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Not Birnam Wood But Hastings Castle: The Scottish Play
Family-friendly, funny Shakespeare comes to Hastings Castle on the West Hill Hastings Castle will welcome The HandleBards to the West Hill on Friday 10 July for a riotous open-air production…
A Town Reshaped
HASTINGS PIER The period of striking and complex change that Hastings has undergone over the past twelve years is seen very clearly in the story of Hastings Pier. Jason Ellis…
Hastings since the birth of HIP
JOEL CHESHIRE Away from the beach and the high streets, at first glance Hastings might appear to be a town that has resisted change. Our population has barely shifted over…
Putting HIP Together
Each issue of HIP begins long before it reaches the café counters and shop windows and supermarkets, where readers pick it up for free Planning the 10th anniversary edition Central…
Bucking the Trend
KENT BARKER looks at the state of local newspapers in the UK and wonders how HIP has managed to survive for twelve years Hastings Independent seems to be, at the same…
2024 In Review
Issue 244: Keeping HIP on the Road: Birthday Special, discussion of what the paper does, recent redesign Voices from founding and contributing membersIssue 246: International Women’s Day Festival Promises to…
The HIP HOT Husting
INGRID ALLAN The Hastings Hustings, that most alliterative of general election staples, got off to a lively start yesterday, as seven candidates (and one empty chair) made their case directly…
Voices from Founder Members and Contributing Members
As part of our 10th anniversary celebrations, we are including thoughts from some of the original founders and others who have contributed along the way. One of the founding members…
In at the Deep End with HIP
BEN CORNWELL worked as an intern with HIP from 2020 to 2021. It’s good to know we were as useful to him as he was to us. My placement year…
Where to find Hastings Independent
People often ask where they can get a copy of HIP, so we are including a list in our anniversary paper to make it completely clear (and encourage you to…
Keeping HIP on the Road
ROD WEBB Hastings Independent is a print newspaper that attempts to be both for the community and by the community – but given that our town is a particularly diverse…