Tag archives for Bexhill
Big Band at Flatland
HARRY HAWKINS AND VERA BELL Staged within the space of Tawfik Nas’s installation at Flatland Projects in Bexhill, the 17-piece incarnation of the Statue of Liberty Big Band (SoL) was…
NEWS IN BRIEF
New David Lloyd Centre for Bexhill? Proposals for a new David Lloyd leisure and fitness centre at the Bexhill Enterprise Park in Mount View Street have been set out in…
Violet, 88, is thriving not just surviving
An 88-year-old Bexhill resident who three years ago was given only months to live is now attending weekly yoga sessions at her care home, actively participating in class and spending…
Safe Havens: Strengthening Our Community
JESSICA BRAYE, FRANCES CROWLEY, KRISSIE NICOLSON, and REBECCA SINKER talk about the birth of The Refugee Buddy Project’s Safe Havens initiative, how it works and why it’s important Kate ButtsSafe…
Modern Dance Festival at Bexhill
Journeys Festival of Dance is a vibrant three-day celebration of movement, choreography and community, organised by local event producers 18 Hours. The outdoor festival will take place across Uckfield, Hailsham,…
Swimmers Warned off Beaches Following Heavy Rain
The Environment Agency (EA) advised members of the public not to swim off any of the beaches at Hastings, St Leonards or Bexhill last week following the heavy rainfall over…
Home Office Set to Release Northeye Site
HUGH SULLIVAN A senior civil servant at the Home Office confirmed last week that the former prison premises of Northeye on the outskirts of Bexhill are no longer being considered…
Flatland Developments
Flatland, an artists’ space and project in Bexhill, are currently completing the first phase of works reconfiguring their gallery space. They are preparing for the launch of BARC (Bexhill Artist…
Northeye: Back in the Frame for Detaining Would-Be Migrants?
HUGH SULLIVAN Amidst a flurry of news about cross-channel migration, including stepped-up border security and multiple drownings, there has been no word from Sir Keir Starmer’s government about the future…
Running for Life
RunningSpace are hosting a 24-hour, midnight to midnight relay run to raise awareness and to take a stand against suicide for World Suicide Prevention Day, Sunday 10 September. RunningSpace, a…
David Dennis to Head Bexhill Wildlife and Landscape Project
The Bexhill Wild Domesday Project, a scientific evaluation of the natural environment of Bexhill-on-sea, will be launched on 1 June. The purpose is to plan for its future conservation and…
Eric Bibb Comes to Bexhill!
by ED FRITH Two-time Grammy Award nominee Eric Bibb will come ridin’ on to DLWP very soon. The world renowned Blues Troubadour and his band will perform the classics he…
Up in Arms
“Claudine and Tracey” Image Credit: Anna Maria Nabirye and Annie Saunders, Greenhalf Studios, Home Live Arts, St Leonards, 2023. Removing boundaries to create meaningful dialogue on topics of race, gender…
Deterred or Detained?
Former Bexhill Prison Site to House Cross-Channel Arrivals HUGH SULLIVAN The former Category C prison of Northeye, on the western fringe of Bexhill, was one of three sites publicly identified…
Opera for the Community Continues!
It’s an exciting and busy season – and year – ahead, for Barefoot Opera. Hot on the heels of a sold out performance of just one act of a new…
Eddie Izzard on his Bexhill winter wartime railway:
“See how we struggled against the forces of tyranny” Bexhill Museum’s latest exhibition features a railway model of snowy Bexhill in 1940, commissioned by comedian, activist and local patron, Eddie…
News in Brief
• On 6th March the planning committee of Hastings Borough Council approved the application made by Sheikh Abid Gulzar, owner of Hastings pier, to erect five sheds on it. Three…
Hastings Fashion Show Goes National
Kent Barker Hastings’ own home-grown fashion show – Front Row - has just been accorded national recognition and an additional showing at a prestigious London location. This Saturday, 26th November,…
A Callout to all Experienced and Budding Filmakers
Keith Adams Whether an actor, a cinematographer or one of those people who holds a big fluffy microphone on a long stick we want you all. A new, dynamic and…
Free Pop-up Bookshop a success!
A group of local volunteers turned a vacant shop in Bexhill into a thriving pop-up bookshop and have become victims of their own success this week as the empty shop…