The Joy of Giving 2020
Last year we wrote about all the help the Hastings community was giving to others during the Christmas period. The article, called Christmas: The Joy of Giving, celebrated the community spirit in our town, but at the same time touched…
Christmas Is Coming And The Lights Will Be Going Up
St Leonards Town Team are holding a party! Join them at the Masonic Hall St Leonards on Friday 25th October to raise money and get the Christmas lights twinkling again this year. DJ 2018 – with lights While the town…
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…
Creative Christmas shopping at the Arts Forum
By Fiona McGarry If you’re looking for interesting local arts or crafts for Christmas presents, Hastings and St Leonards are bursting at the seams with Christmas fairs and bazaars this year. One of the stand-out events is the Creative Christmas…
Chocolate Coated Almond Spice Biscuits
These biscuits are very basic, with only a subtle almond flavouring and spiciness. They are perfect to make in December, as the smell of cinnamon and ginger drifting through the house as they cook brings the soul of Christmas and…
The Christmas Tree
By Roy Browning with illustrations by Mike Raxworthy reviewed by Pete Donohue When Phil and Ann Gill turned up with a typewritten poem at local illustrator Mike Raxworthy's studio he didn't realise he was about to agree to do a…
A Penny Pincher’s Christmas Carol – Hastings’ alternative Christmas panto at The Palace
Local writing and performing team Kate Tym and John Knowles (aka It’s Not Us) have already established themselves with a series of successful small theatre productions at various venues across Hastings and St Leonards. ‘Rat in the Cellar’, ‘Time Please’…
Crafty Christmas Pop-Up
If you’re stuck for gift ideas for Christmas, or just want to get into the seasonal spirit, we’ve got something to jingle your The popular Pop-Up Emporium is back! Taking place at All Saints Hall on Friday 2nd December, Christmas…
Get Creative This Christmas
The festive season stalks us once again, presenting the usual difficulty of coming up with interesting and exclusive gifts for family and loved ones. Here in Hastings and St Leonard’s, with its arty, bohemian outlets, we’re luckier than most other…