Tag archives for Sarah Milne
Shrek The Musical
SARAH MILNE AND OUR ROVING REPORTERS The Summer Youth Project at White Rock has become one of the highlights of my theatrical year. I am always amazed by what can be…
Hastings, Take the Mic!
SARAH MILNE A fresh burst of comic energy is heading for Hastings as Laugh-Able Comedy Cavalcade: Hastings Edition rolls into town. This taster workshop will offer an exciting introduction to…
‘One in a Million’ Ellen Prebble at Hastings Museum and Art Gallery
SARAH MILNE As a working artist and arts writer, going to art shows and events is a central part of life, something I am incredibly grateful for. I can honestly…
The Space Between the Shadows
SARAH MILNE Electro Studios is about to host the premiere of an exciting and ambitious multi-sensory installation by emerging local artist Richard Best. The Space Between the Shadows: Apotheosis is…
Sarah Milne at Hypha Studios
VERA BELL is drawn into a world of threads and patches. You may have noticed Sarah Milne’s work on our back page not long ago. Even more recently she has…
Oneiropraxis –A Vision of Dreams
SARAH MILNE Oneiropraxis is a fascinating exhibition of oil paintings and drawings by visionary artists Melissa Shemanna and Orryelle Defenestrate Bascule, currently on show at Hastings Museum and Art Gallery.…
There’s no place like Hastings! 20 years of The White Rock Summer Youth Project
SARAH MILNE writes: I fell in love with the Land of Oz and all its strange and wonderful characters from the first time I saw the film as a little…
Denise Franklin, Prize-winning Artist
SARAH MILNE Getting a piece accepted into the Royal Academy of Art Summer Exhibition is a prestigious and transformative milestone for any artist. Winning one of the major prizes is…
Artist Spotlight
Sarah Milne: Persephone Sarah Milne is a fibre artist using contemporary embroidery, weaving, basketry and mixed media to produce wall hangings and sculptural work. Her art explores fragmentation and repair…
Get Creative to Boost Your Health and Well-Being
SARAH MILNE Hastings is jam-packed with art and creativity with numerous galleries and a choice of exhibitions, shows, classes and workshops available most days. While we are lucky to have…
Hastings Beer and Music Festival extends into comedy
SARAH MILNE Omid Djalili Hastings Beer and Music Festival is known for its long weekend of cracking nights out, and this year’s opening night of comedy was no exception. It…
Release Your Inner Silver Swan
SARAH MILNE Photos: Ula Blocksage “You dance like a sack of potatoes tied in the middle. Your mother is wasting her money on these lessons!” These were the harsh words…
Make A Joyful Noise
SARAH MILNE Henry Ward Hall, formerly Opus, reopens with a community concert and the launch of a Hastings music ; On 1 July of this year, His Place Community Centre…
Lines Laid Bare by Nathalie Frost
SARAH MILNE Last month, I went along to Hastings Art Forum, on St Leonards Marine Court, to the 336 Paint Thread Sound exhibition opening night. The ‘paint’ came in the…
Sonic Hugs and Oceanic Boundlessness
A Journey into Sound Therapy SARAH MILNE Recently, almost every event listing in Hastings mentions a ‘gong bath,’ or ‘sound bath’ and many of us relish the opportunity to unroll…
The Rossettis’ Hastings Revisited
SARAH MILNE London’s Tate Britain is currently hosting a ground-breaking exhibition centring around the Rossettis, one of the most remarkable families of nineteenth-century culture. It is a dynamic immersive show,…
Men’s Health in Hastings
Sarah Milne With sunny climate and long beaches, Hastings has long been looked upon as a place of health and wellbeing. From the late 1700s, through the Victorian and Edwardian…
Unmasking the Spectrum
SARAH MILNE The summer term has begun, and young people across Hastings are currently entering their final months in school. It’s a stressful time of exams and future planning. For…
All Refugees Welcome
By Sarah Milne Over recent months, we have seen the conflict in Ukraine unfolding in real time before our eyes on our TV screens and social ; At the same…
The Moon, the Sea and all the Queens
By Sarah Milne Something wonderful has been happening through June at the The Dirty Old Gallery on West Street. Every Summer, since opening her gallery in 2018, Megan Donfrancesco has…
Creativity on sea for all
By Sarah Milne There have been two nights in my life where I have sat up watching news break from a distant country and experienced a real deep, physical ‘knowing’…




















