Tag archives for Felicity Laurence
Singing in the Rubble
FELICITY LAURENCE As a music educator, I have been honoured to help a little from afar in the current work of the Edward Said National Conservatory of Music (ESNCM), which…
HIP BOOK REVIEW: Unashamedly Subjective and Personal
Sheila: Portrait of an Unknown ArtistBy Teresa ThornhillPublished by Dornberger books, £14REVIEW BY FELICITY LAURENCE Sheila Denning was a brilliant painter who lived during the twentieth century, from 1920 to…
BOOKBUSTER REVIEW: Jewish not Zionist
By Marilyn GarsonCircaidy Gregory Press (UK edition 2025)REVIEW BY FELICITY LAURENCE Marilyn Garson’s book Jewish not Zionist was published in late 2024 in her home country of Aotearoa New Zealand.…
Hastings Assembles: A Different Politics
FELICITY LAURENCE As we approach the general election, here in the swing seat of Hastings and Rye there is a growing swell of unease and even distrust about many aspects…
Boycotts and Renationalisation – the Future of Water Companies?
FELICITY LAURENCE With national news focussing on the recent revelations about Thames Water’s likely collapse – and the huge profits they have been raking in for so long – people…
Hastings Community of Sanctuary joins new national coalition to build a fairer asylum system
Felicity Laurence and Pal Luthra from the HCOS Campaigns Team explore an alternative to the government’s new plans for refugees 14th-20th June was Refugee Week. Never has it been so…
Lifting the Ban
The view from Hastings Community of Sanctuary Campaigns Team: Felicity Laurence, Lead for HCoS Campaigns Team, and Jay Kramer, Campaign Lead, Lift the Ban People seeking asylum have been part…
Cross-Channel Migration –The Fallacy
As those who campaign on behalf of asylum-seeking refugees point out, there is a fundamental fallacy at the heart of the Home Office policy spelt out by Immigration Minister Chris…
Afghanistan: Hidden Voices From A Forgotten War By Maya Evans
Voices for Creative Non-Violence, £5 Review by Kay Green 180 years of conflict and misery, and no end in sight. We talk about Iraq, we talk about Syria and Palestine…
A Celebration of Sanctuary
On 13th June the “open” project at Open on sea-front was launched with its first exhibition of photographs by Andrew Grainger. This venue is to be run by the 20…