If Music Be The Food Of Love, I’m Out Of Luck
I haven’t got any musical talent and I don’t mind. Which reminds me of a programme I saw about overweight kids. They asked a girl whether she was concerned about her weight, and she said: “I don’t mind, it’s everyone…
Supermarkets Checked Out Reducing plastic – rhetoric and reality
What do we want? Less plastic. When do we want it? Well, ideally a decade ago at the very least. Plastic waste is currently high in the public consciousness with shoppers in particular looking for ways to avoid unnecessary packaging…
Lingonberry, Pomegranate and Cashew Smoothie
By Holly Johnson Hi HWK gang! I hope you’re really well and you had an amazing Christmas. I most certainly put on the brakes and pressed the reset button and my recent little shimmy to the beautiful and majestic land…
Beer Styles: Porter
By David Brumley Most people associate the beer style Porter with Guinness and Ireland, but it actually originated from good old England approximately 300 years ago at the turn of the eighteenth century. Around this time a brewer named Ralph…
Cynicism and soup
My mate told me that there’s now Janu-hairy, encouraging women to let their armpit hair grow for charity. I didn’t realise, I could have raised millions by now. I can’t help thinking that all these portmanteau monthly causes just reinforce…
The very almost Batty food quiz 2018
Here in the soufflé and whisk of Christmas cheer I have decided to give you something,. I know, iI know, all you have done is taken, but I’m so generous, that even though you have scraped my bowl clean, mopped…
Biodiversity Matters
Without government action Richard Price sees little hope for the future “Stop biodiversity loss or we could face our own extinction”, ran a recent Guardian headline. UN biodiversity chief, Cristiana Pacca Palmer added: “People in all countries need to put…
Environmental News
Wild Hastings photography exhibition A free and accessible exhibition at Hastings Rail Station until 31 January 2019. Hastings’ urban areas are interspersed with and surrounded by many wild and green spaces. The photographers featured here have created images in response…
Cranberry Mojito Punch
By Holly Johnson ‘Tis the season for family get-togethers, parties and spending time with friends so let’s get in the mood for the most wonderful time of the year! Fruity, fresh and a little bit naughty! This zesty Mojito Punch…
Livin’ on the Edge
By Rod Webb Walking into the Edge café opposite Azur, you enter the comfortably exotic world of Ed & Rosie. Their numerous business ventures since arriving in Hastings 12 years ago have always featured an eclectic mix of design. They…