovely Fish Cart
By Richard Fryer Back in the late ‘60s when I was a child, perhaps only six or seven years old, I clearly remember my mother taking me to the fish cart – which was on South Terrace, she informs me.…
Eat Your Mummy With Some Herbs
It’s that time of year when we all start considering the more horrible, ghastly side of this multiverse. The one where the ghost of your Aunt Mildred is still rattling around in the kitchen, looking for her golden syrup tin…
Orange, Cinnamon & Ginger Tea
By Holly Johnson Well aren’t you just the most beautiful, autumnal chalice of nourishing, aromatic, bursting with flavour, joy?!? If, like me, you simply love a cup of tea, but you’re trying to cut back on your caffeine intake, then…
The Ultimate Autumn Smoothie Trio
By Holly Johnson Holly’s Wholesome Kitchen With the chiller air making an appearance, golden sunsets filling the sky and leaves transitioning from lush green to the prettiest burnt coral hues, it’s time to nourish our bodies with vitamins and essential…
Coming Back To Haunt Us
Landfill: potent pollutant, or potential profit? By Dave Young However assiduously HIP’s readers sort their rubbish, some simply cannot currently be recycled and goes to incineration – or more likely landfill. Brits have been dumping stuff into holes in the…
Purple Velvet, In Your Face
Beetroot is the super hero of any diet, diving through with antioxidants, fibre, Vitamin A and C. Let’s powerhouse through to Boctober or Beetrember, or one of those combined with another terrible portmanteau that just says, it’s good for you…
Get involved, get active and change your world for the better
Sustainability on Sea is an environmental micro festival, focussed on Hastings, St Leonards and Ore. Running between 21st and 30th September, it aims to promote a sustainable future by encouraging people to alter the way they live and play an…
Free Edible Fungi Walk In Alexandra Park
By Geoff Dann It’s autumn and that means fungi time. As part of Transition Town Hastings’ “Sustainability-on-Sea” week, I will be hosting a free fungi walk in Alexandra Park (donations to Transition Town Hastings would be most welcome). The free…
Environmental News
As part of Cycling UK’s ‘Big Bike Revival’ programme of events, Bike Lab Hastings (aka ‘Labyrinth’) is opening its doors on Sunday afternoons in autumn. Visit them 2-5pm if you’d like help repairing or building a bike, or if you…