Tag archives for Polly Gifford
Bringing an Epic Channel Swim to the Screen
FERDUSARA ALI They left Dover at dawn: 18 hours and 17 minutes later the five friends from Sussex arrived on French sand having completed a relay swim across the English…
Seals Raise Funds for Royal Marsdon
POLLY GIFFORD Many people will have stood on the beach in Hastings, staring out to sea and wondering what it would be like to swim out… and just keep going…
The Evolutionof Sanctuary
Following a hugely successful event on 23 June to close Refugee Week in Hastings, organiser POLLY GIFFORD looks back on eight years of Sanctuary Festival Things rarely end up where…
Assembly of Voices
“… When you really do allow all kinds of people to input their wants and needs, the same themes come to the fore over and over ; People like things…
Arts Funding Snakes & Ladders
POLLY GIFFORD The hugely disappointing news that Hastings Fat Tuesday Festival didn’t get its funding from Arts Council England (ACE) for 2024 highlights one of the long running problems with…
Sanctuary Festival 2023
Community, Creativity and Compassion come together at this year’s Sanctuary Festival on Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 June 2023 at Hastings Museum & Art Gallery. Festival organiser, and Co-Chair of…
Seafront Rally
A rally organised at short notice on Hastings seafront last Sunday with the aim of demonstrating solidarity with the Ukrainian people under attack from Putin’s troops attracted over 200 people,…