Milestones Play The Music Of Miles Davis
Kino TeatrSaturday 17th August By Andrew Myers Well, this is embarrassing. I had every intention of reviewing the Milestones: Kind of Blue 60th anniversary show at the Kino. I went so far as to remind my jazz buddy M about…
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Terry Seabrook’s MILESTONES Play Kind of Blue KoBIn 1959 Miles Davis and his sidemen (Bill Evans, John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, Jimmy Cobb and Paul Chambers) made musical history when they recorded the iconic album Kind of Blue. They created a unique…
Archy And Polyamory?
Merlin Betts previews two productions from Theatre Nation Last week I met up with Tom Daldry and Patrick Kealey, founders of Theatre Nation, an innovative Hastings-based theatre company that works to keep young people engaged with the arts. Patrick acts…
HASTINGS LITFEST UPDATE Have a chat with Sarfraz Manzoor
You may know him as a journalist in The Guardian, documentary presenter on Radio 4, or a cultural commentator on Newsnight Review or Saturday Review. You may not know him at all. But here’s a chance to meet him in…
Norman Road Rocks?
Stretching from Warrior Square to within a few feet of the oldest pub in St Leonards, Norman Road used to be a vibrant shopping street complete with an active church, a car showroom, a cinema – and a Russell &…
DocFest 2019: Nae Pasaran
By Gareth Stevens Slanted propaganda would have us believe that the British Trade Union movement did little but “bring the country to its knees” during the 70s as it fought the Industrial Relations Act, Heath’s newly elected Tory government and…
Mary Shelley (2018)
Director: Haifaa al-Mansour. Kino-teatr 17th JanuaryReviewed by Simone Witney This film is the result of a collaboration between the screen writer, Emma Jenson and Haifaa al Mansour, the first female film director to come from Saudi Arabia. Haifaa was the eighth…
Drawing Life: The Exhibition
By Julia Mortimer We here at HIP have written before about the Drawing Life project and the benefits it brings to people living with dementia in care homes in the Hastings and Bexhill area. However, those articles have appeared in…
NOVEMBER: Environmental News
Energy training lunch Energise Sussex Coast is offering free training on your lunch break - with pizza thrown in, too! This short course is suitable for people who work with residents who would benefit from extra support keeping their home…
Write on in Hastings: Elvira Slate Raises the Roof
HIP’s JULIA MORTIMER met local author Helen Jacey to talk about Jailbird Detective, the novel which introduces her new female sleuth, Elvira Slate Constructed by Helen in the 21st century but located in the 1940s, Elvira is a different kind…