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…
Hastings Early Music Festival
By Jane Gordon and Caf Fean Hastings Early Music Festival returns this Autumn, featuring world-renowned choir, THE SIXTEEN. One of the newest festivals in the area, the line-up presents established musicians of international calibre performing in three concerts, at St…
Hastings’ Community has TED Talks?
Well, not exactly. Described on its website as “TED talks meets The Moth” and mixing in a drop of Who’s Line is it Anyway, the Bavard Bar (from the French “to chat”) connects locals with an ever-intriguing array of subjects.…
Kino Keynotes
Mini reviews of a selection from this month’s events at Kino-Teatr Politics of Tintin; The Forgotten Paradigm; Confessions of a Middle-Aged Vlogger. Passions and Transformations at the Bavard. Kino-Teatr on 18th July Reviewed by Simone Witney If you pass the…
Two Upcoming Films at Kino-Teatr
McQueen 2018 (Dir: Peter Ettedgui and Ian Bonhôte) 12th &13th July Anyone who saw the V&A exhibition of Alexander McQueen’s work, Savage Beauty, will need no persuading to see this. It’s an opportunity to revisit many of the collections, to see…
Eden Stell Guitar Duo
Mark Eden and Christopher Stell, Kino-Teatr, 14 July Internationally renowned for their dynamism, innovation and breathtaking virtuosity, the Eden Stell Guitar Duo will be performing in St Leonard’s this month at Kino-Teatr. Widely regarded as one of the world’s leading guitar ensembles,…