Hastings Literary Festival –2020 Statement
By Alison Steel Hastings Literary Festival 2020, due to take place at the end of August, has been cancelled following suspension of the Arts Council England’s National Lottery Project Grants fund because of the Coronavirus crisis. Festival Director Sam Davey…
Coronavirus: The Lessons For Climate Change Policy
By Maya Evans In a week when the Coronavirus crisis sent millions into isolation in their homes, and the NHS was braced for an influx of patients, Planet Earth sent its loudest warning shot to date – human behaviour needs…
Nextdoor – Help in Hastings and St Leonards
Among the online apps that have become important during the pandemic, Nexdoor is at the forefront. Unofficial spokesperson for the Nextdoor in Hastings and St Leonards is Dave Smith, who launched the COVID-19 support group and is also moderating it.…
Thoughts From The Inside
Julia Van Coevorden writes from inside her house in St Leonards where she is in lockdown with her husband Cliff. There are so many words that really matter. All around us. From our screens, from printed media, from the radio.…
Hastings Community Transport
Hastings Community Transport has for many years been providing subsidised door-to-door transport for adults in social care and for others too old or disabled, physically or mentally, to cope with public services. In normal times the charity receives a small…
Sport And The Virus
The National Health Service website currently shows, as you would expect, a constantly updated section on the coronavirus pandemic. On other pages it continues to talk up what it calls “a miracle cure” which can “reduce your risk of major…
Letter from Berkshire County, Massachusetts
By Dave Inglis Individual states of the Union have reacted differently to the coronavirus pandemic. In Massachusetts, which I left last week - I am writing this in Hastings – almost all places of social gathering, including bars and restaurants,…
GOLF: Maximising Your Distance
When, leafing through your golfing manual, you reach the chapter on driving off the tee, you may well find tips on “maximising your distance”. The phrase recognises the desire of most golfers to hit their ball further up the fairway.…
Food For Thought
Needed More Than Ever In times of crisis, we find out what we are made of. I am often surprised at what comes out of me when the pressure is on – sometimes I impress myself, sometimes not so much.…
What Next?
It was less than three months ago, on 31st December, that China alerted the World Health Organisation (WHO) to several cases of an unusual pneumonia in Wuhan, a port city of 11 million people. The virus was unknown. Three weeks…